The theme of Octobers “Score of the week” will be 4 parted tunes for the experienced drummer.
This drum score was written just days ago for an MSR for a Danish grade 4 band, where the drummers needed a good challenge. I think this particular tune was a bit hard to write a score to, because of the many tachums in there. However, I wrote it, and here’s the end result. For the endings I decided to break up the last Continue reading
This last drum score of the week in the month of September, was written back in 2012 as the last march in a MAP march set of four 2-parted marches. In this drum score the idea was to create some highlights for the bas&tenors – for example in the Continue reading
This drum score was written to be part of a MAP march set – following 72nds Farewell to Aberdeen. The drum score was made a bit more interesting than for example the intro march, with the amount of triplets in there – places which would allow the tenors to add some excitement in there. Also the score has quite a few Continue reading
The drum score for this tune was written back in 2007 to follow 72nds Farewell to Aberdeen (shared last week) in a MAP tunes set. Again the aim of the score was to accompany the piping tune very close to help the overall ensemble presentation. The two most difficult rudiments in there to master is probably the Continue reading
A new month – a new theme. This month it’ll be 2 parted MAP marches suitable for grade 4 bands to play in competition.
This first drum score of the week of September was originally written back in 2007 for a grade 4 band to play at the Worlds when they had the first go of this MAP system. Back then, grade 4 bands only had to play 2 two parted marches in grade 4B. This drum score was written to be Continue reading
The last score of the week for this month is for another traditional reel Sleepy Maggie. It was made to fit into a MSR Map A set following last weeks shared drum score for The Fairy Dance. When writing this drum score, I thought of keeping it simple and with a lot of down beat to help the overall ensemble presentation. The score should be able for all drum corps to play – I think. The most difficult movement in there Continue reading
This score of the week was written 2 years ago to fit into a MAP A MSR of two 2-parted marches, two 2-parted strathspeys and two 2-parted reels. This was put in as being the first reel. As you can see in the score, we came into the reel from a Continue reading
This score was made for a 2-parted strathspey and followed last weeks shared drum score for Seonaidhs Tune in a medley for a grade 4 band. The drum score was made to follow the tune quite a lot, to create a Continue reading
The drum score for this weeks score of the week was written for a Danish grade 4 pipe band with an experienced drum corp back in 2008 to fit in a medley right after a slow air. The pipers would start the tune by them selves, and then the drummers would follow along.
This particular score has a lot of Continue reading
The theme of the shared scores of the week of August will be 2 parted drum scores suitable for both grade 4b and 4a medleys. This first one was written for grade 4 band in Denmark back in 2008. It was written to fit the level of drummers who had not play other stuff than the standard marches. The challenge here was to make a score that wasn’t too difficult yet still had some stuff in there to work on. Therefore I introduced the Continue reading
Since I failed to upload a drum score last week – I’ll be sharing two drum scores this week.
This last drum score of July (yes, I know it’s now August), is following the theme of July – 4 parted competition type drum scores – is a one of my first drum scores I wrote. It was written back in 1999 to play in a medley with Holbæk Pipe Band and is presented on the CD “Debut” of the same band. Since writing it I brought it to Piping Hot Summer Drummer as part of my drumming gear – scores, sticks, pads and all. I had the chance there to get some help, tips and inspiration from J. Reid Maxwell with the score about places in there, that I wasn’t really pleased with. It was a really great experience. Since then I’ve often used other drummers (and pipers) opinion about drum scores and ensemble when writing a drum score. Especially the 4th part was spiced up a bit from the original version in for example Continue reading
This weeks drum score was written back in 2011 for a Danish drummer to compete in the advanced HJ competition at Copenhagen Winter Competition. The score follows the structure of the tune – repeating the 3rd & 4th bar of the parts 1&3 and 2&4. For the ending I thought of a few different options but ended up with this rather fancy run of Continue reading
This 4 parted drum score for a traditional Irish tune was written back in 2007 for the Balagan concert band. We played it twice – second time through we added bass, guitar and drum kit. Since then this drum score has been played by a lot of drummers in Scandinavia for solo competitions. The drum score was written to fit the tune in a concert setting and not really as a competition type hornpipe as such. The written chips were meant Continue reading
This drum score was made for the Balagan concert band back in 2009. It was part of a hornpipe set that was played at a few concerts back in 2009 and 2010. The ending of each of the parts in the drum score can easily be adapted to something more suitable for your hands, without changing the overall sound of the ending too much, by for example Continue reading
A new month – a new theme. 4 parted drum scores suitable for solo competitions.
This first score of july was written in 2009 for the Balagan concerts. After a nice slow air, we played the jig twice – second time through we added guitar, bass and drum kit. A very nice opener to the concert. This drum score was written to fit the tune nicely, yet still provide the drive to the overall presentation of the pipe band. A good example of this is Continue reading
It’s reel time. This two parted reel drum score was also written for a Scottish grade 3 band to fit into a competition medley. The score has the classic repeat in the double forte of the first part, but in the Continue reading
This two parted jig followed last weeks jig in a medley of a Scottish grade 3A band. This drum score was written to make a nice flow with the melody as well as being easy to control and memorize. There’s quite a few short roll movements in there that could be opened up to spice up the drum score or to simply challenge yourself in playing swiss-ruffs instead of rolls. When arranging the drum corp with a piper from the pipe corp, he (the piper) came up with idea of Continue reading
Following last weeks 2 parted intro hornpipe – the theme for this months drum scores will be 2 parted tunes to fit in a medley. The drum score for this jig was written in 2006 for a Scottish grade 3 band for their medley. The jig was the first of two traditional jigs in that particular medley (the second one will follow next week). The drum score has quite a few challenging flam movement that could be made easier (if needed) by for example Continue reading
Here’s a 2015 version of the drum score that I wrote in 1999. I’ve changed a few of the patterns in there to make it more fluent (for example the beginning of the drum score). However the most drastic change Continue reading
This drum score was written in 1999 back around the time when I started writing drum scores. It was written to be the intro of a medley in a grade 3 band. It’s rather funny revisiting old scores, that I’d forgotten about. I found that if I would have to write it all over again today, I’d probably Continue reading