This weeks drum score is an extension of the previously shared 2 parted drum score for High Road To Linton. I’ve modified the 2nd part a little bit to give a wee twist before entering the 3rd part. This drum score was actually written for perhaps the smallest band in the entire world, a band located in Scandinavia of retired players who only Continue reading
This weeks drum score was written for a grade 4 drum corp to be the first reel of 2 in an MSR. I really like this tune. It’s very uplifting, and a good start to the reel idiom. I aimed for trying to establish beat from the very beginning of the tune. My favourite part of the tune and the drum score is the entire Continue reading
This weeks drum score was written for the tune High Road To Linton for the drum corp of a grade 4 band. The drum score is perhaps a slightly higher level than experienced in places, but also not too hard. The thing I found most challenging when writing this drum score was Continue reading
The last shared drum score of this month was written in late december of 2019 for the 2020 medley of Cross Borders Pipe Band, for the tune The Battle Of Waterloo. We will be playing this as an opener in our medley. The inspiration to make this the opener came from the PM Björn who had listened to Scottish Powers medley, where they used this tune as intro to their medley.
In the drum score I use the same intro, with the long 1-beat roll into the first beat of the tune. The drum score was meant to be very straight forward since we’ll be walking as well as being very much on the beat. There’s some technical spots in the Continue reading
This weeks drum score was written for the strathspey Loudens Bonnie Wods And Braes for a grade 4 drum corp. It was meant to fit for drummers who made their first go at strathspey. Therefore I tried to underline the melody a lot and also the strathspey beat. You can of course say that this drum score is very Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written for the slow air O Vale Dre Breiz Izel. We played it in the medley of Cross Borders Pipe Band at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow in 2019.
For this particular drum score I chose to not have any Continue reading
Todays shared drum score was made for a reel version of the strathspey Calum Campbell of Benbecula. The reel is first of two in the medley of Cross Borders Pipe Band. We played it at the world pipe band championships in grade 3B in 2019.
The idea of the drum score was, to make sure Continue reading
This weeks shared drum scores are both for the same tune – the tune played as a strathspey and as a reel. It’s a very nice tune, and they way I wrote the drum score Continue reading
This weeks drum score is for a two parted 4/4 strathspey called Dalnahassaig. I was made a while back for a local grade 4 band. It was constructed so that the drums would be able to underline the strathspey idiom from the tune. The most dificult rudiment in the drum score is end the Continue reading
This drum score was written for a grade 4 band for the tune 79th Farewell to Gibraltar. It was meant to be the first tune in their MAP MSR. The tune was chosen because it seemed easier overall than some other tunes the band had tried on.
The level of the drum score is somewhat around the experienced level. It was meant to fit drummers coming off the standard scores and beginning to be presented Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was made for the Cross Borders Pipe Band as the reel in the MSR competition set. This version is a modified version made from the previously shared solo version of the same drum score. Some of the changes includes a simplified Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written earlier this year for a medley for the international band Cross Borders Pipe Band. It was written to be the last tune of the selection following a 9/8 jig. That thing is sweet in general – from 9/8 to 6/8 jig is like starting a tempo party or something. Since the tune itself is rather short, this arrangement is made for playing the tune twice. On the repeat the pipers will play harmonies, and drums will layer their re-entry towards the 2nd part of the tune.
One of the most fun stuff about writing this drum score was, to write the Continue reading
This weeks drum score is for the traditional Irish tune “The Brolum”. I first heard the tune played by Simon Fraser University years ago, and have ever since really liked the uplifting spirit of that tune. This year, when we were picking tunes for a medley for the Cross Borders Pipe Band, I came to think of this tune for a reel, and wrote a drum score for it.
The idea with the drum score was to secure the drive of the tune and to make room for big dynamics. We, as drummers, can turn the volume of the pipe band up & down. I like to take advantage of that, rather than trying to be Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written for the tune Bathgate Highland Gathering.
The drum score was created for the Cross Borders Pipe Band – who will be competing at the Worlds in August 2019 in grade 3B. It’s made as the intro of a medley. Since writing the drum score, we’ve decided to NOT repeat the 1st part to give more time for other stuff later in the medley. In some spots of the tune we arranged the tune slightly different (holding some notes longer) to give more space for Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was originally written for Balagan to play in an MSR. It was written by myself and the LD of the band Louise Overgård Lindhardtsen. Since then I have made a few minor changes to the original drum score to make it fit the new drum corp that I will be leading soon. Sometimes it a great opportunity to revisit and re-arrange a drum score after having played it for a whole season, been listening to recordings and gotten feed-back from fellow drummers and judges. One of the things I like the most about this arrangement is the Continue reading
This drum score was written as the second 6/8 march in a 6/8 march set two 6/8 marches. The first part sets the proper 6/8 rhythm, where the next few part kind of spices it up a little bit. Especially the paradiddle/singles run in the 3rd part will be fun to play in a drum corp. In the tune; the 3rd&4th bar of the last part – it’s really tempting to Continue reading
This drum score was written very recently as part of a 6/8 march set for a brand new band and drum corp. It’s written for advanced players and has a few technical and challenging spots, yet entertaining to play, in my opinion. Especially the Continue reading
This drum score was written for the ending of a medley for a grade 4B band. The tune itself is quite lively and also a huge challenge for any piper regardless of level. I aimed to make the drum score follow the same lively pattern however at a lower level, so that the drummers would be able to execute the drum score – especially coming to the end of a medley. Underneath follows the instructions I sent along with the drum score.
The LD starts off the drum score, and then Continue reading
This drum score was written for a grade 4B bands medley. It’s coming right after a slow air. Here are the short instructions I sent them along with the drum score.
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This drum score was written to fit into a medley as the 2nd jig in the first part of the selection. The level is for a grade 4B band. Underneath are the short instructions I sent them along with the drum score.
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