This weeks shared drum score was written for a local grade 4 band. It was going to be the opener of their competition set with the aim to compete at the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland.
I’ve always enjoyed the uplifting spirit of the 4/4 march type. Let there be more 4/4 marches in pipe band! Generally. This drum score is fairly straight forward to the tune and has a lot of different movements, such as Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written as an intro to a medley for a band of experienced players. In this particular version they played the tune without repeats (I guess to make room for longer tunes later on in the selection). I decided to make a small change in the 2nd part to create a better overall flow – you can hear the change being played in the recording although it’s not written into the drum score sheet. There are some challenging Continue reading
This weeks drum score was written for a Danish band and drum corp of experienced drummers seeking a drum score for this neat short jig. I first time played something to this tune back in ’99, so it was a nice re-visit to write something for this tune again. The aim was to not to make the drum score too difficult to execute, yet at the same time make it possible to express a lot of dynamic. For example, I think, that the Continue reading
This weeks drum score was written last year for a Danish band of experienced pipers & drummers who were constructing a medley, but needed a drum score for this 2-parted strathspey. The level is meant to fit the experienced/advanced drummer, and has a lot of taccums in it, like the tune does. I find that the Continue reading
Finally a different drum score for this famous massed bands tune typically played to with a standard massed bands drum score. This particular drum score was written for a local Danish pipe band to be played in a competition. The level of the drum score is meant to fit the beginner level drummers. However there are a few demanding patterns in there, such as Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written for the 2/4 march “Brown Haired Maiden”. It’s written for a local Danish pipe band for the somewhat experienced beginner level, to eventually be played in a competition set. Ideally it’s written to allow for a crescendo to build up during 3rd & 4th bar of both parts. It should be playable by most beginners, however there are few challenges in the drum score, such as the Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written in 2020 for a tiny local Danish pipe band with just one snare drummer. He wanted something specific for the tune, so I wrote this drum score for him. Notice that the form/structure of this particula score is 1, 1, 2, 1, so no repeat of the 2nd part. It’s written for the more experienced beginner level. It has some challenges build in – for example the Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written a year ago for a traditional tune called Manden Som Gik Efter Øl, which means the man who went to get beer. It was written for a tiny pipe band in Denmark with one piper and one drummer. They wanted something specifically for this tune, so I wrote this drum score for them. The level of the drum score is meant to fit the beginner pipe band drummer. I think the tune is Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score is another version of the 6/4 march Farewell To Nigg. It was written back in 2013 for a grade 4 drum corp to be played as the first tune in their march selection. The tune itself has some very long notes which delivers the dilemma; play the long roll, hold the break or fill the gap with rhythmic excitement. I’ve tried to Continue reading
This weeks drum score was written back in 2008 for the strathspey The Keel Row, for a grade 4 band with an experienced drum corp. There are some tricky Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written back in 2011 for a Danish grade 4 band to be played in competition by a bunch of experienced drummers. It’s a tune that has a lot of space for long rolls, or breaks, or percussive/rhythmic show-off. Especially the run in the 2nd part is fun and challeinging to play together in a Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written all the way back in 2003 for an experienced grade 4 drum corp as far as I recall. I can clearly see from the way I wrote back then, that I was way less experienced in drum score writing, and also wrote in a totally different way than Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written for the tune Sonny Brogans Mazurka – or maybe even a mix of that and another mazurka. It’s written from how I remember the tune played back in my childhood when I listened to my first band play this. I wrote the drum score to my memory of this tune, but always found the tune and that type of tune really interesting to drum to. Extremely exciting stuff 🙂 It’s written for Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was made this past summer for the 2 parted version (2 first parts) of the jig Bronnies Blue Brozzi. I’ve always enjoyed listening to and playing this jig. I remember we played this jig in a concert set with Triumph Street Pipe Band and I was playing the djembé for this rocking tune. Very good times.
This drum score was written for the advanced level, and it follows the tune quite well I find and has some obvious dynamics installed as you can probably catch Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written for a grade 4 bands medley selection and was meant to fit the level of beginner to experienced side drummers. The drum score has the typical slow air build up with a lot of room for the pipers in the 1st part, and then adding more beats for the 2nd part. At the end I added in the bridge to the Continue reading
The shared drum score of this week was written for the reel Jock Wilson’s Ball back in June 2020 during my drum score writing challenge of writing one drum score pr. day. I’ve always enjoyed listening to this tune, and therefore decided I would go for making a drum score for it.
The level is aimed to be for the experienced level, however there’s is probably a few patterns in there that some would regard as being advanced – for example the Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written last year for a local Danish band to be played in a concert setting and at festivals and gigs. It was made for the popular tune Loch Lomond. The level of the drum score is for the experienced drummer.
It’s played all the way through before you repeat the tune and the drum score. Notice that everybody plays all of it, except from the solo part noted in the drum score with “LD only”. The drum score is filled with triplet patterns with flams, so these things could make a good exercise itself. Feel like practising more triplets? Then have a look at the technique exercises page and Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written last year for a local Danish band for the tune The Gael, known from the film “The Last of the Mohicans”. It was written for the beginner to experienced level- I would say that a beginner with some experience should be able to play this. The hard thing here is really the musical idiom for 6/8 marches and for 6/8 jig.
The tune starts off with a piping solo part, which then transforms into a march and then a jig. I tried to make the drum score fairly easy Continue reading
This weeks drum score was written for one of my favourite massed bands 6/8’s. I really thinki, by the way, that a lot more massed bands should be playing 6/8’s. The 6/8 rhythm has got such a nice swing and also sounds impressive.
I wrote this drum score for the experienced to advanced level back in June 2020 during my “One-Drum-Score-a-Day” challenge. I’ve always liked the tune, which I heard for the first time when I came to Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written for a very popular tune composed by Gordon Duncan called the The Panda. I’ve heard this tune played by many solo pipers, bands and solo drummers over the years. It’s very catchy, and it’s one of those tunes where you as a drummer can play almost anything to it, and it will sound good. It’s also one of those tunes that can easily be arranged in multiple ways to fit into a selection or a concert set by adding different uptakes, breaks and syncopations. I wrote this drum score to the standard version of the tune. The drum score should be drumable for any drummers at the experienced/advanced level. Notice that the Continue reading