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Hønsefødder og Gulerødder

This drum score was written back in 2008 to be part of a set of traditional Danish folk tunes. It ended up being slightly modified and used as the ending tune and drum score of a grade 4 band medley. In the Danish set it would typically follow a slow air called “Den gamle skærslippers forårssang” and a march “En yndig og frydefuld sommertid” (the drum score for this one can be found in the archive). The level of the drum score was made to fit beginner drummers as it would often be something the band would play at gigs or during concerts. Notice that each part is not repeated – however it sounds nice when played through the entire tune twice. It works very effective for the overall presentation with a drumming break in part 1 when repeating the tune, and with a nice drum layering uptake to part 2. One thing that can also make this rather easy jig drum score work very nicely is, if you keep the Continue reading →

Steamboat

This drum score was written in 2008 for a grade 4 band who wanted to give it a go with a different 6/8 than the standard 6/8 drum score for the tune Steamboat. The score was written for experienced drummers already knowing about accented rolls and drag movements. The key to succes with the drum score is Continue reading →

En yndig og frydefuld sommertid

The drum score of the week shared this time is for a Danish folk tune called “En yndig og frydefuld sommertid”, which means something like “A lovely and joyful summer time”. It’s fitting the weather these days, which is approaching summer like weather.

The drum score was written last year for a Danish grade 4 band who plays this tune as part of their Danish set of different Danish folk tunes. The level of the score was supposed to be for the lightly experienced drummer with most of the technique Continue reading →

Itchy Fingers

This drum score for Itchy Fingers was written for a medley selection for a grade 4 band with a stronger drum corp. When it was played, it was however to hard for the pipers to play to, because of the off beat rhythms in the drum score. I’m guess that this drum score would be a better fit for a stronger pipe corp, that doesn’t necessarily needs a drum corp in order to keep the beat&time. The drum score can also be challenging for Continue reading →

The Battle Of The Somme

This weeks shared drum score of the week was written back in 1999 in some of my first years of writing drum scores. It was written when I was leading the drum corp of Holbæk Pipe Band and is featured on the “Debut” CD of the band. One very important dynamic volume thing to point out, in order to make the drum score work nicely, is the Continue reading →

The Keel Row

This drum score for the reel version of The Keel Row was written back in 2008 for a grade 4 band to be the ending of their medley – see the fancy ending of the drum score. The level of the drum score was meant to be challenging for the medley drummers of the grade 4 band without being unachievable. The level of the drum score could be made more difficult by Continue reading →

Blustering Home

Inspired by the judges recital at this years Copenhagen Winter Competition, the drum score of this week is a drum score written for Michael Grey’s tune Blustering Home. Michael Grey played it at the recital, and I immediately recalled the first time I heard the tune. The first time I heard the tune was in 1999 at the dorms around Strathclyde University in the week leading up to the World Pipe Band Championships.  Peel Regional Police Pipe Band from Canada, led by Michael Grey and Jeremy Keddy, played it as an opener to their medley. I remember very clearly how fascinated and excited I was (and still am) about this 6/8-9/8-12/8 type march. I think the tune is very bright and has an uplifting feel to it.

Ten years later, in 2009,  I wrote a drum score for the tune to be played by an experienced grade 4 drum corp. The technical level of the drum score is not to challenging, however some of the single runs in there would require some repetition and exercise. The most difficult pattern in the drum score is probably Continue reading →

Black Bear

Score of the week this time around, was written for the beginner level, for a grade 4B band. It’s made to fit to the tune Black Bear closer than the standard drum setting – to create a better ensemble in the bands performance. In this drum score there’s a lot of room for dynamics, especially in the Continue reading →

Highland Laddie

This drum score for Highland Laddie was written a year ago for a grade 4B band who wanted something specific to play to the tune Highland Laddie. Something which was more interesting than the very basic massed band score and less busy (or more simple) than the widely spread standard drum score. This drum score gives a lot of room to work with dynamics – being a corps of beginner drummers. Especially on the Continue reading →

The Bloody Fields Of Flanders

This drum score was written in 2015 for a grade 4 band to play in a march set with one drummer playing an old military rope drum and the other snaredrummers playing regular pipe band drums. It was written for all the drummers of the drum corp to be capable of playing along, as well as for the score to be able to learn and memorize fairly quickly. The patterns in the drum score builds on Continue reading →

Teribus

This weeks drum score of the week is also based on the standard 2/4 setting. It was made a few years back for a local pipe band to allow all drummers of the drum corp to join in for the march competitions. The variations are also based on the same rudiments as the ones that are used in bar 3&4 and 7&8. Especially the first two bars are made very Continue reading →

Campbell’s Farewell To Redcastle

This weeks drum score of the week was written a few years back for a Danish grade 4 band and is based on the 2/4 standard setting – the mid-bars and the endings being as the standards. It was written so that the beginner drummers in the drum corp could play along in the competition march set. It was a great way to get the beginners fast into the drum corp of the band. The variations in the two parts builds on Continue reading →

Clachnaharry

This shared drum score of the week was written back in 2006 for a Scottish grade 3 band for their medley selection. The score was written for the experienced level drummers. The endings might seem a little simple, however this simple movement suits the melody very well – I think. One of the tricky’er movements in the drum score is the Continue reading →

PM Sandy Gordon

Score of the week this time around is for a 2-parted strathspey for the experienced drummer. When it was written more than 15 years ago it was to fit into a medley selection following last weeks shared drum score. We played the same selection a year later, and this score was slightly modified with a variation in bar 2 of both parts. This was done to make the Continue reading →

Rodney Hull QC

This score of the week was written back in 2000 for a medley selection for Holbæk Pipe Band, whom I was the leading drummer for at the time. The level of the score is for the experienced drummer. This strathspey followed the intro tune to the medley and therefore, establishing a good ensemble vibe right from the start, was important. Especially the first part was written to fit the the tune very closely to help establish a nice strathspey idiom and ensemble. In the second part Continue reading →

The Sash In Hvidovre

This last drum score of the week of 2015, was written for a tune written by Bernard Bouhadana – currently PM of Balagan. The arrangement of the tune was played by the Balagan concert band at some of the early concerts of the band in 2008 – as being the first of the reels in the ending of the medley selection. The name of the tune refers to the time in 2004 where Continue reading →