This weeks shared drum score was written for a band in Malta. The tune was written by Bob Worrall in honour of Bob Cooper of Winnipeg – a piper from Canada, and the dad of one of my very good friends (also a piper himself) Blair Cooper. It’s very nice tune, which to me Continue reading
This drum score was written for the strathspey Lady MAcKenzie Of Fairburn. The level of this drum score is in the tough end of the experienced level, leaning towards advanced level. The reason for this is Continue reading
This drum score was written for a local band for their “easy” and light MSR and was meant to fit the 2nd level of the drummers in the band. It’s not my first attempt to write a drum score for this tune – which has a lot of taccums in it, making it Continue reading
This weirdly name tune is a part of a 4/4 march competition set of a local Danish pipe band, and was written for their level (beginner), as the last tune of their march set. Since it’s a one parted tune, they play it twice. Again the material in there is fairly basic – 7-stroke rolls, flams and triplets – so it’s suitable for a lot of drum corps. The space in the drum score and the relative easy difficulty level leaves a lot of room for Continue reading
This drum score was also written for a local Danish grade 4b band as part of their 4/4 competition set. It’s the second tune of their set. All the elements made to build this drum score are very basic – 7 stroke rolls, flams, triplets and a few longer rolls. Again this drum score is suitable for Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written a year ago for a local Danish grade 4b band for their 4/4 competition set. It’s the third tune in their set. The drum score itself is pretty straight forward with a lot of basic elements such as the 7 stroke roll, triplets and flams aswell as a few 13’s and 25-stroke rolls. It’s written to fit a very basic level of drumming and suitable for Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written for a local grade 4b band to be played in their 4/4 competition march set. The tune itself is rather catchy I think, so the aim here was not to make the drum score too disruptive. The technique elements used in the score is rather basic, perhaps with the exception of the 19 stroke rolls in there. Since the drum score is so relatively easy, then there’s a lot of room for Continue reading
This drum score was also written for a local pipe band, and was made for the lovely tune “I Skovens Dybe Stille Ro”, which is a Danish folk tune – sort of a slow march/air. The name (ironically) means “In the deep silence of the forest”. The band decided to play it twice at the end of their Danish Selection of traditional Danish tunes. First time through with only the pipers playing, and then with the drummers coming in on the 2nd time through the tune. I think this arrangement work superbly and because it’s played twice and because the drummers Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written for a local pipe band, as to be the first of their new 4/4 march set. The level is for the experienced drummer. In this particular drum score I decided to go for a lot of single runs of 5. The tune has a lot of long notes which leaves a lot of space for either drumming or silence from the drummers. Here, I chose the first in most cases.
I guess the most challenging part of the drum score is in the very first bar of part 2, where there’s a lot of triplets and Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score is the last in a set of three 4/4 marches. It was written for a local grade 4 band with an aim to compete in Scotland. In Denmark, this tune is often played in a 4/4 set of Scotland The Brave, Wings & Rowan Tree, so I’ve heard this tune lots of times. However, this if the first time I’ve written a specific drum score for this tune.
The technical level of the drum score matches that of the precious 2 shared drum scores – sort of in between Continue reading
This drum score was written as the 2nd piece of a 4/4 set – and for a local grade 4 pipe band aiming towards competing. The technical level of the drum score follows the level of last weeks shared drum score, with lots of the same rhythmical patterns.
I’ve got some chips written out for this drum score as well. Get in touch with me, if you’re interested in getting those, and I will Continue reading
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 first shared drum score of 2022 was written to be the strathspey of an MSR for a band of experienced players who wanted a drum score with a challenging edge to it. So here we go. The score is meant to fit the better experienced to advanced drummers. The chips/unison written in there, help to further express the dynamics in the drum score, which should be reflected in the attached recording. The most challenging stuff in there is probably 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
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 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 back in 2003 for an off season concert band. We were a bunch of players without a fixed local band, yet some of us would play with over seas bands during the summer. In the winter time we would gather up and play concerts in Denmark.
This drum score was written for the strathspey The Pipers Bonnet. I remember thinking that this tune was somewhat tricky to write a drum score for, however I managed to come up with something. Playing it today felt a little awkward since my playing has emerged and developed into a different place now than where it was back then. Sorry for the Continue reading
This weeks shared drum score was written for the strathspey Aspen Bank. It’s another tune that I remember playing earlier on in my pipe band drumming journey with Holbæk Pipe Band. I believe that the tune is relatively easy for the pipers, however it can be tricky for drummers with the number of tachums in there that we should try to express as well. In this drum score I was aiming for the experienced level, however some might suggest that this should be for the advanced level, and therefore I will tick both categories for this drum score. Especially the Continue reading
This weeks shared score was written back in 2001 for a Danish grade 4 band. It was meant to be played in a medley. The level of the drum score is for the experienced drummer. There some drag movements in there that can be tricky to master, for example in the endings with the accented rolls. The key part in this drum score is the Continue reading
As part of my June challenge this year, of writing a drum score each day of the month, I got a request to try writing a simple drum score for some of the traditional and well-known tunes. So, I finally wrote a drum score for probably the most famous marching tunes in pipe bands: Scotland The Brave. I always really enjoy playing this Continue reading