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
The last advanced jig drum score this time around was written for a Danish solo drummer to compete at the Copenhagen Winter Competition. The score was written to give some challenge yet not be too difficult for a solo competition. The tune has a lot of long notes from beat to beat and can be hard to write to. I found that a good mix of Continue reading
This jig drum score was also a part of the 2008 Balagan concert medley. It was played just after the intro and was followed by Donald MacLean. In the recording attached below, you’ll hear the break into Donald MacLean. I chose to make two different endings for the the 1st part to make sort of a break in the score before entering the 2nd part. In the second part we also deicided to Continue reading
A drum score written to finish off a medley – the ending is played on the recording, but not shown in the written drum score. I’ve written a few different scores for this classic jig tune, but this version is the most complicated/challenging of them. In the 3rd part we changed the 4th bar to a more fancy version in the piping Continue reading
This weeks advanced jig drum score was written to a jig version of Cameronian Rant. Being an 8-parted jig, there’s a good opportunity to really get the jig rhythm going. Yeah. In the set this was played, the pipers played a long suite before we entered this 8-parted jig. Therefore the first line of the tune was played Continue reading
A new month – and a new theme. Jigs at the advanced level. This shared score of the week was written back in 2007 for the first Balagan concert medley. In the medley we started off with a three parted hornpipe followed by a 2-parted jig. And then as we entered this jig, we had a two bar drumming break in the first two bars of the tune. I’m not sure wether the tenors actually did played something in the break. Anyway, the recording I’ve made to go along with the score, does not include the break. For me, the highlight of the Continue reading
My first post of score of the week – let the good times roll.
All In Good Time is a tune written by Iain Currie former PM of The Heather Pipes & Drums of Copenhagen. It was part of of Jig Set that we played with Balagan at the first concerts with the group back in 2008. Continue reading