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
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
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 drum score of the week this time around is for a 6/8 march for the experienced drummer. It was written back in 2009 for the Balagan concert band to be part of a 6/8 march set. I find the 3rd and 4th part to be really swinging when adding dynamics to the first to bars of the parts. Notice the change of the Continue reading
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
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
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
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
This drum score was written to be played by a drummer playing an old military style rope tension drum. It was meant to be the first in a set of two marches. It was written a year ago for a beginners grade 4 drum corp. The recording below is recorded in a slow tempo to allow for beginners to drum along as well as Continue reading
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
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
This weeks shared drum score was written more than eight years ago for an experienced drum corp of a grade 4 band. It was written to be the opener of a medley selection. In the first line, I focused on maintaining a good solid beat – for the walk in. The drum score is structured in the way that line 2, 3 and 4 of part 1 is also played as line 2, 3, and 4 in part 2 – as you hear it on the drumming recording attached below. The few challenges in the are more so challenging on the musical aspect than from a technical view. They way I see it, it’s all about Continue reading
This weeks score was written 9 years ago for a Danish pipe band to play in their march selection. The level of the drum corp at the time was beginner – experienced, which is reflected in this score. There’s a few tricky, yet commonly used single runs and roll movements in there, that could be quite challenging for some. However this should be Continue reading
A new month – new theme. Drum scores for beginner drummers.
This first drum score of November was written in 2007 for a grade 4 band, as to be the last march in a march set. The tune has a lot of long notes which is also reflected in the drum score. The level of the drum score is aimed towards the experienced beginner having lots of Continue reading
This weeks drum score was written back in 2010 – and inspired by all of the different impression I’d gotten from playing in various bands and listening to so many great bands. It was written as a warm up drum score for the Balagan drum corp. This score could also be played by the experienced drummer in a solo competition, as for example Copenhagen Winter Competition which is now up and running again. In Balagan we ended up playing it to the piping tune Continue reading
The theme of Octobers “Score of the week” will be 4 parted tunes for the experienced drummer.
This drum score was written just days ago for an MSR for a Danish grade 4 band, where the drummers needed a good challenge. I think this particular tune was a bit hard to write a score to, because of the many tachums in there. However, I wrote it, and here’s the end result. For the endings I decided to break up the last Continue reading
This last drum score of the week in the month of September, was written back in 2012 as the last march in a MAP march set of four 2-parted marches. In this drum score the idea was to create some highlights for the bas&tenors – for example in the Continue reading
This drum score was written to be part of a MAP march set – following 72nds Farewell to Aberdeen. The drum score was made a bit more interesting than for example the intro march, with the amount of triplets in there – places which would allow the tenors to add some excitement in there. Also the score has quite a few Continue reading
The drum score for this tune was written back in 2007 to follow 72nds Farewell to Aberdeen (shared last week) in a MAP tunes set. Again the aim of the score was to accompany the piping tune very close to help the overall ensemble presentation. The two most difficult rudiments in there to master is probably the Continue reading
A new month – a new theme. This month it’ll be 2 parted MAP marches suitable for grade 4 bands to play in competition.
This first drum score of the week of September was originally written back in 2007 for a grade 4 band to play at the Worlds when they had the first go of this MAP system. Back then, grade 4 bands only had to play 2 two parted marches in grade 4B. This drum score was written to be Continue reading