Welcome to PipeBandDrummer.com, an online resource for aspiring pipe band drummers. Learn to read our unique notation, check out our blog, give our rudiments a try or download pipe …

Rudiments form the foundation of the pipe band drumming style. The following list includes some well known and a few little known rudiments but all will help you develop your dexterity, facility …

Improve your music reading skills with the Bare Bones Reading System. Learn to identify and execute your rolls in the five pipe band styles with Roll Call. Perfect your foundation strokes …

The Drummer's Companion is the first library of pipe tune recordings made specifically for drummers performed by world champion piper Bruce Gandy. Bruce is known throughout the …

...recognize and execute rolls in all five pipe band styles ...master the 60 rudiments of pipe band drumming with an advanced and detailed tracking system ...improve your hand position and …

Most beginning drummers competing in the lower grades play marches exclusively so Group A is the logical place to begin your "reading journey". Group A is divided into six distinct sections. …

This 13-part series (roughly 45 minutes in length) will give you an introduction to the basic theory knowledge you require as a pipe band drummer. To watch the videos please click here . …

Feb 14, 2022 · On August 2, 2019, the Dartmouth and District Pipe Band from Nova Scotia won the North American Pipe Band Championships in grade 4. I am fortunate to be the lead …

The Bare Bones is a collection of exercises designed to teach drummers how to read and interpret the rhythms of pipe band drumming. These reading exercises come in five groups …

Just as words in a language are composed of letters of the alphabet, all pipe band drumming rudiments are formed with the seven foundation strokes. These strokes can be practiced in …