In Your Hands Book

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This complete drumming tutor starts at the beginning and builds to skills needed to be play with a competing pipe band. David Henderson and David Ross of D2 Percussion, the writers, have both played in Grade 1 pipe bands and with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. The layout and photos are clear, and the book is packed with exercises, rudiments, scores, and more. This is a substantial book instructional book and valuable reference for pipe band drummers.

Stage 1: In the Beginning

Basic Technique and Notation

Stage 2: Sticks in Hands 

Exercises and Key Rudiments

Stage 3: On a Roll  

Buzzing and Rolling, Basic Scotland the Brave

Stage 4: Triplets 

Triplets, More Rolls, Highland Laddie

Stage 5: Gracing 

Embellishments, Flams, Drags, 3/4 Marches

Stage 6: Massed Bands

 Scotland the Brave, Rowan Tree, Compound Time, 6/8 March

Stage 7: Phrasing  

Accented Rolls, Single Stroke Exercises, Teribus, The Piper's Cave

Stage 8: The M.A.P Set 

Advanced Rudiments, Advanced Simple Time Exercises, 2/4 March Set

Stage 9: Dance Tunes  

Strathspey Idiom and Exercises, Reel Idiom and Exercises, Multiple Scores

Stage 10: Favorites

Highland Cathedral, Flower of Scotland, Amazing Grace, Drum Fanfare

Drumming Instruction Book from D2 Percussion

This complete drumming tutor starts at the beginning and builds to skills needed to be play with a competing pipe band. David Henderson and David Ross of D2 Percussion, the writers, have both played in Grade 1 pipe bands and with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. The layout and photos are clear, and the book is packed with exercises, rudiments, scores, and more. This is a substantial book instructional book and valuable reference for pipe band drummers.

Stage 1: In the Beginning

Basic Technique and Notation

Stage 2: Sticks in Hands 

Exercises and Key Rudiments

Stage 3: On a Roll  

Buzzing and Rolling, Basic Scotland the Brave

Stage 4: Triplets 

Triplets, More Rolls, Highland Laddie

Stage 5: Gracing 

Embellishments, Flams, Drags, 3/4 Marches

Stage 6: Massed Bands