LEVEL THREE CERTIFICATE – PIPE BAND DRUMMING

SYLLABUS

Maintenance
Introduction to the Tuning and Timbre of a Snare Drum, and Bass and Tenor Drums, including a knowledge of ’Dampening’ techniques.

Snare Drum Practical

Candidates must demonstrate competence inthe following, using sticks and practice pad:

Counting in Irregular Groups in Simple and Compound Times
Single Stroke Work
The Long Roll, both ‘open’ and ‘closed’
The Five - Stroke Roll, both ‘open‘ and ‘closed‘
The Seven - Stroke Roll, both ‘open’ and ‘closed’
The Nine - Stroke Roll, both ‘open’ and ‘closed’
The Paradiddle
Continued development of Flam Movements
Continued development of Drag Movements
Introduction to Strathspey and Reel Rhythms
Introduction to Slow March Rhythm in Compound Time
Monotones and Sight - reading
Introduction to Snare Drum score writing
Introduction to Orchestrated Scores

Candidates must demonstrate competency inthe following on the snare drum:

Simple Time March Rhythm of two parts
Compound Time March Rhythm of two parts

Bass and Tenor Drum Practical

Candidates must demonstrate competence in the following, using Beaters:

Continued development of Basic Flourishing Movements
Continued development of Flourishing and Time Keeping
Counting in Simple and Compound Times
Counting in the Three Kinds of Time
Counting of Irregular Groups in Simple and Compound Times
Single Stroke Work and accents
The ‘Paradiddle‘
Monotones and Sight - reading
Introduction to Strathspey and Reel Rhythms
Introduction to Slow March Rhythm in Compound Time
Introduction to Bass Section Orchestrated Scores
Marching, Playing and Deportment

Candidates must also demonstrate competence inthe following on the bass and tenor drum, using basic flourishing movements:

Simple Time March Rhythm of two parts
Compound Time March Rhythm of two parts

Theory

Candidates must be able to:

Understand Compound Time rhythms (use of monotone exercises)
Write out 8 bars of drum score for a 6/8 March from memory
Write out the first part of either a Strathspey or a Reel from memory
Explain the purpose of a Leger Line
Draw out the Great Staff and show the pitch of the tenor drone, bass drone, and all the notes in the bagpipe scale
Sight reading of a set piece