LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATE – PIPE BAND DRUMMING

SYLLABUS

Maintenance

Candidates must demonstrate an understanding of the Care and Maintenance of Snare, Bass and Tenor Drums.

Snare Drum Practical

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

Counting in Simple and Compound Times;
Counting in the Three Kinds of Time
Continued development of Single Stroke Work
Continued development of the Long Roll, both ‘open’ and ‘closed’
Continued development of the Five - Stroke Roll, both ‘open‘ and ‘closed‘
Continued development of the Seven - Stroke Roll, both ‘open’ and ‘closed’
Continued development of the Nine - Stroke Roll, both ‘open’ and ‘closed’
Continued development of the Paradiddle
Introduction to Flam Movements
Introduction to Drag Movements
Continued development of Monotones and Sight - reading
Introduction to Simple Time March Rhythm of two parts
Introduction to Compound Time Quick March Rhythm of two parts

Bass and Tenor Drum Practical

Candidates must demonstrate competence in the following, using Beaters:

Correct Hand and Beater Positions
Beater control and maintenance
Introduction to Basic Flourishing Movements
Introduction to Flourishing and Time Keeping
Counting in Simple and Compound Times
Counting in the Three Kinds of Time
Continued development of Single Stroke Work, introducing the use of accents
Continued development of the ‘Paradiddle‘
Continued development of Monotones and Sight - reading
Introduction to Simple Time March Rhythm of two parts
Introduction to Compound Time Quick March Rhythm of two parts
Introduction to Marching, Playing and Deportment

Theory

Candidates must be able to:

Understand simple time rhythms
Explain what a time signature is
Place bar lines according to a time signature
Explain what a treble clef is
Identify the time signature from a piece of music presented by the Examiner
Write out all of the drumming embellishments included in the syllabus up to Level 2
Write out 8 bars of a Simple Time drum score from memory
Be able to draw a note value table and understand relative note durations