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Learn the basics well! The level one 'Building Blocks' book teaches you the very basics and explains how you can develop your execution of the fundamental rudiments. As well as this, there is music theory lessons, technique lessons and hints and tips throughout. Once you have the book, you can also watch the videos on the videos page and make sure that you are playing everything correctly. There are also music theory worksheets in the digital downloads page that you can do to help cement what you have learned in the music theory lessons in the book.
Alba Rhythm – Building Blocks Level 1
£18.99
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Take your learning to the next level with Building Blocks - Level 2. In level two you will continue with the fundamental rudiments to build your drumming vocabulary. In this book you will work on the 6 fundamental elements of your drumming:
- Technique
  
  Finger Control
  
  Exercises
- Music Theory
  
  Dynamics
  
  Unison
  
  Lengthening and Shortening Notes and Rests
  
  Bars and Barlines
  
  Types of Tune
  
  Counting Exercises
- New Rudiments + Exercises
  
  Triplets
  
  Dots and Cuts
  
  Rolls (Continued)
  
  Drags
- Fundamental Rudiments
  
  Single Strokes
  
  Double Strokes
  
  Paradiddles
  
  Flams
  
  Rolls
- 2 Bar Phrases
  
  Triplets
  
  Dots and Cuts
  
  Rolls
  
  Drags
- Drum Scores
  
  Introductory Scores - Nursery Rhymes
  
  Basic 2/4 Marches
  
  Basic 3/4 Marches
  
  Basic 4/4 Marches
Extras:
- In the book you will find hints and tips to help you to execute the content to the best possible standard.
- To ensure that you are continuing to develop and improve your execution, there are also 'Tempo Targets' to achieve as well as a handy progress record at the back of the book to keep track of how you are developing.
You can also purchase music theory worksheets from the Videos Page to help you to develop your music theory understanding. As well as this you can also subscribe to our '
Videos' page where you can learn the content as well as play along with the exercises to ensure that you are executing the content flawlessly.
Alba Rhythm – Building Blocks Level 2
£18.99
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Take your learning to the next level with Building Blocks - Level 3. In level two you will continue with the fundamental rudiments to build your drumming vocabulary. In this book you will work on the 6 fundamental elements of your drumming:
- Technique
  
  Finger Control
  
  Exercises
- Music Theory
  
  Bars and Bar Lines
  
  Time Signatures
  
  Simple and Compound Metre
  
  Types of Tune: Jig + Compound Time March
  
  Counting Exercises: Jig + Compound Time March
- New Rudiments + Exercises
  
  5's and 6's
  
  2 Stroke Ruffs
  
  Swiss Triplets
- Fundamental Rudiments
  
  Paradiddle Variations
  
  Roll Combinations
  
  Joining Rolls
- 2 Bar Phrases
  
  Simple Time March
  
  Compound Time March
  
  Jig
  
  Strathspey
  
  Reel
- Drum Scores
  
  Massed Band Scores (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8)
  
  MAP Tunes
  
  Jigs
  
  Strathspeys
  
  Reels
Extras:
- In the book you will find hints and tips to help you to execute the content to the best possible standard.
- To ensure that you are continuing to develop and improve your execution, there are also 'Tempo Targets' to achieve as well as a handy progress record at the back of the book to keep track of how you are developing.
You can also purchase music theory worksheets from the Videos Page to help you to develop your music theory understanding. As well as this you can also subscribe to our '
Videos' page where you can learn the content as well as play along with the exercises to ensure that you are executing the content flawlessly
Alba Rhythm – Building Blocks Level 3
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Snare Drum Rudiments & Pipe Band Drum Scores Tutor with included CD, written by David Farquhar. The book and cd is excellent for beginners - advanced level and has over 100 exercises, as well as various drum scores. The exercises are written in a way that allows you to play the rudiments and execute them correctly before increasing the pace. The included CD, laid out in the same order as the book, allows you to listen and play along with the exercises as you progress through each section of the book.
David Farquhar Snare Drum Rudiments & Scores Tutor Book
£13.50
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PRACTICE STRATEGIES THAT CAUSE MUSICAL IMPROVEMENT
If you practice frequently and consistently, your musical skills should rightly be improving. If not, this is about HOW you are practicing, and NOT about who you are. There should be NO doubt in your mind that you CAN become a better player. As musicians mature in their playing abilities and begin to perform, many will maintain a genuine desire to continuously improve their playing skills. Indeed, they can see this as a life-long pursuit. But over time it seems their practice no longer leads to the changes they are striving for. Today, research has led to a much better understanding of the ways to practice that will lead to improvement and the ways that will not. Many players simply do not practice in a way that will cause fundamental changes in the skills related to higher-quality playing. This book illuminates the path toward continuous improvement in the development of musical skills for the seasoned player. The creation of this book was aided by the insights of Jack Lee, Stuart Liddell, J. Reid Maxwell & Steven McWhirter.

STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING AND MEMORISING NEW TUNES
Memorising is the fastest way to learn any new tune.Playing in a pipe band or in solo competitions depends upon your ability to learn and memorise music. For some of you this may mean learning and memorising many new tunes each year. This is not just about “kind of” memorising your music, but engraving it into your brain such that you can confidently perform it at the very times you need it, without fear or anxiety of forgetting.As you will come to understand, there is no logic in separating the processes of learning a new tune and memorising it. Memorising and learning should rightly be integrated into one process. Separating these processes means at least twice the time invested and as you’ll learn that, separation makes memorising the tune much more challenging. Every worthwhile piece of music should be memorised right from the start.In this book you will learn the strategies to synchronously learn and memorise new tunes.
Dr. Stephanie Burns – Double Pack
~~£36.00~~ £31.99
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If you practice frequently and consistently, your musical skills should rightly be improving. If not, this is about HOW you are practicing, and NOT about who you are. There should be NO doubt in your mind that you CAN become a better player. As musicians mature in their playing abilities and begin to perform, many will maintain a genuine desire to continuously improve their playing skills. Indeed, they can see this as a life-long pursuit. But over time it seems their practice no longer leads to the changes they are striving for. Today, research has led to a much better understanding of the ways to practice that will lead to improvement and the ways that will not. Many players simply do not practice in a way that will cause fundamental changes in the skills related to higher-quality playing. This book illuminates the path toward continuous improvement in the development of musical skills for the seasoned player. The creation of this book was aided by the insights of Jack Lee, Stuart Liddell, J. Reid Maxwell & Steven McWhirter.
Dr. Stephanie Burns – Practice Strategies that Cause Musical Improvement
£18.00
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Memorising is the fastest way to learn any new tune.Playing in a pipe band or in solo competitions depends upon your ability to learn and memorise music. For some of you this may mean learning and memorising many new tunes each year. This is not just about "kind of" memorising your music, but engraving it into your brain such that you can confidently perform it at the very times you need it, without fear or anxiety of forgetting.As you will come to understand, there is no logic in separating the processes of learning a new tune and memorising it. Memorising and learning should rightly be integrated into one process. Separating these processes means at least twice the time invested and as you'll learn that, separation makes memorising the tune much more challenging. Every worthwhile piece of music should be memorised right from the start.In this book you will learn the strategies to synchronously learn and memorise new tunes.
Dr. Stephanie Burns – Strategies for Learning and Memorising New Tunes
£18.00
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Over the past few years, Gordon has been working on several drumming book projects. One of these being “The Recordings Series”. This is a series of books that will accompany CD / DVD Recordings from Gordon and the Boghall band. As 2019 is his 40th season playing in Grade 1 with the Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band. What better way to celebrate this with the first book in the series to to be released being “FORTE – 2012 The Snare Drumming Settings” This publication accompanies the Band’s 2012 40th Anniversary Pre-Worlds Live CD recording at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (Forte) and includes all the Snare Drum Compositions from the evening. All the drum scores in the book are set in the same running order as the CD recording. The recording itself, on the KRL – Monarch Label (CDMON 889), is available from various outlets and via Apple I-tunes. Scores include; The Mason’s Apron, Cunningham’s Fancy, The Bride’s Jig, Abercairney Highlanders, Susan MacLeod, John Morrison of Assynt House, The Gold Rings, Campbell’s Tartan Army, Seonaid’s Tune, Glasgow City Police Pipers, Urlar, Dr. McInnes’s Fancy, Tatumtitabra and more. Also included are The Drum Fanfares; Salute to DM Tom Brown & The Famed 1983 Trio Fanfare.
Gordon Brown – Forte
£21.28
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