Applying Fundamentals of Bass and Tenor Drumming - Walen
Applying Fundamentals of Bass and Tenor Drumming: Essentials for Developing the Pipe Band Mid-Section to Support Ensemble is a book aimed at the midsections of competetive pipe bands and offers lots of information to this audience. 80 pages of text and examples, appendixes, spiral bound, 8.5"x11" landscape format, laminated covers.
Excerpt from the Introduction by Peter Walen: "This book is a guide. It is a description of what I have found works with midsections of pipe bands from Grade 5/Novice up to experienced Grade 2 and higher bands. This book does not give instruction or information on flourishing. This book is for those of you who have a basic understanding of reading music and the value of musical notes. Also, it helps if you have a basic understanding of music in the pipe band idiom..."
Contents of Applying Fundamentals:
The Midsection
Conventional/Traditional Views
Overcoming the Conventional
Defining What We Do
Time, Time Signatures and Feel
Sticking, Feel and Sound Projection
Applying Motion to Music
Making the Stroke 2/4 and 4/4 Marches - Bass Drum
Making the Stroke 2/4 and 4/4 Marches - Tenor Drum
Motion and Rhythm for 3/4 Marches
Motion and Rhythm for 6/8 Marches
Music and Motion
Flourishing in Traditional Forms
Building on the Traditional
Building on Rhythm
Building in Flourishing
Melodic Flow
Building Tones
Building the Chord
Tuning the Section Using Chords
Tones and Rhythm
How to Indicate Tones for Tenor Drums
Combining Tones and Rhythm
Teaching and Learning Scores
Scores and Beatings
Scotland the Brave
Bonnie Dundee
Mairi's Wedding/Lewis Bridal Song
Green Hills of Tyrol
The Keel Row
Jock Wilson's Ball
Rocking the Cradle
