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Pipes and Sticks on Route 66 Workshop in Albuquerque

La Cueva High School, 7801 Wilshire Avenue Northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico 87122

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Event Description

9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Lunch will be included.

Topics for the workshop include, but are not restricted to:

 

Piping

 

  • 2/4 March
  • 6/8 March
  • Bagpipe maintenance: reed manipulation, pipe setup, and tuning
  • Strathspeys and reels
  • Beginning Piobaireachd
  • Advanced Piobaireachd
  • Hornpipes and jigs
  • Ensemble master class
  • Unison playing for pipes and drums

 

Snare Drumming

  • Basic stick control & advanced techniques
  • Fundamental and advanced rudiments
  • Applied rudiments and two bar phrasing
  • Applied dynamics and ensemble considerations
  • Roll and accented roll development
  • Marches in simple and compound time: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4,6/8 
  • Strathspeys and reels
  • Hornpipes and jigs
  • An ensemble approach to creating a unique drum corps sound
  • Care, maintenance, and tuning
  • Unison playing for pipes and drums

 

Bass and Tenor Drumming

(Please note: topics restricted to drumming only.No flourishing classes offered.)

  • Basic mallet control & advanced techniques
  • Mallet control and hand independence
  • Fundamental rudiments
  • Playing with attitude, heart, and dynamics
  • Taking ownership of time
  • Visual meter and motion
  • Marches in simple and compound time: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8 
  • The strathspey idiom 
  • Hornpipes and jigs
  • Care, maintenance, and tuning
  • Unison playing for pipes and drums

 

 

Map of Event Location
April 15th, 2012  9:30 amApril 16th, 2012  9:30 am