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Tenor and Bass Drumming

What is the Bass Section?

The bass section is composed of tenor and bass drums. The two principal roles of the bass section are to provide harmonic support to the bagpipes and rhythmic support to the snare drummers. The bass section is the glue that holds the pipe band together...

Bass Section (Tenor & Bass) Rudiments

Because tenor drummers and bass drummers are drummers above all else, it is necessary for members of the bass section to practice rudiments like every other drummer...

The Bare Bones (Bass Section)

Snare drummers are fortunate in that, because they are playing constantly, they do not normally encounter rests. Bass section drummers, however, must have a solid understanding of rest values. This means that not only do bass section drummers need to understand rhythms written with notes but they also must learn to recognize those same rhythms written with rests. This requires...

Basic Tenor Flourishing

The role of flourishing in a tenor drum score is to provide a visual interpretation of the rhythms played by the pipe band as a whole. Flourishing has more in common with dance than drumming, as it requires choreography that compliments the music...