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<p>Knowing the point of practicing is the <em>most</em> important piece of information you will ever learn if your goal is to improve your playing. It is incredible to me that ABSOLUTELY NO ONE KNOWS this crucial piece of…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5320352/video-blog-what-is-the-point-of-practicing">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Today on the Ups and Downs is the first of what I hope will be many video blogs! Playing slowly is a skill that takes lots of patience and practice but it can have an amazing affect on your personal…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5311872/taking-it-slow">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Welcome to the final blog post of "Roll Call"! This week we'll be looking at the execution and use of rhythm syllables for rolls in a strathspey. As I've discussed in previous blog posts the strathspey is&nbsp;the least understood…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5292403/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-x-the-strathspey">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>In part IX of "Roll Call" we will be learning to identify rolls within the most musically complex style we play: the strathspey. A typical strathspey contains the following rolls types:</p>
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          <div class="message"><p>The rolls in a 6/8 march are the most complex you'll find in any style. Whereas the rolls of a 2/4 march contain mostly triplet sixteenth subdivisions, rolls in the 6/8 march contain three distinct subdivisions:</p>
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          <div class="message"><p>This week we'll be discussing the all important but often forgotten style: <a href="/6-8-march-theory-and-rhythm-syllables" target="_blank">The 6/8 March</a>. In competitive piping and drumming the 6/8 march is rarely used. It sometimes makes an appearance in march medleys in the lower grades but…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5213434/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-vii-the-6-8-march">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>As discussed in <a href="https://pipebanddrummer.com/the-ups-and-downs/blog/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-v-the-jig" target="_blank">Part V</a>, jigs are written in 6/8, a compound time signature based on groups of three. Today we will discuss the rhythmic breakdown of rolls found in the jig style&nbsp;and the use of rhythm syllables…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5200658/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-vi-the-jig-cont-d">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Welcome to Part V of Roll Call! In this ten part series I'll be focusing on the identification and execution of rolls in the five styles of music we play. Today we'll be concentrating on the jig style. The jig…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5164025/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-v-the-jig">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>In "Roll Call" Part IV I'll be discussing the breakdown and use of rhythm syllables for rolls commonly found in the round reel. This has been a very challenging section to write and has been very "eye-opening" as the exact…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5150147/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-iv-the-round-reel-cont-d">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>This week, in part three of "Roll Call", we'll be discussing how rolls appear in the <a href="/reel-theory-and-rhythm-syllables" target="_blank">round reel</a>. In the pipe band drumming idiom there are two types of reels: those that are played with swing (using dot and…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5103615/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-iii-the-round-reel">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>To add to last week's post, it is possible to use rhythm syllables (as found in <a href="/march-theory-and-rhythm-syllables" target="_blank">The Bare Bones</a> Reading System) to help you figure out the timing of your buzz strokes. In an effort to streamline the post I…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5091456/roll-call-using-rhythm-syllables-march">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p><a href="https://pipebanddrummer.com/the-ups-and-downs/blog/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-i-the-march" target="_blank">Last week</a> we learned how to identify every type of roll used in a march or reel. Now that we know what the different rolls look like it's time to move on to how they are played. Before we begin…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5079443/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-ii-the-march-cont-d">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>In an earlier blog post (<a href="https://pipebanddrummer.com/the-ups-and-downs/blog/know-your-roll-recognizing-five-stroke-rolls-in-your-written-music" target="_blank">Know Your Roll</a>), I attempted to help drummers identify a five stroke roll across the five styles of music we play. After some reflection, I realized a change in approach was needed. Instead…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5067299/roll-call-identifying-rolls-in-your-written-music-part-i-the-march">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>In the early nineties I was playing with the Rob Roy Pipe Band in Kingston, Ontario. Every year, The Rob Roy band would participate in a city wide cultural festival known as "Folklore". Rob Roy hosted the Scottish pavilion at…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/5004950/drill-the-skill-the-trizzlet">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>Hmmm... it doesn't <em>look</em> very intimidating... but there is sits, the <em>DREADED RATAMACUE:</em> one of the most maligned and complaint inducing rudiments we play. It is a simple rudiment to understand yet one of the toughest to execute consistently. Starting…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/4944825/drill-the-skill-the-ratamacue">Read more</a></span></div>
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          <div class="message"><p>For a snare section, the ability to play in perfect unison with each other is the toughest goal to achieve. Pipe band snare drums are notoriously unforgiving due to their extreme volume level making every tiny mistake or rough patch…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/the-ups-and-downs/blog/4935180/drill-the-skill-the-open-six-stroke-roll">Read more</a></span></div>
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