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Drumming Worksheets & Drills (150+ pieces of content)
Drum Corps Warm-Up Drills
Drum Speak Basics
Structured Learning Levels 1 - 5
Misc
Other tools (46:06)
Personal Routines
Roll Movements
Rudiment Development
Guest Interviews
Mike Cole, World Class Bass Player (42:41)
Gavin Noade, World Champion Drummer (Feb 2021) (45:31)
Jori Chisholm discusses Ensemble (January 2021) (43:41)
Andrew Womersley (Nov 2020) (39:41)
Blake Schmidt, World Champion Tenor Drummer (Oct 2020) (71:35)
World Online Solo Championships Judges Q&A (73:08)
Owner of Andante: Nigel Hodgen (September 2020) (44:35)
Chris Pollock - 8 Time World Champion Bass Drummer from Field Marshal Montgomery (Feb 1st, 2020) (61:48)
Michael Jenkins, Leading Drummer of the Canterbury Caledonian Pipe Band (Jul 31st, 2020) (29:26)
Stu Warmington, Manager at the British Drum Co (Jun 27th, 2020) (57:24)
Arthur Cook: World Solo Champion (May 2020) (40:56)
Gordon Craig (RSPBA Adjudicator) ( Apr 29th, 2020) (44:29)
Jori Chisholm - 3 Time World Champion from SFU Pipe Band (Feb 28th, 2020) (51:23)
Steven Shedden (Dec 2019) (25:26)
Gareth McLees, Runner-Up at the World Solos (Nov 2019) (56:18)
Jori Chisholm (World Champion Bagpiper) discusses Strathspey and 6/8 Phrasing (35:46)
Glenn Kvidahl, Former LD of LA Scots & drummer at Shotts (October 2019) (41:26)
Tyler Fry (Sept 2019) (58:39)
Jim Kilpatrick (August 2019) (58:30)
Joe Noble, World Champion drummer (57:09)
LIVE PRACTICAL SESSIONS 2022
Inner Circle: Dave Coleman - Nov 22 - Intentional Practice (37:21)
Inner Circle: 5 Stroke Rolls-Sebastian Potgieter (24:44)
Inner Circle: Doubles Routine and Subdivisions (22:37)
Inner Circle: Flam Rolls with James (24:08)
Inner Circle: Paddy Moran - November 1st - Staple Execution Exercises (17:05)
Dave Coleman Oct 26 Inner Circle Session - Strathspey Expression (31:48)
Inner Circle: Tim Sellars, October 19th, Windmills and the fun you can have (33:32)
Inner Circle: How and where to Execute a Soft Flam with James Laughlin (36:02)
2022 09 28 IC Coleman Session (33:33)
Paddy Moran, September 23rd, Execution Exercises and Integrating the Voice (26:06)
Tim Sellars September 17th, Unlocking the FlaFla; game changing way to think of it (33:52)
Unlocking the Flam Double with James Laughlin (24:43)
Tim Sellars, September 2nd, Finger Control; technique and rudiment application (39:56)
Patrick Moran (17.8.22) Old School Warm Ups (29:10)
10 August 2022 Roll Dynamics with Sebastian Potgieter (30:29)
The Four Stroke Ruff (30:40)
Doubles Development Pg 58 Vol 2 (24:29)
The Power of 4 (28:46)
Alex Duthart Flam Taps (35:18)
Ultimate Sticking Challenge (23:39)
Smoother Flam Subdivisions (30:14)
Single Strokes to Embellishment (27:51)
The Paradiddle and Five Stroke Combo (41:06)
The Drag Swiss Triplet (37:37)
The Drag Triplet (29:10)
The Inverted Paradiddle (26:43)
How to play expression in your rolls (41:27)
Windmills within a Phrase (38:25)
Three Types of Accent (37:58)
The Fla Fla Breakthrough (43:24)
Flam to Tap Roll (28:52)
Drag to Tap Roll (23:22)
How to Avoid Crushing an Accented Paradiddle Run (25:42)
Accented Triplets to Single 5 combinations (32:55)
Flam 5s in two idioms (27:31)
Five Stroke Versus Four Stroke (30:24)
Swiss Ruff: Say it, Display it, Play it. (28:31)
Moeller (35:43)
Ratamacue Triplet (27:54)
Developing Right Hand Finger Speed (100:21)
Developing Left Hand Finger Technique (32:50)
Combining Left and Right Technique (22:25)
Singles in Speys and Jigs (31:17)
How to play through the drum (34:47)
Put more meat in your roll (29:38)
Playing Nimble (34:13)
Q&A Replays 2022
Inner Circle October Q&A (29:17)
Inner Circle with James: Rebuilding Your Closed Drag (59:12)
Inner Circle August 2022 Q&A (42:57)
Tuning (49:01)
Honing Your Focus, and Changing Heads (31:27)
How to Significantly Improve your Drumming (31:37)
How to Distinguish Tune Types (36:23)
How to integrate Snare, Bass and Tenor at practice (21:02)
Balancing Rudiment Execution with Playing in a Musical Flow State (41:19)
How to compose Unisons (57:25)
How to read rolls (31:44)
Tenor Voicing and Building Resilience (50:07)
Hot Seat: Mary Wallace (26:18)
How to compose a slow air (28:54)
Building Your Confidence as a player (39:09)
Continuous Rolls Q&A (30:29)
Which drum is best? (35:54)
Discussing Judging Sheets (33:04)
Post Covid Challenges (23:51)
Pipe Band Trends (35:08)
Resilience (24:28)
Critiquing a pipe band performance (51:26)
Metronome or Not? (24:08)
Composition
Old Wife of the Milldust Hornpipe (Grade 3) (39:11)
Liberton Pipe Band Grade 4/3 (31:00)
The Bloody Fields of Flanders G4 (36:33)
The Old Rustic Bridge (Grade 4b) (45:16)
Dornoch Links (Grade 4b) (66:16)
Donald MacLean Grade 2 Jig (54:38)
Arniston Castle Grade 3 Level (First Half) (59:28)
Arniston Castle Grade 3 Level (Second Half) (53:10)
Pirates of the Caribbean Grade 5 (72:52)
Susan McLeod Grade 4 Level (75:05)
The Silver Spear Reel Grade 2 Bucksburn & District (54:51)
Kennedys Favourite Grade 2 Reel (72:08)
Molly On The Shore (Gr 4 2/2 Reel) (22:33)
Alick C McGregor (Gr 3 or Grade 2 Reel) (63:22)
Donald MacLean of Lewis (Grade 2 or 1 6/8 March) (62:08)
Glasgow Of the Big Shops (Grade 4b) (43:04)
LIVE Sessions 2021
Reactivating Finger Speed (65:06)
Embellished singles (48:04)
Paradiddle Combos at Speed (37:12)
Doubles to Singles (34:18)
Open 5 and 7 Strokes (24:18)
Rolls to singles Transitions (44:09)
Paradiddlediddle Versus Paraparadiddle (32:44)
Single Stroke Combinations (41:09)
Double Sub-Divisions in Rounded Reels (28:53)
Fast Track Your Four Strokes (27:58)
The Paradiddle Reset Part 2 (38:55)
How to Develop Single 5s Consistency (31:06)
Doubles in Triplet Form (29:00)
Drumming Quickstart Guide (41:07)
How to Improve Your Short 5 Stroke Rolls (36:15)
Singles: 4's and 6's (36:27)
The Paradiddle Reset Part 1 (32:51)
Flam Ratamacue Triplets (23:13)
How to Improve Your Hand Speed (55:10)
Flam Triplets (49:44)
The Fundamentals of Busking in Jig Time
Navigating MSR Transitions (34:56)
Accented Paradiddle Troubleshooting (39:32)
Execution Exercises (35:03)
Paratriplets (32:08)
Independent Finger Conditioning (43:26)
Flam Taps, Tap Flams and Flam Doubles (29:22)
Bringing a Strathspey or Jig to Life (48:57)
Four Stroke Rolls - Both Ways (34:39)
Flam to Swiss Ruff (39:41)
The Ratamacue (49:30)
Advanced sub-divided triplets (31:55)
Developing Balance across both hands (61:32)
Left Hand Traditional Grip Deconstruction (49:11)
Level Up Your Right Hand (50:49)
Continuous Rolls/Tap Rolls (41:15)
Paradiddle-diddles & ParaParaDiddles (36:39)
Level Up Your Paradiddle (29:08)
Drag Triplets (30:10)
Traditional Ruffs and Swiss Ruffs (37:24)
Fives in a dot/cut rhythmic grid (31:24)
Open Flam Rolls (26:45)
The Drag Shortcut (26:10)
Swiss Ruffs to Singles (24:08)
Q&As 2021
Piping and Drumming Integration (29:07)
The 10 Things a Solo Judge is Listening For (46:40)
How to Select Optimal Tempos (47:19)
Improve Your Percussion Memory (24:00)
How to Tune a Bottom Head (63:02)
Metronome Masterclass (52:18)
9 Ways to Fulfill Your Drumming Potential (33:41)
Hot Seat: Daniel Dossey (34:22)
How to Maximise Your Drum Corps Practice (42:03)
10 Things Pipers Should Know About Drummers (33:09)
Hot Seat: Bruce MacKay (35:00)
Hot Seat: Greg MacDonald (47:52)
Overcoming Nerves & Composition Thoughts (48:49)
Hot Seat: Rob Perry (31:18)
Self Evaluation Leads to Self Mastery (33:18)
Practice Priorities & Left Hand ring finger review (19:04)
Hope for a better tomorrow (25:56)
Q&A on rudiment clarification (22:06)
Recruitment & Retention (56:14)
Hot Seat: Craig McFadyen (28:45)
Hot Seat:Daron Peters (36:09)
How to Warm-Up the Whole Drum Corps (35:12)
How to Read Rolls in Strathspeys (58:57)
Dealing with Different Skill Levels at Practice (46:05)
Alex Duthart Drum Salute
Page 1 Videos (29:03)
Page 2 Videos (20:22)
Snare & Tenor PDFs
MP3 of Computerised Drum
Guideline for Recording the Fanfare
2020 Drumming Masterclasses: Each is designed to help you master a specific skill
Flam Rolls, Drag 5s, Flam 5s, Dead Stroke Development (Jan 9th, 2020) (55:32)
Live Session (Jan 16th, 2020) (51:41)
Swiss Triplets, Helping people get over mindset, Drum Speak (Jan 23rd, 2020) (49:39)
Live Session Feb 6th, 2020) (47:24)
The 3 Pillars of Pipe Band Drumming, and Composition Challenge (Feb 14th, 2020) (45:25)
Roll execution - transitions from rolls to singles (Feb 18th, 2020) (46:12)
Thumb Technique, score writing and composition, tuning drums. (Mar 5th, 2020) (43:26)
Chris Myles Masterclass (Mar 14th, 2020) (27:51)
Paradiddle Session (Mar 17th, 2020) (38:17)
Live Q&A (Mar 20th, 2020) (32:19)
LIVE Windmill Session (Apr 7th, 2020) (48:41)
Developing Wrist and Finger Stamina through Triples, Sixes and 12s (Apr 14th, 2020) (39:13)
Flam rolls! (Apr 22nd, 2020) (45:58)
Writing unisons, memorising, & bass and tenor scoring basics Q&A (Apr 24th, 2020) (69:11)
Paradiddle LIVE session (Apr 28th, 2020) (40:27)
Live Session (May 6th, 2020) (46:56)
Swiss Ruffs! (May 13th, 2020) (44:13)
Live Q&A (May 15th, 2020) (54:07)
Drag Five Execution (May 28th, 2020) (41:11)
Live Q&A (May 29th, 2020) (46:03)
Triplet Rolls (Jun 2nd, 2020) (37:38)
Live Q&A (Jun 6th, 2020) (39:03)
The Essential Warm Up Drills (Jun 10th, 2020) (39:16)
Live Q&A (Jun 12th, 2020) (55:19)
Developing the Fla Fla (Jun 16th, 2020) (45:50)
Live Q&A (Jun 20th, 2020) (66:07)
Singles in Dance Idioms (Jun 24th, 2020) (42:45)
Open Roll Development (Jun 29th, 2020) (37:15)
Live Session (Jul 3rd, 2020) (60:04)
Deep dive into the Swiss Ruff (Jul 7th, 2020) (42:50)
Live Q&A (Jul 10th, 2020) (51:03)
Subdivisions - essential for Snare, Bass and Tenor (Jul 14th, 2020) (51:00)
Burnout, Equipment Selection, tuning etc (Jul 18th, 2020) (38:54)
Traditional Riffs (Jul 22nd, 2020) (33:44)
Live Session (Jul 25th, 2020) (52:16)
Doubling Down on Doubles (Jul 27th, 2020) (42:09)
The PushPull Technique (Aug 3rd, 2020) (33:14)
Roll Dynamics (Aug 11th, 2020) (37:41)
The Stick Breathing Technique (Aug 15th, 2020) (23:52)
The truth about playing 6/8 Marches (Aug 19th, 2020) (38:31)
An extra LIVE session this week on 6/8 March playing (30:24)
Q&A 22nd august 2020 (35:25)
Mastering Correct Deadstroke Technique (August 2020) (38:16)
Drag Execution Development (Sept 3rd, 2020) (35:26)
Q&A - Run-Through on How to Use the New Portal (September 5th, 2020) (39:14)
Developing Rolls to Singles (Sept 10th, 2020) (32:53)
Q&A - September 12th 2020 (56:47)
Badass Technique Builder, September 16th 2020 (36:39)
Q&A September 20th 2020 (55:15)
The Pataflafla Deep-dive (38:16)
Q&A September 26th 2020 (44:26)
Flam Roll Development Sept 28th 2020 (26:40)
Flamadiddle Exercises (October 4th 2020) (27:51)
Subdivided Flam Phrases (October 13th 2020) (27:17)
Q&A: Motivation and Inspiration (October 17th 2020) (45:12)
How to execute dot and cut 4 stroke rolls. (October 20th 2020) (26:09)
Q&A October 23rd 2020 (47:37)
Long 4 stroke roll Versus Short 4 Stroke Roll (October 26th 2020) (29:24)
Flam 5s: Dance versus March Idiom (47:40)
Q&A November 7th 2020 (32:27)
Open Rolls November 10th 2020 (32:55)
Q&A November 12th 2020 (25:00)
BackSticking November 18th 2020 (36:06)
Continuous Rolls, Nov 23rd 2020 (37:43)
Developing RH Finger Technique Dec 2020 (34:46)
Q&A Dec 4th 2020 (61:51)
The Ultimate Control Exercises
Short Drumming Tutorials
JL Lesson 1 - Holding the Sticks (4:17)
JL Lesson 2 - Stay Relaxed (3:17)
JL Lesson 3 - Accented Singles (6:40)
JL Lesson 4 - Stick Control (5:15)
JL Lesson 5 - Doubles (6:15)
JL Lesson 7 - Triplets (4:36)
JL Lesson 8 - Paradiddle (5:03)
JL Lesson 9 Flam (4:15)
JL Lesson 10 - Flam Triplet (2:56)
JL Lesson 11 - Flam Double (3:40)
JL Lesson 12 Flamadiddle (2:25)
JL Lesson 13 - Multiple Bounce (3:40)
JL Lesson 14 - Buzz (5:08)
JL Lesson 15- Five stroke (4:39)
JL Lesson 16 - Seven stroke roll (3:24)
JL Lesson 17 - Nine Stroke Roll (2:27)
JL Lesson 18 - Thirteen Stroke Roll (2:10)
JL Lesson 19 - Dot Cut Singles (4:31)
JL Lesson 20 - Dot Cut Paradiddle (3:42)
JL Lesson 21- Dot Cut Triplet (2:28)
JL Lesson 22 - The Long Five Stroke Roll (5:00)
JL Lesson 23 - Single Fives (7:06)
JL Lesson 24 - Single Sixes (2:52)
JL Lesson 25 - Triplet to flam (3:04)
JL Lesson 26 - The Dead Stroke (4:00)
JL Lesson 27 - The Drag (3:12)
JL Lesson 28 - Flam Five (2:46)
JL Lesson 29 - Drag Five (3:10)
JL Lesson 30 - Tap Rolls (1:29)
JL Lesson 31 - Four Stroke Roll (3:54)
JL Lesson 32 - Six Stroke Roll (2:33)
JL Lesson 33 - Eight Stroke Roll (1:34)
JL Lesson 34 - Twelve Stroke Roll (2:06)
Guide to Drumming (Vol. 1)
James Laughlin's Guide to Pipe Band Snare Drumming -The Essentials Volume 1
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Guide to Pipe Band Drumming Volume 2
1 Rhythm 24 Round
2 Rhythm 24 DotCut
3 Rhythm 24 Round with Rests
4 Rhythm 24 DotCut with Rests
5 Rhythm 34 Round
6 Rhythm 34 DotCut
7 Rhythm 44 Round
8 Rhythm 68 Round
9 Rhythm 68 DotCut
10 Irregular groups
11 Accents and Rests
12 Subdividing Notes 1
13 Subdividing Notes 2
14 PW 24 March 1
15 PW 24 March 2
16 PW 24 March 3
17 PW 22 Reel DotCut 1
18 PW 22 Reel DotCut 2
19 PW 22 Reel DotCut 3
20 PW 22 Reel DotCut 4
21 PW 68 March 1
22 PW 68 March 2
23 PW Spey 1
24 PW Spey 2
25 PW Spey 3
26 PW Spey 4
27 PW Spey 5
28 PW Spey 6
29 PW Jig 1
30 PW Jig 2
31 PW Jig 3
32 PW 22 Reel Round 1
33 PW 22 Reel Round 2
34 Swiss Triplets
35 Swiss Triplet Phrases
36 Swiss Ruffs
37 Four Stroke Ruffs
38 Paratriplets
39 Triplet Rolls
40 Paradiddles
41 Paradiddle Phrases
42 Rolls 1
43 Rolls 2
44 Rolls 3
45 Rolls Spey 1
46 Rolls Speys 2
47 Rolls Jig 1
48 Rolls Jig 2
49 Doubles 1
50 Doubles 2
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52 Doubles 4
53 Flam Windmills
54 Drag Windmills
55 Ratamacue 1
56 Ratamacue 2
57 Singles 1
58 Singles 2
59 Singles 3
60 Singles 4
61 Old School Warm Ups
62 Dead Strokes
63 Execution Exercises
Drum Score Collection - Grade 1 & 2
JamesLaughlinsGrade1ScoreBook
Alan MacPherson Of Mosspark
Arran Campbell
Blair Drummond
Atholl Cummers
Caber Feidh
Donald willie And His dog
Balmoral highlanders
Brendan Murphy
Clan MacRae Society
Brown haired Maiden
Iain McMaster
Biddy From Sligo
John Morrison Of Assynt house
Arniston Castle
Daryl Boyle
Callum Campbell Of Benbecula
Captain Lachlan MacPhail Of tiree
John Roy Stewart
Loch Carron
Donella Beaton
Dugald MacColls Farewell to France
Queen Of The rushes
Rory MacLeod
Dora MacLeod
King George Vs army
John MacDonald Of Glencoe
The Fiddler
Miss Drummond Of Perth
Highland wedding
The Kesh Jig
Inspector donald Campbell Of Ness
Sandy's New Chanter
Struan Robertson
Lord Alexander Kennedy
The Pivovar Express
The Tourist
The Caledonian Society Of London
Susan McLeod 2
Crossing The Minch
Pipers Bonnet
Rathven Market
Michael MacDonald's Jig
The Smith Of Chilliechassie
The Argyllshire Gathering
Maggie Cameron
Bet Badenoch
The Little Cascade
John McColls march To Kilbowie Cottage
Kirsty McCallmans Favourite
Mrs MacPherson Of inveran
Tom McAllister
Drum Score Collection - Grade 3 & 4
Pipe Band Drumming Collection Grade 3 and Grade 4 Scores Book
Clan McColl
79ths Farewell to Gibraltar
Arthur Bignold
Balmoral
Atholl Highlanders
Bathgate Highland Gathering
Battle of the Somme
Castle Dangerous
Duncan MacGillivray
Blue Bells of Scotland
Green Hills of Tyrol
Donald Campbell of Vernon
Highland Laddie
Cock of the North
Flett from Flotta
Heights of Dargai
Garry Owen
Greenwoodside
Kilworth Hills
Auchmountains Bonnie Glen
High Road to Gairloch
Glendaruel Highlanders
Bonnie Dundee
Mairi's Wedding Mhari Bhan
Australian Ladies
Duncan McInnes
Horsburgh Castle
Jennys Bawbee
Campbells Farewell to Redcastle
Dornoch Highland Gathering
Lochanside
Gardens of Skye
I'll gang nae mair tae yon toon
McKenzie Highlanders
Dawning of the Day
Brown Haired Maiden
Corriechollies
Earl of Mansefield
Jimmy Findlater
King George V Army
John D Burgess
Minstrel Boy
Men of Argyll
Jocky
Loch Ruan
McKay's Farewell to the 74th
Cabar Feidh
Pipe Major William Ross' Farewell to the Scots Guards
Teribus
The Atholl and Bredalbane Gathering
Siege of Delhi
Scotland the Brave
Rowan Tree
Rantin' Rovin' Robin'
The 72nd Highlanders Farewell to Aberdeen
The Black Bear
The Drunken Piper
Rabs Wedding
The Sweet Maid of Glendaruel
The Barren Rocks of Aden
The Children
When the Battles Oer
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