Drumming

Bodhrán Tutor - Absolute Beginner's by Conner Long. This easy to follow book will help you learn to play your first basic strokes and accompany tunes for the Bodhran. A great starter book for a fun instrument. This is a book and CD tutor, so you will have some audio examples to play along with.

Drum Major's Handbook - By Sgt. E. Burgess, C.D. This book is geared towards a Highland Drum Major as opposed to a regular band Drum Major or Majorette. Its intent is to help the novice understand the basic requirements of a Drum Major at the head of a band and in competition.

Learn to Play the Pipe Band Snare Drum by Allan Chatto - This tutor Book & CD is designed so that it can be run as a complementary program to the publication to Pipe Major R.T. Shepherd's tutor. Although it can be used independent of that publication with no hassles. It contains drum scores suitable for the drummer to accompany the tunes in Pipe Major Shepherd's tutor.

Massed Band Scores for Pipe Band Drummers with CD - This book is a great stepping stone for people who have gone through a regular drumming tutor book, and are ready to continue on with their education in drumming. It will teach you some basic busker scores for 4/4, 3/4, & 6/8 tunes.

Scores for the Grade 4 Drummer - By Blair Brown. This is a great book of scores for the grade 4 drummer, and some lower level grade 3 drummers. It also includes a number of exercises. There are 2 cd's containing all of the music contained in the book.

Snare Drum Tutor - By Doug Stronach - This book is a method for beginner and intermediate drummers. It features a CD with 78 recorded audio tracks, 14 digital videos, scores played with or without a piper, all exercises with or without a metronome.