pipe band drill
PIPE BAND DRILL
TABLE OF CONTENTS Subject
Page
General
3
Instrument drill
3
The carrying position
4
The playing position
4
Foot drill
5
Turns
7
Marching
7
Stepping off from the halt
8
Marking time
8
Halting
9
Changing step on the march
9
Changing from the playing to the carrying position
9
Changing from the carrying to the playing position
11
Pipe band drill
12
Dressing and covering in a pipe band
14
The intervals between each rank and file
14
Pipe band manoeuvres
14
The wheel
14
The standard counter march
15
Forming a circle
16
The Drum Major's mace signals
18
The mark time mace signal
18
The halt mace signal
19
The cut-off mace signal
20
The mace signal when the pipe band is to execute a wheel
20
The mace signal when the pipe band is to countermarch
21
The mace signal when the pipe band is to step off from the halt
21
@ 2013 Bagpipe Solutions By John Cairns
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Subject
Page
General
3
Instrument drill
3
The carrying position
4
The playing position
4
Foot drill
5
Turns
7
Marching
7
Stepping off from the halt
8
Marking time
8
Halting
9
Changing step on the march
9
Changing from the playing to the carrying position
9
Changing from the carrying to the playing position
11
Pipe band drill
12
Dressing and covering in a pipe band
14
The intervals between each rank and file
14
Pipe band manoeuvres
14
The wheel
14
The standard counter march
15
Forming a circle
16
The Drum Major's mace signals
18
The mark time mace signal
18
The halt mace signal
19
The cut-off mace signal
20
The mace signal when the pipe band is to execute a wheel
20
The mace signal when the pipe band is to countermarch
21
The mace signal when the pipe band is to step off from the halt
21
@ 2013 Bagpipe Solutions By John Cairns
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