Differences between Pipers and Drummers. [Archive]

W. F. Morrison

06-17-2005, 06:48 AM

What's the difference between drummers and pipers,.... usually half a beat.

Warren Morrison, Loch Norman Pipe Band
Huntersville NC

ray5123

06-17-2005, 09:18 AM

Depending on where your position is in a parade, anywhere from 3 to 20 feet :wink:

sl8er

06-17-2005, 09:56 AM

Pipers can read PROPER music.

sl8er

06-17-2005, 10:02 AM

Pipers can say they are good at fingering.

ratherbpiping

06-17-2005, 10:29 AM

Drummers are head bangers.

Pipers are Blow hards.

shottsfan

06-17-2005, 12:40 PM

Drummers have tight bottoms!

Kevin

06-17-2005, 02:15 PM

Pipers dont have lobotomy scars.

shottsfan

06-17-2005, 02:21 PM

Drummers can count and walk, and play, AND chew gum... all at the same time! :woohoo:

Tommy P.

06-17-2005, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by Kevin:
Pipers dont have lobotomy scars. Why open an empty box?

Tommy P.

06-17-2005, 02:24 PM

Originally posted by sl8er:
Pipers can read PROPER music. :lol: Too bad they can't play it!

shottsfan

06-17-2005, 02:47 PM

Drummers know how to beat it.
Pipers know how to blow it.

Mike K

06-17-2005, 05:46 PM

Ever ask a drummer to count to 5?

Tommy P.

06-17-2005, 07:35 PM

:lol: No.....Most pipers I know can go ahead and count to five by themselves,....however I have had a few of them ask me if I could tie their shoes for them!

Jim Fogelman

06-17-2005, 09:42 PM

Originally posted by Rat Bast#rd:
:lol: No.....Most pipers I know can go ahead and count to five by themselves,....however I have had a few of them ask me if I could tie their shoes for them! They probably just wanted to see if a drummer could do it.

Drum is the Key

06-22-2005, 08:39 PM

Biggest Difference between Pipers and Drummers?

Drummers know how to use their sticks
Drummers know how to keep the beat
Drummers know how to march and play
Drummers can also stand at attention and play

But Pipers Just DRONE on and on!!!!! :eek:

PS Drummers wear cooler shades too :cool:

Colonel644

06-22-2005, 08:45 PM

Originally posted by Drum is the Key:

PS Drummers wear cooler shades too :cool: The Drum line does sport some cool shades ,,, I'll have to agree :smokin:

Jim Fogelman

06-22-2005, 11:04 PM

Drummers know how to keep the beatI've yet to find a drummer that can keep the beat.

Colonel644

06-23-2005, 03:49 AM

I was going to make some rude and snide remarks about pipers and drummers both, but I can't I have friends in both worlds. I'm a drummer. started in Piano and picked up drumming, loved it!!!!

Besides some of my best friends are pipers, and even in college I tried piping but I was drunk and was confused between piping or drumming, we've all been there I'm sure.
Although I may not approve of thier lifestyle choice , I certainly support their right to do it,,,,,,,,,,,,, :smokin:

sl8er

06-23-2005, 08:45 AM

So you learnt to play the pipes AND drums, at the same time, when you were drunk at college?

That's some college.

Colonel644

06-24-2005, 10:17 PM

I do believe, Sarcasm and Satire aren't strong points for some people. :smokin:

Chris G. McKenzie

06-30-2005, 04:35 PM

Pipers are muscians.
Drummers detract from the glory of pipers.
Pipers are cool.
Who hires just a Drummer for a funeral?
Pipers twirl fluffy things on sticks.
Pipers can hold their instrument AND play it at the same time while walking in beat while counting.

Tommy P.

06-30-2005, 06:32 PM

Drummers (while being admired and worshiped by women and goddesses alike) just smile knowingly while geeky pipers run around like Chicken Little trying to convince everyone how "cool" they are. :D

redhairedpiper

06-30-2005, 07:22 PM

Hmmmm...I'm a woman, a goddess and a piper...(no particular order)....now what??? :D :D :D :D

Cliff Davis

07-01-2005, 06:25 PM

Originally posted by Mike K:
Ever ask a drummer to count to 5? Joe Morello is pretty good at counting to five. Isn't that right Tommy?

Tommy P.

07-02-2005, 06:15 AM

Yes he is,...

:D Most of the self-proclaimed "musicians" around here are are probably going; "Huh?"

RosieJ

07-02-2005, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by Rat Bast#rd:
Drummers (while being admired and worshiped by women and goddesses alike) just smile knowingly while geeky pipers run around like Chicken Little trying to convince everyone how "cool" they are. :D ooooh, guess modesty isn't one of your strong points............ :lol:

Tommy P.

07-02-2005, 05:01 PM

Ok, ok,...."worshiped" may have been a tad bit too much. :)

"Modesty" isn't that one of them seven deadlys?

drummingdiva

07-03-2005, 07:38 PM

Originally posted by Chris G. McKenzie:
Who hires just a Drummer for a funeral?
Yeah, they hire a piper for the funeral...AFTER they hire the drummer for the march to the gallows. :woohoo:

ScotDrumr

07-06-2005, 06:33 PM

Drummers rule :smokin:
Pipers drool :p

Ron

keydetpiper

07-25-2005, 05:15 PM

Face it pipers, no matter how much we try to tell them, drummers just don't understand that they are, and forever will be, inferior forms of life. We might as well just let them go on believing they're the best, since that makes them happy, while we just smile because we know the truth.

7 year journey

07-26-2005, 06:54 AM

I guess when it comes to opinions, drummers "beat" it to death and pipers "drone" on and on.

Dick Sands

07-27-2005, 08:32 AM

quote:
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How hard can it be? Ten fingers, eight holes, nine notes, squeeze and blow.
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Let's see......
Two hand, two sticks, one note, beat with both hands. Seems easy enough.

Seriously, recruiting new drummers seems to be a whole lot harder than recruiting potential pipers.

David Spiers

07-28-2005, 07:01 AM

As a piper, all I can say is, at least when we play we don't sound like a gumball machine being emptied on to a hard floor...

JimBrown

08-23-2005, 04:03 AM

On a sample of two, pipers are boys and drummers are girls. (My kids- one of each.)

Dory

08-24-2005, 01:57 PM

Pipers Blow!!!!!! :wink:

Nena :woohoo:

Rick James

08-24-2005, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by Rat Bast#rd:
Yes he is,...

:D Most of the self-proclaimed "musicians" around here are are probably going; "Huh?" Take Five...

ettsn

08-24-2005, 06:36 PM

Originally posted by Mike K:
Ever ask a drummer to count to 5? Every time we play Cullen Bay! :wink:

Originally posted by Cliff Davis:
Joe Morello is pretty good at counting to five. Isn't that right Tommy? Time Out, eh? :)

-Paul

SudsMacKenzie

08-29-2005, 06:32 PM

Drummers Believe in God.
Pipers think they are God.
Im a piper.

Tommy P.

08-29-2005, 07:12 PM

:thumb:

EvilScotsman

08-30-2005, 09:22 AM

Pipers can finger there A-holes in public and nobody bats an eye. :p

shottsfan

08-30-2005, 11:25 AM

:eek: Blech!!

none

09-02-2005, 08:45 AM

Have you ever heard of someone hiring a drummer for a wedding?

...also...its called a Pipe Band not a Drum Band so which is more important? :shrug:

David Spiers

09-02-2005, 11:59 AM

Originally posted by Kaitlin Kimove:
...also...its called a Pipe Band not a Drum Band so which is more important? :shrug: :thumb:
Yeah, imagine at the World Drum Band Championships, all the drum majors going "Drums up...drums and pipes, by the left, quick march", then, with the drummers leading, the band forming a circle, with the bass piper moving into the middle of the circle, and some of the drummers playing beautiful harmonies in the slow air...making sure the cut off at the end is clean, with no harnesses sounding...
:p :rolleyes:

Terry

10-10-2005, 07:34 AM

Come on Cliff......you really think there are any pipers listening to Dave Brubeck's "Take Five"?

Tommy P.

10-10-2005, 09:18 AM

Terry, I'd be willing to bet they've all heard it, but just lack what it takes to appreciate it. :)

piper2b

10-11-2005, 05:36 PM

Tommy,

One would have to be DEAD to not appreciate "Take 5". I heard it this weekend while catching a few minutes of the movie "Pleasantville" and was thinking: There are a limited number of examples of pure perfection on this earth -- that tune is definitely one!

Then again, maybe starting out as a drummer gives me a different take on it. :lol:

See you at Stone, Tommy :hatoff:

Klondike Waldo

10-13-2005, 12:16 PM

Originally posted by Rick James:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Originally posted by Rat Bast#rd:
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Yes he is,...

:D Most of the self-proclaimed "musicians" around here are are probably going; "Huh?" Take Five... </span></div></div>I thought that was Dave Brubeck...

Tommy P.

10-13-2005, 12:26 PM

:D You're exactly right, it was The Dave Brubeck Quartet; featuring Joe Morello on drums.

SerialKilter.

10-14-2005, 09:32 PM

We need drums

There great for resting our bagpipes on while we drink. Without them, the world would fall apart.

Bayoupiper

10-15-2005, 04:58 AM

I was a drummer before I started piping.
That's like having a lobotomy reversed! :D
The sad truth for us all is that pipers need drums to set the beat.
We know the drum major usually sets the wrong tempo.............
And I have found that drummer listen for cues from the pipes, right or wrong.

In fact, I went on a nice stroll through the park with a couple of our drummers the other day.
I said "Look! A dead bird!"
They both looked up in the sky and said "Where?"

BP

Colonel644

10-15-2005, 05:02 AM

Originally posted by Bayoupiper:
We know the drum major usually sets the wrong tempo.............
BP too bad there isn't a graemlin that gives the "finger" for a responce.

:thumb: :lol:

SerialKilter.

10-15-2005, 08:21 AM

too bad there isn't a graemlin that gives the "finger" for a responce
LMAO.. :D

Hey Scott use this....o1o

Ian.McLeod

10-25-2005, 08:34 AM

Originally posted by SudsMacKenzie:
Drummers Believe in God.
Pipers think they are God.
Im a piper. i rest my case

e l piper

11-09-2005, 06:25 AM

Every one nows that the drummers are only there to keep the rain of off pipers and to give pipers a laugh when they are not playing there best. (well they are the reason for most mistakes aren they not???)

aeryn.phoenix

11-17-2005, 09:26 PM

Originally posted by redhairedpiper:
Hmmmm...I'm a woman, a goddess and a piper...(no particular order)....now what??? :D :D :D :D You are exempt from the GTS

aeryn.phoenix

11-17-2005, 09:47 PM

that would have been SOOO much funnier if I could have spelled GST correctly

dancintenor07

12-04-2005, 06:12 AM

dancintenor07

12-04-2005, 06:13 AM

Originally posted by David Spiers:
As a piper, all I can say is, at least when we play we don't sound like a gumball machine being emptied on to a hard floor... :rolleyes: Yet at least we drummers don't sound like a tortured and now dying cat!!!! :woohoo:

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Fiona :rolleyes:

piping_candy

04-29-2007, 08:57 AM

well I was told this a while ago.

that pipers do blow in fact.

but drummers suck and beat off. way too much. and they speed up alot doin it

Robbie.Crow

04-30-2007, 10:22 AM

Originally posted by piping_candy:
well I was told this a while ago.

that pipers do blow in fact.

but drummers suck and beat off. way too much. and they speed up alot doin it http://www.pipebandsforum.com/images/smilies/rofl.gif

im a drummer.. and i love it

Bonnie Pedersen

04-30-2007, 07:17 PM

Well, now I'm irritated....I LOVE Take Five, and the reminder of it has that song going through my head. I will probably be humming it for a week. It is irritating to have one constant song going through my head like this for a week!

One of the best things I have heard in years was at Winter Storm in Jim Kilpatrick's session. The topic was when PMs try to tell the drum section what to do, and they really have no idea what they are talking about. Jim said, "Just smile and nod and treat them like the children they are."

frank M.

05-01-2007, 03:41 PM

lets put an end to all this!!

the fact is

pipers need drummers to keep the beat!
but without pipers it would not be a PIPE BAND!

all to say that without each we are useless

ps. drummers RULE

uncle Mario Tomasone

05-02-2007, 08:57 AM

however I have had a few of them ask me if I could tie their shoes for them! here's me (a piper) tying a bass drummer's shoe

http://sonounuomofinito.interfree.it/immagini/scarpe.JPG

Don Robertson

05-03-2007, 07:56 PM

Drummers can park in Handicap parking spots legally.

Ken Hosey, Panama City FL P&D

05-04-2007, 11:26 AM

Ken Hosey, Panama City FL P&D

05-04-2007, 04:30 PM

Originally posted by Don Robertson:
Drummers can park in Handicap parking spots legally. The only reason those Handicap spots are still available is because the piper's can't read "Handicap".
Beers,
Ken

Smythe

05-09-2007, 05:35 AM

Drummers do it with perfect rhythm.

As a bass drummer, the only reason I ever get anyone to tie my shoe-lases, is because I never learnt how to.

Matty go Boom Boom.

Ken Hosey, Panama City FL P&D

05-11-2007, 02:19 PM

Originally posted by uncle Mario Tomasone:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> however I have had a few of them ask me if I could tie their shoes for them! here's me (a piper) tying a bass drummer's shoe

http://sonounuomofinito.interfree.it/immagini/scarpe.JPG </div></div>I wish you would have included the preceding dialog, which probably went something like this........

"Hey you, boy, come here and tie my laces." Followed by "Yes, Master, as you wish. And while I'm down here, let me adjust the top of your hose, Sir."

Beers,
Ken