Percussion Packet. Front Ensemble! 1. Front Ensemble: Feet shoulder width apart and shoulders relaxed.!

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2 Percussion Packet With a regular practice the following program will become second nature and allow you to be a successful member of Southwind Drum and Bugle Corps Practice Daily (practice what needs work, not what you can already play) Practice slowly then increase the tempo Go up in increments of beats per minute Never practice faster than you can play perfect Use a metronome Play in front of a mirror - or - record yourself (and actually watch/listen to the recording) Practice sight-reading - how to read music will not be taught Posture Battery 1 Stand straight, hips slightly tucked under your body with heels together, toes apart (5 degrees) 2 keep drum sticks straight while at attention 3 Head up, eyes focused straight ahead ook confident - not angry 5 No movement while at attention Front Ensemble 1 Front Ensemble: Feet shoulder width apart and shoulders relaxed Hands/Grip Battery 1 Hands are relaxed - no tension 2 Fingers move with the stick but remain on the stick Flesh touches the stick 3 Sticks are a natural extension of the forearm Sticks held at a comfortable elevation above the drum surface 5 Sticks travel in a straight up and down motion 6 Beads are confined to center of head or playing zone Front Ensemble 1 Two mallets: Hold the mallet 1 1/2 to 2 from the bottom with a firm but gentle grip 2 Keep all the fingers on the mallet with minimal tension 3 Four mallet: Stevens grip and/or Burton grip Stroke Battery egato stroke (used 95% of the time) - relaxed stroke - smooth motion - pendulum - Velocity into the drum and ebound out of the drum are very important - Fingers move with the stick but remain on the stick Flesh touches the stick - im shots are still legato strokes

3 Percussion Packet Staccato stroke (used 5% of the time) - stronger motion - Velocity into the drum head - slight finger pressure is applied to the stick (Small squeeze on the stick) Front Ensemble Strokes will vary from two to four mallet One overarching rule is that strokes will be complete consisting of a down and upstroke Strokes will end Up, never down Vocabulary Taps - 3 inch height/10 and 2 Check Pattern - The base rhythmical pattern of segment of music or exercise Tutti - Everyone playing the same thing at the same time Tempo - The speed of the music Hand motion/wrist Motion - The motion initiated by your wrist Playing zones - Where both beads of the stick or mallet are playing on the surface of the drum Grace note - Primary note of a flam Aways played at 1 1/2 inches Dragging - Playing behind the beat ushing - Playing ahead of the beat Music Notation and Stick Heights Snares and tenors p - 3 inches mf - 6 inches f - 9 inches ff - 12 inches ff inches Bass Drums Heights are referenced using a clock face All notes without an accent will be played at 3 inches p - 10 and 2 f - 9 and 3 ff - 8 and Things you will need for audition camp Sleeping bag, clothes, towel, toiletries Sticks/Mallets - You must bring your own All notes without an accent will be played at 10 and 2 Notation Markings p - no markings Drum - Highly encouraged to bring your own Mallet instruments will be provided Camp Fees Camp Forms Burgundy, Black, or White 3 ring binder, plastic page protectors This packet and music in page protectors Please do not wear other drum corps hats, shirts, or paraphernalia to camps, all days or tour F - f - ff - ^ rim shot- v

Here s a list, by instrument, of what you should expect to be ready for: Snare udiments you can play them in the context of exercises you already know, or separately Sight-reading Prepare all the

4 Here s a list, by instrument, of what you should expect to be ready for: Snare udiments you can play them in the context of exercises you already know, or separately Sight-reading Prepare all the exercises and music in the snare packet marking time Quads udiments you can play them in the context of exercises you already know, or separately You can play them on one drum, or around if you like Sight-reading Prepare all the exercises and music in the quad packet marking time Bass udiments Sight-reading Prepare all the exercises and music in the bass packet marking time earn the part of the drum you re auditioning for Drum #1 (smallest) is above the staff, #2 is the note below that, etc Notes on the middle line are unisons For the sections above: A rudiment sheet is included later in this packet Hybrid rudiments are part of what we do and the list is ever-evolving Some good online resources for studying hybrid rudiments are found here: Please try to focus on the more basic hybrids and the ones listed in the exercise packet Cymbals Sounds/plating techniques Sight-reading Prepare all the exercises and music in the cymbal packet marking time If you are unfamiliar with cymbal technique or how to produce the sounds listed, try looking at DCI and WGI videos online earn the rhythms (clapping works pretty well) while marking time Keyboards Maor and minor scales Sight-reading Prepare all the music in the keyboard packet

5 Score 8's Snareline Play at all heights - 3, 6, 9, 12 1st - Tutti 2nd - Split Tenorline B B Bass Drums B B SDr 8 Œ Ó T Dr Œ Ó B Dr S Œ Ó

6 Tap and unaccent Snareline Tenorline Bass Drums SDr 8 X J X Œ 3 " J J J T Dr B Dr S S S S S S S S x x S S S S Œ 3 3 " J S S S " S J 3 3 J 3 3 J J 3 3 SDr 15 T Dr B Dr

7 2 Tap and unaccent SDr 21 Œ Ó T Dr B Dr æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ / Œ Ó Œ Ó All / D Check Patterns Œ All / 1 r

8 Three Camps A 12 8 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ A 5 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ A 9 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Œ Triplet Accent (also add diddles and flams on 1st, 2nd, 3rd partial) q= Œ 2008

9 16th olls 2 2 A A A A A 13 2 Œ Ó Snare Triplet rolls Triple - tap drags, rolls, flam drags, cheese, flammed fives, chuta-chuts (hand to hand pattis), paradiddlediddles q= A 8 2 Duple - tap drags, rolls, 12 3 strokes, flam taps, inverts, book reports, flam paradiddles A A #3 ** Insert rudiments where bracketed: triplet-based rudiments on the groupings of 3 notes, duple-based rudiments on the groupings of four notes Some suggested rudiments: A A x^ x^ Œ r l l r l l r l r 79 AU Drumline Exercises

10 #3 q= ** Insert rudiments where bracketed: triplet-based rudiments on the groupings of 3 notes, duple-based rudiments on the groupings of four notes Some suggested rudiments: Triple - tap drags, rolls, flam drags, cheese, flammed fives, chuta-chuts (hand to hand pattis), paradiddlediddles Duple - tap drags, rolls, 3 strokes, flam taps, inverts, book reports, flam paradiddles r l l r l l AU Drumline Tenor Exercises x^ x^ r l l r l x^ x^ r l l r l r r Œ Œ 3

11 #3 ** Insert rudiments where bracketed: triplet-based rudiments on the groupings of 3 notes, duple-based rudiments on the groupings of four notes Some suggested rudiments: Triple - tap drags, rolls, flam drags, cheese, flammed fives, chuta-chuts (hand to hand pattis), paradiddlediddles Duple - tap drags, rolls, 3 strokes, flam taps, inverts, book reports, flam paradiddles q= S S S S 2 S S S S S S 8 5 r l r l r l S S S S S S S S S S S S S r l r l l l r l r l r l r r l l l r l r l S S S r S SSS SS S 7 8 S 79 r l r l Bass r l r l r l l S Œ r Triplet olls q= Snare p f Œ

12 AU Drumline Exercises Triplet olls q= Tenor O O O O O p f O O Œ AU Drumline Bass Exercises Triplet olls q= S S S S S S S 95 p S S f S S SS SSS SSS SS S Œ

13 PECUSSIVE ATS SOCIETY INTENATIONA DUM UDIMENTS All rudiments should be practiced: open (slow) to close (fast) to open (slow) and/or at an even moderate march tempo I O UDIMENTS A Single Stroke oll udiments 1 Single Stroke oll * 10 Nine Stroke oll * 2 Single Stroke Four 11 Ten Stroke oll * 3 Single Stroke Seven 12 Eleven Stroke oll * B Multiple Bounce oll udiments Multiple Bounce oll 5 Tripe Stroke oll 13 Thirteen Stroke oll * 1 Fifteen Stroke oll * C Double Stroke Open oll udiments 6 Double Stroke Open oll * 15 Seventeen Stroke oll 7 Five Stroke oll * 8 Six Stroke oll II DIDDE UDIMENTS 16 Single Paradiddle * 17 Double Paradiddle * 9 Seven Stroke oll * 18 Triple Paradiddle * These rudiments are also included in the original Standard 26 American Drum udiments 19 Single Paradiddle-diddle Copyright 198 by the Percussive Arts Society 110 W Washington Street, Suite A, Indianapolis, IN 620 International Copyright Secured All ights eserved

14 III FAM UDIMENTS 20 Flam * IV DAG UDIMENTS 31 Drag * 21 Flam Accent * 32 Single Drag Tap * 22 Flam Tap * 33 Double Drag Tap * 23 Flamacue * 3 esson 25 * 2 Flam Paradiddle * 25 Single Flammed Mill 26 Flam Paradiddlediddle * 35 Single Dragadiddle 36 Drag Paradiddle #1 * 37 Drag Paradiddle #2 * 27 Pataflafla 28 Swiss Army Triplet 38 Single atamacue * 29 Inverted Flam Tap 39 Double atamacue * 30 Flam Drag 0 Triple atamacue * For more information on becoming a Percussive Arts Society subscriber contact PAS at: 110 W Washington Street, Suite A, Indianapolis, IN percarts@pasorg Web site: wwwpasorg

MARCHING BATTERY TECHNIQUE Mark Lortz Director of Bands Stevenson University

MARCHING BATTERY TECHNIQUE Mark Lortz Director of Bands Stevenson University http://marchingband.stevenson.edu/ mlortz@stevenson.edu Terrell Smith Assistant Director of Bands Stevenson University http://marchingband.stevenson.edu/