February 2015 – Learn Drums For Free

16 bar snare drum piece – Grade 1-2 Snare Drum Exercise – Snare Drum Sheet Music

This free 16 bar snare drum piece is for grade 1-2 drums.

In the rhythm, there is a mixture of quarter notes, 8th notes, 16th notes, 8th note rests and quarter note rests.

For the dynamics, it could be played any volume, but i would recommend mp to mf, leaving plenty of room for the accents to stand out, which are featured in the last 8 bars.

When learning, take it a bar or a line at a time to get it right, but eventually play the whole piece in one go.

For the speed, aim to get up to about 95bpm or higher, but start off at about 60bpm.

How to stop drum mutes and drum silencer pads from falling off

I teach drums quite a lot in different schools, and one thing that has been neccesary is drum mutes to go on the drums to reduce the volume of the kit.

One problem that has occurred is sometimes the pads fall off the toms or snare when playing.

To solve this problem, buy some velcro circles or strips of velcro and place two on each drum skin, one at 12 oclock, and one at the 6 oclock position, near the edge of the skin. Place the opposite side of the velcro on top, and then press on the pad on top.

You will now have removeable pads, which don’t fall off when drumming.

Sometimes the adhesive on the velcro wears out, or the velcro pad doesnt stay stuck to the mute pads. You could use some heavy duty glue to stick the velcro to the drum mute pad to solve this issue.