May 27, 2016 | Uncategorised
This snare drum piece focuses on using 8th note rests before playing an 8th note, so that the snare drum plays on the off beat. The off beats are combined with various rhythms that you would also find up to grade 2 level, consisting of 16th note, quarter note and 8th...
Apr 14, 2016 | Uncategorised
Here we are going to use 5 breakfast rhythms in various combinations to make up the 10 exercises for the snare drum. We use the words phonetically to help play the rhythms. TEA (One quarter note COFFEE (Two 8th notes) SAUSAGES (Two 16th notes and an 8th note)...
Feb 19, 2016 | Uncategorised
This snare drum sheet is ideal for practicing the single stroke four drum rudiment and also for playing sextuplet rhythms within a piece. The piece could be played by a group of snare drums or other drums if the players are at an intermediate level of above (at least...
Feb 3, 2016 | Uncategorised
This short snare drum piece works on a few of the fundamental subdivisions and rhythms used at grade 1 level and leading up to it. The piece consists of quarter notes, 8th notes, 16th notes and quarter note rests. The performance technique of playing on the rim of the...
Jan 3, 2016 | Uncategorised
Introduction After a year of teaching a local youth group of drummers aged between 8 and 12, ranging from beginners to intermediate players, this collection of 10 snare drum pieces was created as an archive of this body of work. The MYM Snare Drumline Group is an...
