2 Minute Snare Drum Warm Up
It feels like we’ve all moved on with out lives after Nirvana, and then all of a sudden some kid reminds us what it used to be like listening to In Bloom, by slaying the drums along to the song and then we stick on the albums again! Let us not ever move on too...
(Premium) – Grade 3-4 Drum Book with 17 Drum Lesson Sheets
Buy Now → People that might find this book useful – Drum teachers can print the book or single sheets for their students. – Drummers can teach themselves following on from a strong basic foundation in reading and playing Contents Highlights Subdivisions,...
Snare Drum Subdivisions Exercise – 8ths, Triplets & 16th Notes
8th note Subdivisions You need to play 2 snare drums per beat. Put a metronome on a slow tempo (60-80) and try to play the right hand on every click. Then with your left hand, try to add a beat in between the right hands. When you do that you will be playing 2 snares...
Learning How To Read and Play Subdivisions
Put the metronome on at 60pm and try to play this sheet. Line 1 will be 1 note per click. Line 2 will be 2 hits per click (stricking R L R L). Line 3 will be 4 notes per click (again, R L R L sticking). Line 4 and 5 are duplicates of line 1 and 2, so follow the...
Subdivision exercise with linear drum fills
At grade 5-6 you should have good knowledge of triplets, 16th notes and sextuplets, and you will need to be able to switch seamlessly between them. This exercise works on changing between triplets, 16th notes, and sextuplets like usual subdivision exercises, but with...
Understanding Notes and Rests in Music Notation – Reference Sheet
This is a reference sheet for students of all ages and abilities at whatever stage they are at with their instrument. It’s a handy printable sheet, which could be displayed on a wall at home or in a classroom. Learn and revise the names of all of the note values...