William J. Schinstine_Fred Hoey: First Lessons Snare Drum

Contents

• Getting Acquainted with Your Equipment
• How to Hold Your Drumsticks: Matched Grip/Traditional Grip
• Choosing Drumsticks and The Balance Point
• Stick Positions and Tuning the Snare Drum
• Daily Playing Exercise
• Exercise No. 1 - Downstrokes
• Alternating the Right and Left Hand
• Exercise No. 2
• Quarter Notes, Bars, and Rests
• Exercise No. 3
• The Bounce Stroke
• Exercise No. 4
• Time Signatures
• Exercise No. 5
• Exercise No. 6 - Change Meters as You Go
• Exercise No. 7 - Bounce Along
• Playing Whole Notes, Half Notes and Ties
• Exercise No. 8
• Putting Them All Together
• Exercise No. 9 - Duets
• Exercise No. 10 - Bounces with Half and Quarter Notes
• Half-Way Quiz
• Play Some/Rest Some
• Exercise No. 11
• Exercise No. 12 - Rest Together (Duet)
• Exercise No. 13 - Pogo Stick (Bounce and Rest)
• Exercise No. 14 - Magic 16 (with Bounces)
• Eighth Notes
• Exercise No. 15 - Magic 16 (with 8th Notes)
• Eighth Rests
• Exercise No. 16 - Magic 16 (with 8th Rests)
• Introducing Percussion Notation
• Exercise No. 17 - Bounce the 8ths (Bounce in 4)
• Exercise No. 18 - Bounce in 3
• Exercise No. 19 - Bounce in 2
• Using 6/8 Time
• Exercise No. 20 - 6/8 Time
• Repeats and Endings
• Exercise No. 21 - Repeats and Endings
• Exercise No. 22 - First and Second Endings
• Final Exam