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Here are some teaching resources for percussion, be sure to visit often as these will be updated regularly!
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Snare
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Mallets
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Timpani
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Drumset
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Accessories
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Snare Drum Technique Materials:
Keith's SD Warmup
PAS 40 Rudiments
Purchasing Sticks/Mallets
Chopbuilders
4/4 Check Pattern
SD Books, Etudes:
Mitchell Peters - Intermediate Snare Drum Studies
Mitchell Peters - Advanced Snare Drum Studies
John Pratt - 14 Modern Contest Solos for Snare Drum
Garwood Whaley - Musical Studies for the Intermediate Snare Drummer
Charley Wilcoxon - Modern Rudimental Swing Solos for the Advanced Drummer
Anthony Cirone - Portraits In Rhythm
Vic Firth - The Solo Snare Drummer
Jacques Delécluse - Twelve Studies for the Snare Drum
Keith's SD Warmup
PAS 40 Rudiments
Purchasing Sticks/Mallets
Chopbuilders
4/4 Check Pattern
SD Books, Etudes:
Mitchell Peters - Intermediate Snare Drum Studies
Mitchell Peters - Advanced Snare Drum Studies
John Pratt - 14 Modern Contest Solos for Snare Drum
Garwood Whaley - Musical Studies for the Intermediate Snare Drummer
Charley Wilcoxon - Modern Rudimental Swing Solos for the Advanced Drummer
Anthony Cirone - Portraits In Rhythm
Vic Firth - The Solo Snare Drummer
Jacques Delécluse - Twelve Studies for the Snare Drum
Major Scales
Arpeggios
Mallet Keyboard Sight-Reading Materials
Flash Cards:
C Major
F Major
G Major
Music Speed Reading etudes:
Etude #1
Etude #2
Other related materials:
J.B. Smith's Flash Tracker Program
Improving Sight-Reading on Marimba by Ming-Hui Kuo
Sight-Reading through Spatial Visualization by Alice Gomez
Arpeggios
Mallet Keyboard Sight-Reading Materials
Flash Cards:
C Major
F Major
G Major
Music Speed Reading etudes:
Etude #1
Etude #2
Other related materials:
J.B. Smith's Flash Tracker Program
Improving Sight-Reading on Marimba by Ming-Hui Kuo
Sight-Reading through Spatial Visualization by Alice Gomez
Check back later for some resources on Timpani!
Recommended Resources for all drummers:
George L. Stone - Stick Control
Ted Reed - Syncopation
VIDEO - Jojo Mayer's Secret Weapons of the Modern Drummer
Jazz Styles:
Jim Chapin - Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer
John Riley - The Art of Bop Drumming & Beyond Bop Drumming
John Ramsay - The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as taught by Alan Dawson
Latin Jazz styles:
Mark Walker - World Jazz Drumming
Ed Uribe - Essence of Brazilian Percussion & Drumset
Ed Uribe - Essence of Afro-Cuban Percussion & Drumset
Frank Malabe & Bob Weiner - Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset
Duduka da Fronseca & Bob Weiner - Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset
Jim Branly - The New Method for Afro-Cuban Drumming
Funk/Fusion, etc.
David Garibaldi - Future Sounds, The Code of Funk
Gary Chester - The New Breed
Rick Latham - Advanced Funk Studies
Chart Reading/Play a-long books:
Steve Houghton - Essential Styles (books 1 & 2), Studio and Big Band Drumming, Ultimate Drumset Reading Anthology, The Drumset Soloist
Steve Fidyk - Big Band Drumming at First Sight, Inside the Big Band Drum Chart
Dave Weckl - Contemporary Drummer + One
Tom Morgan - The Jazz Drummer's Reading Workbook
Steve Davis - The Ultimate Play Along for Jazz Drummers
Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Play Along: Drums (with Bernie Dresel)
George L. Stone - Stick Control
Ted Reed - Syncopation
VIDEO - Jojo Mayer's Secret Weapons of the Modern Drummer
Jazz Styles:
Jim Chapin - Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer
John Riley - The Art of Bop Drumming & Beyond Bop Drumming
John Ramsay - The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as taught by Alan Dawson
Latin Jazz styles:
Mark Walker - World Jazz Drumming
Ed Uribe - Essence of Brazilian Percussion & Drumset
Ed Uribe - Essence of Afro-Cuban Percussion & Drumset
Frank Malabe & Bob Weiner - Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset
Duduka da Fronseca & Bob Weiner - Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset
Jim Branly - The New Method for Afro-Cuban Drumming
Funk/Fusion, etc.
David Garibaldi - Future Sounds, The Code of Funk
Gary Chester - The New Breed
Rick Latham - Advanced Funk Studies
Chart Reading/Play a-long books:
Steve Houghton - Essential Styles (books 1 & 2), Studio and Big Band Drumming, Ultimate Drumset Reading Anthology, The Drumset Soloist
Steve Fidyk - Big Band Drumming at First Sight, Inside the Big Band Drum Chart
Dave Weckl - Contemporary Drummer + One
Tom Morgan - The Jazz Drummer's Reading Workbook
Steve Davis - The Ultimate Play Along for Jazz Drummers
Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Play Along: Drums (with Bernie Dresel)
Percussion Accessories (i.e. Triangle, Tambourine, Cymbals, etc.)
Triangle Exercises
Tambourine Exercises
Crash Cymbal Exercises
Triangle Exercises
Tambourine Exercises
Crash Cymbal Exercises