Podemski's Standard Snare Drum Method

One of the standard texts in its field. A modern course in percussion studies including all standard and modern drum strokes, drum solo passages from world-famous concert and symphonic compositions and striking exercises for double drumming. Also includes an analysis of the timpani -- the instrument, tuning, correct method of playing, rhythm and beats. Excellent reading material.

CONTENIDO:

Correct method of holding snare drum sticks

Part I. Basic drumming
-Note values, musical terms and expressions
-The roll
-The flam
-The drag
-The four stroke roll
-The five stroke roll or gruppetto
-The single stroke roll
-The seven stroke roll
-Flam strokes
-Drag strokes
-Combination of strokes
-Abbreviated values
-Elementary beat exercise studies (Exercises 1-9)
-Studies in flams (Exercises 10-12)
-Rhythm and the percussionist
-A study in rhythmical divisions (Exercises 13-14)
-Crush roll (Exercise 15)
-Exercises in abbreviated values (Exercises 16-17)
-Exercise with scotch snap and the reverse (Exercises 18-19)

Part II. Advance exercise studies
-Exercises 20-47

Part III. Modern rhythms as employed by contemporary composers
-Exercises 48-52
-A study in syncopated rhythm
-Swing strokes (Exercise 53)

Part IV. Double drumming
-Exercises for double drums and solo passages from most renown compositions

Part V. Famous drum solos

Part VI. An introduction to tympani
-Examples of tympani
-Correct and incorrect positions of holding timpani sticks
-Exercises for tympani

Musical vocabulary