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Front Ensemble
Exercises

The exercises in this packet form a well-rounded approach to mallet technique. Before Tuesday practice:
7/8 Octave
Green
and 1324

Also: print out the packet and put it in page-protectors in a 3-ring binder. You will be required to bring said binder to every rehearsal here until the end of the marching season.

Technical Lessons
4-Mallet Burton Grip

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Battery
Snare
Tenor
Bass    -   SPLITS

NEW MUSIC
Godfather
Hand Speed
Spanks
Double Beat
"SCV' Bass only
Flow Tenors Only

The exercises on this packet go along with the "Drum Technique" video. Your homework for Tuesday is to watch the video and be able to drum along with it with these exercises:
Free Stroke Exercise
8-8-16
Basic Stickings
Control Stroke Exercise
letters A - E of Basic Strokes (M.M. = 80 bpm)
letter A - B of Spanks
Variation 1 of Stick Control
Single Hand Two-Height Exercise
SNARE & TENOR: work on S&G
BASS: learn measure 54 of Spanks looped over and over again.

Also: print out the packet and put it in page-protectors in a 3-ring binder. You will be required to bring said binder to every rehearsal here until the end of the marching season.

And: Start chopping out. A lot.

p.s. This is all of the exercise and cadence music. Start working on it.

Technical Lessons
Drum Technique

Other Resources
Online Metronome