"Teaching the First Snare Drum Lesson" not only lays out a basic snare drum technique, but explains how to teach it as well. Junior high, high school music teachers/band directors and percussion students alike will find fundamental information on how to play with a relaxed and supple technique that will serve them for a lifetime.
Hi Band Directors, I'd be delighted to answer any questions you might have regarding percussion techniques and/or teaching methods. Wishing you a great start to the school year!!
Hi all, Evaluating snare drummers in band class, especially beginners, is challenging. While your other instrumentalists have to think about their embouchure, breathing, posture and fingering just to produce a note, drummers can just drop the stick onto the drum and play a few quarter notes without giving it much thought at all. So what does a teacher evaluate?![]()
Watch my latest video, Beginning Snare Drum Evaluation, to discover how to approach testing in a new way - by focusing your drummers' awareness on important technical points. Evaluation will be a breeze . . . plus, you'll be guiding your drummers toward the development of a solid technique.![]()
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Be sure to download the Sample Test here: lnkd.in/djZ6fBGd
Evaluating the Beginning Snare Drummer
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Band teachers: Learn how to test beginning snare drummers by providing clear goals for both yourselves and your students.00:00 Intro to snare drum evaluation...
The great vibraphonist, Stefan Bauer with bassist Matthias Akeo Nowak - both in from Germany - and Toronto's legendary Terry Clarke on drums rehearsing for their gig at Toronto's Jazz Bistro, Friday Oct. 4 and Saturday Oct. 5 (first sets start at 8:30). Rounding out the band Mosaic is tenor saxophonist Matthew Halpin, arriving in town tomorrow from Germany. Don't miss this very special event!
From the Berlin Philharmonic timpanist Wieland Welzel . . .
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