Snare Drum Control and Triplet Independence
Like the bass drum, it is worth practicing the 12 positions for notes within a bar of triplets on the snare drum. First you should go through the 12 positions in the manner of example 74 and then try example 77 which uses combinations of the 12 positions. Take it slowly and count out loud as you play, accenting the snare drum hits with your voice.
Once you can do this exercise, try swapping the snare drum part to the right foot, then the right hand, then the left foot to help you develop good independence when using triplets. When you can do this, improvise triplet based rhythms with one limb at a time while keeping the basic beat with the other three limbs.
Class Sessions
1- Developing Your Technique
2- Other Time Signatures
3- Note and Rest Values
4- The Triplet
5- Using Eighth Notes
6- Sixteenths on the Hi-Hats
7- Beats Using Sixteenth Notes
8- The Dotted Quarter Note
9- Sixteenth Notes
10- Playing the Open Hi-Hats
11- INTRODUCTION
12- Playing Fills
13- Performing in Public
14- Twelve Note Positions for Triplets
15- Syncopation and Independence
16- 16 Positions for Sixteenth Notes
17- Creating Your Own Variations
18- Rock Beats
19- Notes Used in Drum Beats
20- Parts of the Drumkit
21- Sixteenth Note Figures
22- Analyzing Drum Beats
23- Playing Notes Together
24- Snare Drum Control and Triplet Independence
25- Sitting Position
26- Counting Drum Beats
27- The Shuffle Rhythm
28- Drum Stick Grip
29- How to Read Music
30- The Sixteenth Note Triplet
31- Swinging Sixteenth Notes