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Snare Drum Mastery 101
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Snare Drum Mastery 101

A Comprehensive Guide To Snare Drum
Created byJoshua Lappin
Last updated 12/2018
English

What you'll learn

  • The student will know and be able to perform all 40 standard drum rudiments and have a basic understanding of how to read drum music. They will also learn traditional grip, match grip and the Moeller method. Tips for using a metronome are also included.

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Course content

1 section • 31 lectures • 14h 36m total length

  • Instructor's Bio and Course Overview3:30

    Hi and welcome to the Snare Drum Mastery 101 e-course!  My name is Josh Lappin and I will be your instructor throughout this series.  I am the founder of https://parttimedrummer.com, a drumming education website that specializes in educating a variety of drummers including begineers, drummers with limited time, worship drummers, drummers needing reading skills and groove based drummers.  We really have something for everyone.  Snare drum mastery 101 is just one of several courses we offer at https://parttimedrummer.com.  I encourage you to check out the site for more information.  

    Before we get started, let me tell you a little more about myself.  At the time of this recording, I am a 36 year old, North Carolina resident, married with two kids.  I work full-time in the telecom industry but spend my nights and weekends in musical activities and working with the https://parttimedrummer.com website.  I started playing drums in my early teens and took lessons from a gentleman name Billy Cuthrell, a well recognized drummer in our region.  From there, I went on to play with a variety of churches and gospel groups in my late teens and early twenties.  I attended Barton College where I played for the orchestra as well as earned a degree in recording technology.  These days I spend my time assisting local churches with drumming and sound as well as producing and servicing drummers through the https://parttimedrummer.com website.  In addition to the drums, I also play bass, piano and work in live sound and recording.  

    Snare drum mastery 101 is an entry level course designed to teach drums by focusing on one of the main components to drumming, the snare drum.  Proper mastery of the snare drum will greatly enhance a drummers abilities and skills.  In Snare drum mastery 101, we focus on developing proper technique, the ability to read music, as well as introducing the drummer to all the standard drum rudiments.  This is an intense course, but if you complete it and do all the exercises, you will have a solid foundation as a drummer and have the fundamental skills needed to continue more advanced education.  

    If you any questions about the course, please feel free to contact me through Udemy or directly  through my email address, josh@parttimedrummer.com.

    I hope you enjoy the course and that it helps you along your drumming journey!

  • Lesson 156:22

    1. Demonstrate the basic notes and rest used for snare and the drum set.

    2. Show how the notes are related and subdivided to produce time

    3. Introduce the most common time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8

    4. Provide reading exercises for whole, half and quarter notes

  • Lesson 2 Part 120:28

    1. Introduce the single stroke roll

    2. Demonstrate the eighth note

    3. Provide reading exercise using the eighth note

  • Lesson 2 Part 219:50

    1. Introduce the single stroke roll

    2. Demonstrate the eighth note

    3. Provide reading exercise using the eighth note

  • Lesson 2 Part 326:40

    1. Introduce the single stroke roll

    2. Demonstrate the eighth note

    3. Provide reading exercise using the eighth note

  • Lesson 341:34

    1. Introduce the single stroke four and single stroke seven

    2. Provide practice tips for the single stroke using a metronome

    3. Continue to build a solid foundation with more eighth note exercises.

  • Lesson 4 Part 112:58

    1. Introduce the multiple bounce roll and the double stroke roll

    2. Introduce dynamic symbols used in music theory and applied to snare drum.

    3. Provide comprehensive exercises using all the notes and theory learned in the past lessons.

  • Lesson 4 Part 225:00

    1. Introduce the multiple bounce roll and the double stroke roll

    2. Introduce dynamic symbols used in music theory and applied to snare drum.

    3. Provide comprehensive exercises using all the notes and theory learned in the past lessons.

  • Lesson 4 Part 325:00

    1. Introduce the multiple bounce roll and the double stroke roll

    2. Introduce dynamic symbols used in music theory and applied to snare drum.

    3. Provide comprehensive exercises using all the notes and theory learned in the past lessons.

  • Lesson 4 Part 416:52

    1. Introduce the multiple bounce roll and the double stroke roll

    2. Introduce dynamic symbols used in music theory and applied to snare drum.

    3. Provide comprehensive exercises using all the notes and theory learned in the past lessons

  • Lesson 5 Part 125:00

    1. Introduce triplets and the Moeller method

    2. Discuss 3/4 time signatures

    3. Introduce additional repeat signs and music theory

    4. Provide reading exercises using 3/4 timing

  • Lesson 5 Part 221:14

    1. Introduce triplets and the Moeller method

    2. Discuss 3/4 time signatures

    3. Introduce additional repeat signs and music theory

    4. Provide reading exercises using 3/4 timing

  • Lesson 5 Part 318:16

    1. Introduce triplets and the Moeller method

    2. Discuss 3/4 time signatures

    3. Introduce additional repeat signs and music theory

    4. Provide reading exercises using 3/4 timing

  • Lesson 6 Part 130:03

    1. Introduce the 5, 6 and 7 stroke rolls

    2. Discuss the 2/4 time signature

    3. Provide reading exercises using the 2/4 time signature

    4. Continue music theory discussions with the tie

  • Lesson 6 Part 222:05

    1. Introduce the 5, 6 and 7 stroke rolls

    2. Discuss the 2/4 time signature

    3. Provide reading exercises using the 2/4 time signature

    4. Continue music theory discussions with the tie

  • Lesson 6 Part 317:13

    1. Introduce the 5, 6 and 7 stroke rolls

    2. Discuss the 2/4 time signature

    3. Provide reading exercises using the 2/4 time signature

    4. Continue music theory discussions with the tie

  • Lesson 7 Part 120:08

    1. Introduce the nine, ten, eleven and thirteen stroke rolls

    2. Discuss the 6/8 time signature

    3. Provide reading exercises using the 6/8 time signature

  • Lesson 7 Part 222:06

    1. Introduce the nine, ten, eleven and thirteen stroke rolls

    2. Discuss the 6/8 time signature

    3. Provide reading exercises using the 6/8 time signature

  • Lesson 7 Part 315:21

    1. Introduce the nine, ten, eleven and thirteen stroke rolls

    2. Discuss the 6/8 time signature

    3. Provide reading exercises using the 6/8 time signature

  • Lesson 7 Part 418:55

    1. Introduce the nine, ten, eleven and thirteen stroke rolls

    2. Discuss the 6/8 time signature

    3. Provide reading exercises using the 6/8 time signature

  • Lesson 847:48

    1. Introduce the 15 and 17 stroke rolls

    2. Demonstrate the sixteenth note

    3. Provide reading exercises using the sixteenth note

  • Lesson 9 Part 120:08

    LESSON NINE

    1. Introduce the single, double and triple paradiddles

    2. Provide more reading exercises using the sixteenth note

  • Lesson 9 Part 220:59

    LESSON NINE

    1. Introduce the single, double and triple paradiddles

    2. Provide more reading exercises using the sixteenth note

  • Lesson 9 Part 322:23

    1. Introduce the single, double and triple paradiddles

    2. Provide more reading exercises using the sixteenth note

  • Lesson 1043:49

    1. Introduce the flam, flam accent and flam tap

    2. Demonstrate the traditional grip

    3. Provide reading exercises with flam in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4

  • Lesson 1149:38

    LESSON ELEVEN

    1. Introduce the flamacue, flam paradiddle and single flammed mill

    2. Provide reading exercises using the 5 stroke roll

  • Lesson 1252:56

    1. Introduce the flam paradiddle-diddle, pataflafla and swiss army triplet

    2. Provide reading exercises using the 5 stroke roll with sixteenth notes

  • Lesson 1347:30

    LESSON THIRTEEN

    1. Introduce the inverted flam tap and flam drag

    2. Provide reading exercises using the 7 stroke roll

  • Lesson 1449:23

    LESSON FOURTEEN

    1. Introduce the drag, single tap drag, double tap drag, lesson 25 and single dragadiddle

    2. Provide reading exercises using the 9 stroke and the 17 stroke roll

  • Lesson 15 Part 131:02

    LESSON FIFTEEN  

    1. Introduce the drag paradiddles

    2. Introduce the single double and triple ratamacue

    3. Provide reading exercises using various combinations of long rolls and flams.

  • Lesson 15 Part 231:55

    LESSON FIFTEEN  

    1. Introduce the drag paradiddles

    2. Introduce the single double and triple ratamacue

    3. Provide reading exercises using various combinations of long rolls and flams.

Requirements

  • No prior experience required. Also no equipment necessary, but a snare drum, practice pad and drum sticks would be very beneficial.

Description

15 lessons of snare drum video of instruction

All basic rudiments explained and demonstrated

Learn how to read music and then have charts to practice

Downloadable PDFs

This course is intended for the following: 

 Beginner to intermediate drum students who need help getting started on the drums

Drummers who play by ear, but want to learn to read

Musicians who play other instruments that want to try drumming

 Music teachers who want a comprehensive snare drum method course

The goals of the Snare Drum Mastery 101 course are the following:  

Provide intro and intermediate level drummers with a in depth look at snare drum methods

Develop the ability the sight read for snare drum

Familiarize the student with music theory, specifically related to drums

Introduce and demonstrate the 40 essential drum rudiments

Demonstrate how to apply the rudiments in various snare exercises

Show how to effectively practice with a metronome for improved accuracy and timing

Familiarize the student with the match grip and traditional grip

Emphasize dexterity and right vs. left hand leading

Provide practice tips and a way to begin drums with limited equipment

Help those to get started playing the drums who always wanted to but could not find someone to help them

Teach reading for snare drum that later can be applied to the entire drum set

Produce highly educated and versatile musicians

Who this course is for:

  • Beginning drum students, drummers who want to learn how to read drum music, musicians of other instruments who want to try drums, drum teachers who want help designing a curriculum.

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