Snare Drum
Fun play-along videos to help kids learn to play the snare drum!
-For beginner and intermediate percussion students
-Starts at the beginner level and increases in difficulty
-Self-assessment rubric included in each video
-Videos rotate through 12 activities to focus on different aspects of music learning:
1. Get Ready: Warmups
- Long tones, scales, arpeggios, articulation, etc.
2. Inside Info: Music theory and fundamentals
-Time signatures, key signatures, scale degrees, intervals, chords, form, harmony, etc.
3. Sync Up: Rhythm training
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping
4. Catch The Groove: Rhythm training
-Listening, echoing, reading rhythms
5. Play By Ear: Aural skills
-Pitch discrimination, listening and echoing
6. Mix It Up: Sight-reading
-Extra challenge: count the rhythm out loud after you play it on the drum
7. Make A Beat: Rhythm improvisation
-Echo a rhythmic phrase, then play something different
8. Power Up: Instrumental technique
-Drum rudiments
9. All Together Now: Ensemble playing
-Listen and play different parts within duets, trios, and quartets
10. Sync Up Snares: Extra rhythm practice
-Listening, reading rhythms, counting, clapping
11. Bonus Level: Sight-reading
-Combines material from previous videos
12. Recap: Vocabulary review
-Multiple-choice "quiz" review
-One Recap video after every 100 Dynabuddy videos
Think of each cycle through these activities as a unit of study that takes about 4-6 weeks to complete. Every 100 videos is about a year's worth of instruction, ending with a Recap video for review. 100 videos are currently available for snare drum. More will be released soon - stay tuned!
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Video 25: Sync Up (Snare Drum)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 26: Catch The Groove (Snare Drum)
Echo rhythms using:
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 27: Sync Up Snares (Snare Drum)
Count and play rhythms using:
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 28: Mix It Up (Snare Drum)
Sight-read using:
-Single strokes
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat signs
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: count the notes out loud -
Video 29: Make A Beat (Snare Drum)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 30: Power Up (Snare Drum)
Instrumental technique:
-Four basic strokes: full, down, tap & up -
Video 31: All Together Now (Snare Drum)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Round
-Single strokes
-Quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes, whole rests
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-Solo & tutti
-“C” time signature -
Video 32: Catch The Rudiment (Snare Drum)
Echo rhythms using:
-Four basic strokes
-Quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-"C" time signature -
Video 33: Bonus Level (Snare Drum)
Sight-read using:
-Single strokes
-Quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-Ties
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-Repeat signs
-“C” time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 34: Get Ready (Snare Drum)
Warm-up using:
-Double strokes & single strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 35: Inside Info (Snare Drum)
Music theory & fundamentals: Eighth notes & rests
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Video 36: Sync Up (Snare Drum)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-2/4 time signature -
Video 37: Catch The Groove (Snare Drum)
Echo rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Ties
-2/4 time signature -
Video 38: Sync Up Snares (Snare Drum)
Count and play rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 39: Mix It Up (Snare Drum)
Sight-read using:
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat signs
-“C” time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: count the notes out loud -
Video 40: Make A Beat (Snare Drum)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-“C” time signature -
Video 41: Power Up (Snare Drum)
Instrumental technique:
-Paradiddles -
Video 42: All Together Now (Snare Drum)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Dynamics: p & f
-2/4 time signature -
Video 43: Catch The Rudiment (Snare Drum)
Echo rhythms using:
-Paradiddles
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 44: Bonus Level (Snare Drum)
Sight-read using:
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Dynamics: p & f
-Repeat sign
-2/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 45: Get Ready (Snare Drum)
Warm-up using:
-Single & double strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes -
Video 46: Inside Info (Snare Drum)
Music theory & fundamentals: Ties & slurs
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Video 47: Sync Up (Snare Drum)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 48: Catch The Groove (Snare Drum)
Echo rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature