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 49: Sync Up Snares (Snare Drum)
Count and play rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 50: Mix It Up (Snare Drum)
Sight-read using:
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Pick-up notes
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: count the notes out loud -
Video 51: Make A Beat (Snare Drum)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 52: Power Up (Snare Drum)
Instrumental technique:
-Double paradiddles -
Video 53: All Together Now (Snare Drum)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Single strokes
-Pick-up notes
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature -
Video 54: Catch The Rudiment (Snare Drum)
Echo rhythms using:
-Double paradiddles
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 55: Bonus Level (Snare Drum)
Sight-read using:
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Pick-up note
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 56: Get Ready (Snare Drum)
Warm-up using:
-Single & double strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 57: Inside Info (Snare Drum)
Music theory & fundamentals: Repeats, 1st & 2nd endings
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Video 58: Sync Up (Snare Drum)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 59: Catch The Groove (Snare Drum)
Echo rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 60: Sync Up Snares (Snare Drum)
Count and play rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-"C" time signature -
Video 61: Mix It Up (Snare Drum)
Sight-read using:
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pick-up notes
-Dynamics: p & f
-3/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: count the notes out loud -
Video 62: Make A Beat (Snare Drum)
Echo and improvise rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 63: Power Up (Snare Drum)
Instrumental technique:
-Triple paradiddles -
Video 64: All Together Now (Snare Drum)
Ensemble playing using:
-Duet
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half rests
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Dynamics: p & f
-2/4 time signature -
Video 65: Catch The Rudiment (Snare Drum)
Echo rhythms using:
-Triple paradiddles
-Eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 66: Bonus Level (Snare Drum)
Sight-read using:
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pick-up note
-Dynamics: p & f
-Fermata
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 67: Get Ready (Snare Drum)
Warm-up using:
-Single & double strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-"C" time signature -
Video 68: Inside Info (Snare Drum)
Music theory & fundamentals: Dynamics
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Video 69: Sync Up (Snare Drum)
Count and clap rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 70: Catch The Groove (Snare Drum)
Echo rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes, whole notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 71: Sync Up Snares (Snare Drum)
Count and play rhythms using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests
-2/4 time signature -
Video 72: Mix It Up (Snare Drum)
Sight-read using:
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-Repeat signs
-Dynamics: mp, mf, & f
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: count the notes out loud