Snare Drum Playlist
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 73: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms on snare drum using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 74: Technique (Power Up)
Snare drum technique:
-Paradiddlediddles -
Video 75: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Snare drum ensemble using:
-Duet
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pick-up notes
-Ties
-Fermatas
-Dynamics: mp, mf, & f
-2/4 time signature -
Video 76: Echo Rudiments (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on snare drum using:
-Paradiddlediddles
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 77: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Snare drum sight-reading using:
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-Repeat sign
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, f
-3/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 78: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Snare drum warm-up using:
-Single & double strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 79: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Snare drum music theory & fundamentals: D.C. al Fine
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Video 80: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms for snare drum, using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 81: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on snare drum using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
-“C” time signature -
Video 82: Count & Play (Sync Up Snares)
Count and play rhythms on snare drum using:
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 83: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Snare drum sight-reading using:
-Single strokes
-Eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes
-D.C. al Fine
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and piano accompaniment
-Extra challenge: count the notes out loud -
Video 84: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms on snare drum using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests, whole notes & rests
-4/4 time signature -
Video 85: Technique (Power Up)
Snare drum technique:
-Lead hand stickings
-Sixteenth notes -
Video 86: Ensemble Practice (All Together Now)
Snare drum ensemble using:
-Duet
-Single strokes
-Sixteenth notes, eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes
-D.C. al fine
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-“C” time signature -
Video 87: Echo Rudiments (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on snare drum using:
-Lead hand stickings
-Sixteenth notes, eighth notes, quarter notes & rests
-"C" time signature -
Video 88: Sight Reading (Bonus Level)
Snare drum sight-reading using:
-Single strokes
-Sixteenth notes, eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes
-D.C. al Fine
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf
-4/4 time signature
-Piano accompaniment -
Video 89: Warm-ups (Get Ready)
Snare drum warm-up using:
-Single & double strokes
-Sixteenth notes, eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes
-"C" time signature -
Video 90: Music Theory (Inside Info)
Snare drum music theory & fundamentals: Dotted quarter notes
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Video 91: Rhythm Practice (Sync Up)
Count and clap rhythms for snare drum, using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes
-4/4 time signature -
Video 92: Echo Rhythms (Catch The Groove)
Echo rhythms on snare drum using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes
-3/4 time signature -
Video 93: Count & Play (Sync Up Snares)
Count and play rhythms on snare drum using:
-Sixteenth notes, eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, half notes
-2/4 time signature -
Video 94: Sight Reading (Mix It Up)
Snare drum sight-reading using:
-Single strokes
-Sixteenth notes, eighth notes, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes, dotted half notes
-Crescendo & decrescendo
-Dynamics: p, mp, mf, & f
-Ritardando
-Fermata
-Repeat signs
-1st & 2nd endings
-Pickup notes
-4/4 time signature
-Metronome and... -
Video 95: Improvise Rhythms (Make A Beat)
Echo and improvise rhythms on snare drum using:
-Eighth notes & rests, quarter notes & rests, dotted quarter notes & rests, half notes & rests, dotted half notes & rests
-3/4 time signature -
Video 96: Technique (Power Up)
Snare drum technique:
-5-stroke roll with buzz strokes
