Alfred's Beginning Workbook for Snare Drum

Nate Brown

General Info

Subtitle: A Comprehensive Accompaniment for Any Beginning Snare Drum Method
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 978-0-7390-9246-0
Cost: $14.99

Description

This is a comprehensive publication, perfect for accompanying any beginning snare drum method. Students will develop reading and writing skills through sequential worksheets and hone playing skills with fun-to-play exercises, solos, and even duets. Inspirational quotes, from today's most successful drummers, encourage and motivate students as they develop. This workbook introduces students to the fundamentals of snare drumming in a hands-on, active format that is welcomed by students and teachers alike.

Content

INTRODUCTION

• How to Use This Book
• Importance of Counting
• Warming Up

LESSON 1

• Wholes, Quarters and Half Notes
• Introduction to Music Notation
• Quarter Rests
• First Snare Drum Etudes

LESSON 2

• Whole Rests and Half Rests 1
• Whole Rests and Half Rests 2

LESSON 3

• Eighth Notes 1
• Eighth Notes 2
• Repeats, First and Second Endings
• Dynamics 1 (p and f)

LESSON 4

• Eighth Rests 1
• Eighth Rests 2
• Eighth Notes and Eighth Rests (Duet)

LESSON 5

• Dotted Half and Dotted Quarter Notes 1
• Dotted Half and Dotted Quarter Notes 2
• Dynamics 2 (pp, p, f, and ƒ )
• Dal Segno al Fine

LESSON 6

• Sixteenth Notes 1
• Sixteenth Notes (Duet)

LESSON 7

• Eighths Beamed with Sixteenths 1
• Eighths Beamed with Sixteenths 2
• Intro to Rudiments---Paradiddle
• Dynamics 3 (mp, mf, Accents, Dynamics on Repeats)

LESSON 8

• Eighth Rests and Sixteenth Notes
• Improvisation
• Sixteenth Rests
• Check-Up
• Da Capo al Coda

LESSON 9

• Dotted Eighth Notes 1
• Dotted Eighth Notes 2
• Check-Up

LESSON 10

• Time Signatures---Intro
• 2/4 Time Signature 1
• 2/4 Time Signature 2
• 2/4 Time Signature 3

LESSON 11

• 3/4 Time Signature 1
• Rudiment---Double Paradiddle
• 3/4 Time Signature 2

LESSON 12

• Multiple-Bounce Roll (Closed Roll)
• Double-Stoke Roll (Open Roll)
• Five-Stroke Roll 1
• Five-Stroke Roll 2
• Five-Stroke Roll 3

LESSON 13

• Nine-Stroke Roll 1
• Nine-Stroke Roll 2
• Five-Stroke Roll and Nine-Stroke Roll
• Five-Stroke Roll and Nine-Stroke Roll (Duet)
• Check-Up

LESSON 14

• 13-Stroke Roll and 17-Stroke Roll 1
• 13-Stroke Roll and 17-Stroke Roll 2

LESSON 15

• Eighth-Note Triplets 1
• Eighth-Note Triplets 2

LESSON 16

• Sixteenth-Note Triplets 1
• Sixteenth-Note Triplets 2

LESSON 17

• Seven-Stroke Roll 1
• Seven-Stroke Roll 2
• Check-Up

LESSON 18

• The Flam 1
• The Flam 2

LESSON 19

• The Drag 1
• The Drag 2
• Changes in Tempo (Ritardando, Accelerando, Fermata, A Tempo)

LESSON 20

• Final Solo
• Final Test---Parts 1 and 2