The Packet
General Info
Subtitle: A Fundamentals-Based Percussion Curriculum
Year: 2015
Publisher: FECIV Publications
Difficulty: Elementary to Advanced
Cost: $29.99
Dimensions: 30.48 x 22.86 x 2.54 cm
ISBN: 978-0-6925-0069-9
Instrumentation
Overview
- Etudes, Exercises, and Variations for 6th-12th Grade
- Based on Fundamentals
- Simple and Straightforward
Description
The Packet by Frank Chapple is a collection of exercises, etudes and instructions written to help students develop the skills necessary to be a complete percussionist. Designed for use with all students from middle school all the way until high school graduation, this book is a straightforward way to get your kids drumming correctly. Written by Michael Dooley
Chapter
Chapter 1: The Rhythms section helps students understand basic rhythmic concepts like the quarter note, all the way up to doing hand speed changes with pentuplets.
Chapter 2: Chops works on the physical act of hitting a drum, including legato strokes, staccato strokes, rudiments, and accent patterns.
Chapter 3: Rudiments shows students how to play the most essential sticking patterns every drummer should know, all the way up to how to play grids with hybrid rudiments.
Chapter 4: Mallets begins with note naming and ends with four-mallet triple lateral exercises.
Chapter 5: Drum Set shows students basic patterns and styles all the way up to a 12/8 nanigo.