Unfortunately, in the depths of preparing for a contest and various pieces, some of the auxiliary percussion gets pushed to…
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Percussion
Idle Hands Are The Devil’s Workshop (in the percussion section)
Close you eyes and imagine this…. You are conducting on the podium and you suddenly realize that you haven’t yelled…
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How to Teach Four Mallet Grip
How to Teach Four Mallet Grip to your Percussionist Four mallet marimba playing is becoming increasingly prominent in the hands…
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DO Sweat the Small Stuff (Part 2) Beginning Brass & Percussion
Brass Have the students BUZZ Just have them buzz. Buzz sirens, buzz their method book songs, buzz their band songs,…
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4 Ways Tape Can Help Your Beginning Percussionists
When working with my beginning percussionists during the first days of school, I like to introduce my students to a…
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First Steps of Snare Drum (Part 2)
In my last article, I spent a great deal of time focused on getting the student to set up the…
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