A free drum lesson by Vince Schaefer in Real Audio format

Common Laugh Productions Music Resources features free lesson with real audio music!

Learning Intervals

Drum Dojo

The Sound Site

Tomita's Fantasy World!

Mallet Jazz

The Indie Music Forum

Deprogram

Vonne Andring

Royal Crusaders History

World Record 20 mile march

Drum Bum

Listen to Real Audio introduction: Click Here First! to start 'Free Drum lesson'. If you see this message...shut down Netscape and use Internet ExplorerExercises / Concepts a program developed by Vince Schaefer for the Performance Drum line (though it's nothing new.....it's what my teachers taught me!)

One Hands - Tap, Accent        Accented taps in various groupings   Beginning warm-up
Real Audio demonstrations of Program:
            Click: Taps 1   rrrrrrrr counted 1&2&3&4; 4 times on one hand and same for l
                                   Taps/Accents1    Rrrrrrrr (capitol is accent)
                                                            Tap/Accent 2 RrrrRrrrRrrrRrrr and left
                                                                             Tap/Accent 3 RrrRrrRrrRrrRrrRrrRrrRrr then left; RrrRrrrRrrRrrrRrrRrrrRrrRrrr and RrRrRrrRrRrRrrRrrrRrrRrRrRrr obviously doing these on the left also
                                                                                                   Finish RrRrrrRrrRrrrr followed by the whole thing....Remember to start very slow...I did these fast, just to be able to fit more in the space!

variation Substitute buzzs (or dead stick) or drags instead of accents

Rubank Exercise Quarter note with moving eighth note

variation Drag sticking

Rudimental BreakDown accelerating quarter notes

variation R L R L R L Single stroke Roll

variation R R L L R R L L Long Roll

variation R L R R L R L L R L R R Paradiddles

variation R L R R L L R L R R L L Paradiddlediddle

variation R L R L R R L R L R L L Double Paradiddles

variation R L R L R L R R L R L R L R L L Triple Paradiddles

Drag Exercise #1 Check pattern with drag on 1st

#2 “ ‘ ‘ 2nd

#3 “ “ “ 3rd

#4 “ “ “ “ “ 4th

Combined

Check & Paradiddles sixteenths for a bar & paradiddles for a bar

One Hands to Both Hands Right hand check & both hands play

Dynamics # English Foreign

0 (a Vince invention used to teach concept - no translation)

1 very soft Pianissimo

2 soft Piano

3 medium soft side Mezzo-piano

4 medium loud side Mezzo-forte

5 loud Forte

6 very loud Fortissimo

Isolated Attacks (Conducted)

variation Section Attacks (Appropriate hand conducts front line side & foot does bass)

Tenors (specific)

1^st position opposite hand moves, with up & down melodic motion

2^nd position both hands move , with up & dwn melodic motion

3^rd position cross-sticking (variations)

4^th position contrary motion (variations)

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