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Percussion Technique

Mr. Hodge

Theda Leeka

10.31.24

Percussion Techniques

Snare Drum
a) Concert 4 ½ x 7 inches, Field 12 x 14 inches, Piccolo 2-4 x 14 inches
b) Traditional grip and Match grip
c) The drum should be a little lower than where your belt or waist line is and your forearms
create a 90 degree angle
d) Single stroke, double stroke, multiple bounce, 7 stroke, 9 stroke, etc.
e) Rudimental, natural, and alternating
f) Rudiments are from soldiers communicating during war. Rudiments are sticking patterns
which form the foundation for more complex drumming patterns. Roll rudiments (single
stroke roll), diddle rudiments (single paradiddles), flam rudiments (flam, flam accents),
and drag rudiments
g) RLRR, LRLL, RLRL, LRLR, RLLL, LRRR
h) Every note is one strike of the drum and slashes in the music act as rests
i) Having students demonstrate different hand/feet tapping combinations, echo patterns,
sticking patterns, etc.

Keyboard Percussion Techniques


a) Idiophones - produce sound through the vibration of their entire body (ex: triangle,
cymbal, wood block). Membranophones - produce sounds through the vibration of a
membrane, usually an animal skin or plastic head stretched over a shell or bowl (ex:
timpani, bongos, timbales). Chordophones - vibration of strings stretched over a
resonating box, typically played by striking, stroking, or plucking. (Ex: harpsichord,
simbalon, zither). Aerophones - produce sound through the vibration of an enclosed air
column (ex: train whistle).
b) Marimba - yarn, plastic, and rubber mallets, Orchestra bells - hard plastic, acrylic, brass,
metal, and rubber mallets, Chimes - hammer, Xylophone - most mallet types,
Vibraphone - most mallet types, Timpani - yarn and rubber mallets
c) Waist line where the instrument is, and your arms should be at a 90 degree right over
the bars
d) Two-mallet grips are similar to snare drum playing with Match grip. The thumbs can also
be on the top of the mallets instead of the side like in Match grip.
e) Single-stroke roll with double notes in each hand (sustained four-mallet chords), aka
double vertical stroke roll. Single-independent stroke and single-stroke rolls.
f) Traditional Musser “flop roll” and ripple or sequential rolls. They cannot produce buzz
rolls.
g) Dampening, cross-overs, shifting
h) Traditional Cross-Grip - when you add a second mallet to the hand while your palm is
facing up, and it’s placed between the index and middle finger. You always grip the
mallets closer to the butt, and this grip makes the mallets cross in your hands. The
Musser Stevens Grip - when the sticks are not crossed in your hands, the first mallet is
first held by the middle finger in the center of the palm while the other is held between
the middle and ring finger. The Burton Grip - similar to cross-grip, but allows for more
control of the mallets specifically for larger or closer intervals.
i) “When writing for percussion, use your imagination.” When playing on Marimba,
Vibraphone, or Xylophone, percussionists have to side-step to reach all octaves/notes.

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