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This is not so much a question pertaining to front ensemble marimba playing, but in four mallet playing in general.
Basically I came with up a grip that fuses elements from the Burton Grip and the Traditional Grip. I know that this isn't a "formal" or "correct" grip, however I experimented with it, and I think I feel the best with it. Should I use this grip or should I just focus on one of the main grips (stevens, musser, burton, traditional..)
Basically in this grip, the position of the mallets are just how they would be in a Burton grip. When you hold the mallets however, you put both your thumb and pointer finger within the vicinity of the two sticks- it looks like the crab like "pincers" used in the traditional grip. This way, you do not have to squeeze and move your fingers to increase intervals with the Burton grip, you just slide your pointer finger to open up intervals.
In essence, it is the exact same technique used on the traditional grip, just with the configuration of the mallets in the Burton grip. You hold the sticks as you would in the Burton grip, but you change intervals in the way you would with the traditional grip.
Lol, do you think that I could get away with playing like this? Or would this "makeshift" grip be unacceptable to the masses?
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Hi, I've been a percussionist for two years and played in my high school drumline for a single year so far. I had played bass drum this marching season and will be playing tenors for my senior year. I will be one of two upperclassman and I am excited for my future since I plan to do my best and go to a university and play in their marching band... Currently I plan to go to Winston-Salem State University and join the 'Red Sea of Sound'.
But aside from my plans, I would like to go back and explain what leads to my question; (skip ahead to the next paragraph if you just want to see the question, I really like to go into depth! :p).
Last year was my first year as a percussionist, after I took lessons and learned the basics, I was allowed to practice with our relatively small drum line. However, last year was quite different. We had a percussionist instructor who was a basketball/football coach, history teacher, and former WSSU RSOS Drum Line member (smallest bass drum) who kicked us into shape with relatively complex (well, to us) bass parts, which relied on different parts for each bass drum. He taught us many warm-ups and helped develop my chops.
Anyway, due to attendance problems and an incident involving our band director, the practices were canceled, drummers quit, and we were terrible this year; as we only had few cadences and they were pretty lackluster in quality as we only had three percussionists, who the other two just didn't want to stay after and practice. (I was one of the only serious drummers)
Back onto subject. When the instructor was there, he used certain terminology and addressed certain aspects of Drum line culture... For instance: he made the term a 'Punch' sound as if it was a cadence played at challenges or in the stands to get the opposing drum line to respond back.
I was wondering if there are any ethics or terminology that I should know that I could teach the other drummers?
Ex: How do we challenge another drum line? And what are some other terms?
I am familiar with the terms 'chops' and 'punch' so far.
But I want to be able to be respectful when performing but at the same time organized and as professional as we can be.
I didn't go in real depth with my search so I apologize if there is a sticky about this exact issue.
Thanks!
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Okay. So I am looking to learn a solo for my state's PAS festival next spring. I am a collegiate level student. Currently intermediate level, but I'm getting better. I am taking lessons from a guy who taught snare for the Scouts in the mid 90's. Our plan is to have my instructor write my solo piece as something to challenge me. But I am fairly sure that my local PAS chapter requires all soloists to play published work.
I'd like to find a good solo as a back up plan. I would appreciate any input you have. If you could recommend a few intermediate to advanced solos, and where I can purchase them, I would be very grateful.
Thanks
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So, i've got this mylar marching snare that sounds horrible. I can make it sound decent but the overtones that it has are horrible. It rings more than a set of tenors. Also, the snare wire is broken. I tried using a set of Gibraltar replacement snares but they wouldn't help. Basically, I need the best tuning tips that you've got. I'll post pics up later.
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I recently came upon the acquisition of an energy shot, and was wondering when the proper time to use it is. I am planning on using it for a fitness test i have to do. So should i take it before i begin (and if so how long before), or should i take it during the test?
I was thinking i would take it about an hour or so before hand.
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