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Triplet Snare Drum Exercise
Triplet Snare Drum Exercise
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TRIPLET SNA
SNARE
RE DRUM EXERC
EXERCISE
ISE
GRAEME J. THEW
Principal Percussionist, H. M. Grenadier Guards
London, England
Th
This illu
illustrat
rates how a simple
ple exercis
rcise
e can be develope
loped
d to cove
over vario
ariou
us are
areas of snare
are drum
rum techniqu
ique. Be
Begin with
ith a bas
basic
snare drum accent pattern (a), then replace each accent with a flam (b), replace the flams with doubles strokes (c), and finally
reverse the process by inserting double strokes where single notes have previously been played (d). All exercises may be played
at a variety of tempos. Repeat each exercise 10–20 times.
b 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
j j j j j j j j j j j j
c œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
/
L RLR R L R L L RL R R L R L R R LR L L RL R R LRL L RL RL L RL R R L R L L RL R R L
c 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
/ c œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ
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œœ œ œ œœ
œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ
œœ œ œ œœœ
R R L R L L R L R RL
RL R L L R L R L L R L RR L R L L R L RR L R L R R L R L L R L R RL R L L
d 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
/ c œ œœœ
œœœœœ œœœœœ
œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ
œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœ
œœœ œœ
œ œ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ
œœœœ œ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ
R LL RR LRRLL RLLRR
RLLRR LRRLL
LRRLL RRL RR LLR
LLR L LRRL RRL
RRL LR LL RRL LR L LRRL RR LLR L LRRL
RRL
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