Techniques for Playing the Snare Drum

Part of the Video Series How to Play the Drums

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Learn some techniques for playing the snare drum in this free online video music lesson on how to play the drums for beginners.

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Posted by Philly2Brooklyn on Wednesday, 23 July, 2008 at 8:21 PM

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Aazir is right.

Posted by Aazir on Thursday, 12 June, 2008 at 1:25 AM

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hey thats not the paradiddle i was tought. it was supposed to be right left right right and than left right left left. please correct me if i#m wrong... aaziraftab7@hotmail. com

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Techniques for Playing the Snare Drum
Hi I’m Chris and now we are going to talk about the Snare Drum. Now, the snare drum, like I said before is one of the key essential elements in a drum set. It is the most widely used drum piece of the whole drum set. Now then, when we are playing the snare drum we make sure we are relaxed; we have our posture correct, we have it at an angle, make sure we are relaxed holding our sticks, so forefinger, thumb and then go ahead and wrap your fingers softly around the inside at an angle. Now then, when playing the snare drum there is many different variations we can use for playing the snare drum. The standard, I’m going to play a standard beat for you, right left right left. I’m going to demonstrate to you a Paradiddle, okay. A paradiddle is right right left left, okay. It’s paradiddle. Now then, what I’m going to do is I’m going to integrate right left right left, paradiddle paradiddle.

About the Expert

Expert: Chris Hynes has been playing the drums for over 10 years. He is currently the drummer for the up-and-coming band What We Know. Read More