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Summary: Play tap stroke drum rolls when playing a drum stroke; learn how with tips from our expert percussionist and drum instructor in this free snare drum video tutorial.
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Alex Casmiro Alex Casimiro, has been involved with marching percussion for many years. His experiences include marching with the Silver Knights, Targets, Spartans, Madison... read more
Now we are going to discuss the third stroke type which is called the tap stroke. The tap stroke in reality is very similar to the full stroke where we started at 12 and down was the first motion and again, there is that wall at the top in the same place. Now we are going to bring it down to 3 inches and still there is going to be that wall preventing us from having any sort of prep. We are not going to want anything like that. Down is going to be the first motion and we are going to start at 3 inches and end at 3 inches. Which again you are going to want a little bit of an incline of a stick from the back to the beat of the stick. You are not going to want a flat stick that is parallel to the drum. So you can bring your beads to the center of the drum at 3 inches and match them together, make sure they are starting in the same place and then you play the stroke. Down is the first motion and end that 3 again.