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Summary: Play the full stroke, down stroke, tap stroke and up stroke, factoring in the right height system for each; 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
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Questions & AnswersOkay so in review we've got the full stroke, the tap stroke and the up stroke. In sequence, they are going to look like this. So as an exercise you could easily start with your beads up checking that your beads are together at 12 inches and you could do it off the right hand once making sure that your bead on the right hand is matching that of your left and then you can do it off the left hand. Now you are really going to want to define these stroke types in the passages you are playing and your marching ensemble to get really a uniform look and approach. You are also not only going to want to find the strokes but the height of the individual strokes. You could do the same fold down tap of exercise say at 6 inches or at something like 15.
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