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Summary: A snare drum accentuates the rest of the jazz band and goes well with the high hate. Learn more about this unique instrument in this free video series.

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Daniel Miura Dan Miura is a drum expert. he has been playing drums/percussion for over 13 years. His experiences include jazz training, music theory, and a handful of ro... read more

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How to Play On Beat on a Snare Drum

Hi I'm Dan on behalf of Expert Village. Today we are going to talk about jazz swing using the snare drum on the beat. Now your basic jazz time is the same as we talked about earlier which is this. So what a great addition to that is to add the snare drum. The snare drum is great for accenting with the rest of the band is doing or providing fields for a little bit of flavor to the drum beat that you are playing. So the basic technique for snare drums on the beat is to play along with the high hat which would sound like this. In our next segment, we would talk about using the snare drums on the off beats.

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