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AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

Snares (traditional grip) & Tenors


Street Time Excerpts (Snares): G - 3 after H, M - N, 3 before S - S

Exercises:

Eights
Triplet Timing
Accents
3-5-7
Triplet Accent
Doubles
Roaming 16th note
Triplet Diddle
Flams

Rudiments:

Single Stroke Roll


#6 Double Stroke Open Roll
#16 Single Paradiddle
#19 Single Paradiddle-diddle (Left and Right hand lead)
#21 Flam Accent
#30 Flam Drag
#1

Bass Drums
Btreet Time.excerpts: M - N, and m. 157 - end.
'.' Exercises:

Rudiments:

Cymbals

Eights (play share part)


Accents (combine split parts)
3:-5-7
Triplet Accent
Triplet Timing
Roaming 16th note (bass drum part)
Triplet Diddle
Flams (play snare part)
#1 Single Stroke Roll
#6 Double Stroke Open Roll
#16 Single Paradiddle
#19 Single Paradiddle-diddle (L~ft and Right hand lead)
#21 Flam Accent

(drum or clap)
Exercises: Roaming 16th note
Triplet Timing
Accents (parts 1 & 2)
3-5-7 Gust play the accents)

- Practice

at a variety of heights:
3", 6", 9", full out
- Crescendo through each measure:

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Triplet Timing

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SU Drumline 2003

Accents

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3-5-7
Accents - 3" inner beats.

6" , 9" , or 12" accents

Variation #1: Play as a single hand accent, once through on the right and hand and once through on the left.
Variation #2 "Split": First group plays 3-5-7. Second group plays 5-7-3. Third group plays 7-3-5.

Diddles - play with

even hands at 3",6",9",

and 12"

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- Establish

- Snares:

accent height
(9" or 12")

Practice with
and diddles

- Split Part:
Snares:
Tenors:
Basses:

Each
Start
Start
Start

from inner beat height

(3")

diddles on accents, flams on accents,


on the first note of every beat.

section starts on a different


on line 2, then play 3, then
on line 3, then play 1, then
on line 1, then play 2, then

line:
1
2
3

- Hardest of our exercises


- Watch right to left and left to right hand

transitions

Simple roll exercise


- Practice at one height with a variety of tempos
- Be careful not to accent the diddles and rolls

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