Snare drum technique

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Snare technique is the technique used to play a snare drum.

It is studied as an end to itself by snare drummers, and as a way of developing stick
control skill by kit drummers and players of other auxiliary percussion instruments.

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Grips[edit]
Main article: grip (percussion)
There are two categories of grips used in snare technique: matched grip, in which both
hands hold the sticks in an overhand grip, and traditional grip, in which one hand uses an
overhand grip and the other an underhand grip. Traditional grip is almost exclusively
used on snare drum, and concert bass drum, while matched grip is used on all
percussion instruments. Traditional grip is also primarily used in drum corps style
marching environments, such as Drum Corps International.

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Rudiments[edit]
Main article: drum rudiment
Snare drum technique is learned mainly by learning specific sequences of drumstick
strokes, each of them known as adrum rudiment and most of them short. Examples of
rudiments are the paradiddle and the drum roll.