Technique:

Snare:
• Focus off centre of the skin
• Keep open (elbows out)
• Top of wrists facing upwards
• Use more arms
• Pull sound out of drum
• Sharper delivery of accents

Timps:
• Pull sound out
• Slower rolls - Let drums resonate
• Lift both wrists up at start of rolls - even and smooth start
• Keep open (elbows out)
• Top of wrists facing upwards
• Use more arms
• Pull sound out of drums
• Focus off centre of skins

Tuned:
• Open up more on rolls
• Focus on playing position

Sight Reading:
• Practice - use metronome
• Look at time signature
• Look at key signature
• Look for unusual bars
• Play under tempo if needed
• Don’t stop

Repertoire:

Snare:
• ABRSM grade 7&8 book.
• Developing Dexterity - Mitchell Peters
• Stick Control George Stone.

Tuned:
Funny Mallet: Zivkovic
Etudes - Musser
Rhythm song - Paul Smadbeck
Hambre d’aout - Eric Samu