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Snare Drum Warm Up - R.knopper
Snare Drum Warm Up - R.knopper
• cover the dynamic range: work through the entire spectrum from ppp to fff
• face obstacles: force yourself to continually address the most difficult or weakest
strokes (eg. loud buzzes or soft doubles). remember: your hands don’t know what
muscles to build unless you remind them consistently!
singles —> doubles doubles —> singles singles —> buzzes buzzes —> singles doubles —> buzzes buzzes —> doubles
• cover the dynamic range: work through the entire spectrum from ppp to fff
• develop compound grips: experiment with the grips you’ve been developing in
step 1 so you can transition between stroke types quickly