Percussion

"8 on a Hand" - Ensemble Demonstration

"8 on a Hand" - Specific Section Demonstrations

SHORT PRACTICE

DAILY ROUTINE!! (est. 15 min)

Eights with a METRONOME while MARKING TIME

3 Reps each. 4 counts in between.
- 100 BPM at 12 inches

- 115 BPM at 12 inches

- 130 BPM at 9 inches
- 140 BPM at 9 inches
- 150 BPM at 6 inches
- 158 BPM at 6 inches
- 166 BPM at 3 inches
- 172 BPM at 3 inches

Mental Checklist while playing above:
- Are my feet in time with the metronome?
- Are my hands matching my feet?
- Am I playing at the correct height?
- Are my heights consistent?
- Are all of my fingers attached to the sticks?

- Am I relaxed while playing?
- Am I producing a healthy sound? (i.e. not pounding or feather-tapping)

TECHNICAL PRACTICE

2-3 times a week. (est. 45 min)

Eights with a METRONOME while MARKING TIME

3 Reps each. 4 counts in between.
- 100 BPM at 12 inches

- 124 BPM at 9 inches

- 148 BPM at 6 inches

- 172 BPM at 3 inches

Choose ONE of the tempo markings to RECORD the reps with your phone

- Follow the Mental Checklist while recording.

- Watch the video and choose which Mental Checklist point is weakest of them all.

- Isolate the point and record again. APPLY YOURSELF.

Repeat steps 1 and 2 with accents, duple rolls, triplet rolls, triplet beats, paradiddles, and double paradiddles. Do whatever tempos are comfortable at each respective height.

Flip the page over to the Boston Rudiment Sheet. Spend time isolating 1 rudiment

- Put a metronome on 120 BPM. Strive for accents at 12 inches and taps at 3 inches.

- Repeat until rhythm and timing are accurate.

- RECORD with your phone. Play 4 times through. Refer to the Mental Checklist above.

- Isolate your weakest point, then record again.

SIGHT READING PRACTICE

2-3 times a week. (est. 45 min)

1. All warmups 2 reps. (6 times through) First rep with a slow tempo at 12 inches. Second rep with a fast tempo at 3 inches.

2. Go to lothype.com. Click Transcriptions (not the dropdown menu that says submit/edit transcriptions, just click the word transcriptions) Pick ANYTHING and try learning it. Take whatever tempo you feel comfortable until you can speed it up.

- Ideally, pick one of these licks/exercises a day. You don’t have to learn the whole thing either. A-B, four measures, etc. whatever pace you feel is right.

- After you learn any section or several measures fluently, RECORD with your phone while referring to the Mental Checklist. 

OLD Front ens. warm ups