RECOMMENDED

Recommended Concert Snare Drum Sticks for All Students:

• Innovative Percussion: Lalo Davila Sticks

• Promark Concert Band SD2

• Vic Firth SD 1

Recommend Jazz Band Snare Drum Sticks for Students

• Vic Firth: 7A or 5A. Nylon Tip.  (7A is a little thinner)

• Vader:  7A or 5A Nylon Tip  (7A is a little thinner)

Recommend Beginner Bell Mallets  for Students

• Mike Balter 10R

• Vic Firth M443

• Grover Artist Choice Rattan Unwound Mallet:  7/8" Black Pheno

• Encore 76R Unwound Series 7/8" Hard Acetal

Recommend Mallets for Int. & Adv. Percussionists

Yarn Marimba Mallets:  Recommend Birch

• Innovative Percussion: IP 240 Medium Mallets

• Encore: NZ3B Nancy Zeltsman Medium Hard Birch Mallets

• Firth: Robert Van Sice Marimba Mallets- Medium

• Innovative Percussion: Fundamental Series F1.5 Medium (least expensive.

Xylophone/Bell Mallets: Recommend Rattan

• Malletech Orchestral Series:  ORR 45R

  • Innovative Percussion OS5 Full Rattan Glock Mallets

  • Innovative Percussion James Ross IP903 Dark Xylo/Bell

• Malletech: Bob Becker Series:  BB 34R   (Becker Blues)   or

  • Innovative Percussion: James Ross:   IP 902 (Reds)

  • Encore 102R  Unwound 1 1/8" Polyball

Vibraphone:  Recomment Rattan

• Balter:  ProVibe  M23R

• Firth: Mendoza M23

Timpani Mallets

• Vic Firth T3 Staccato

• Innovative General Series: GT3 Medium General

• Vic Firth: Tim Genis GEN 5 Medium

Recommended Snare Drum:

• Fresh Approach to Snare Drum: Mark Wessles

• Elementary Snare Drum Studies:  Mitchell Peters

• Intermediate Snare Drum Studies: Mitchell Peters

• Developing Dexterity: Mitchell Peters

Recommended General Mallet Methods:

• Fresh Approach to Mallet Percussion: Mark Wessles

• Fundamental Studies for Mallets:  Garwood Whaley

• New Elementary Studies for Xylophone & Marimba: George Hamilton Green

• Instructional Course for Xylophone: George Hamilton Green

• Fundamental Method for Mallets:Mitchell Peters

Combined Percussion/Class Percussion:  Drums & Bells

• Complete Percussion Companion:  Brian Monroe

• Fresh Approach to Class Percussion: Vol. 1 & 2:  Mark Wessles

Recommended Four Mallets Methods:

• Technique Through Music: Ralph Ford

• Simply Four: Giff Howarth

• Sequential Studies for Four-Mallet Marimba: Julia Gaines

Recommended Timpani Methods:

• Goodman Modern Method for Timpani:  Saul Goodman

• Etuden for Pauken (Timpani):  Richard Hochrainer

• Fundamental Method for Timpani: Mitchell Peters

Drum Set:

• Fresh Approach to Drum Set:  (all styles) Mark Wessles

• A Funky Primer: (Rock/Funk)  Charles Doud

• Essential Styles:  Book 1 & 2:  (all styles)  Houghton/Warrington

• Advanced Techniques: (Jazz)   Chapin

Stick Bags:

• Liberty One Basic Stick Bag: Holds a Small Number of Sticks and Mallets

• Liberty One Tour Caddy Mallet Bag: . Holds more

Tools:

• Yamaha or Liberty One High Tension  Drum Key

• Pearl Techtool Drum Key Multi-Tool

• Pitch Pipe + ios app 

• Tempo  ios metronome app

Drum Pads:

• Evans Real Feel Drum Pad

• Vic Firth Heavy Hitter StockPad 

VIDEO RESOURCES

BEGINNING SNARE DRUM TECHNIQUE:

BEGINNING MALLET PERCUSSION

BEGINNING MALLET SIGHTREADING

RHYTHM READING:  Each Level shows the Basic Level.  After Playing each video,  select  the next Silver/Gold, then Platinum/Diamond before moving to the next level.  

PLAYING ACCESSORY PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

FOUR MALLET MARIMBA

More Mark Ford Videos:    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQM-2_UjIitcq6aLPTt41kUPhqyRccTh2

TIMPANI TECHNIQUE

PLAYING DRUM SET

DRUM SET SWING BASICS

DRUM SET BASIC LATIN BEATS

DRUM SET PLAYING WITH BRUSHES

MARCHING BAND: QUAD DRUMMING

MARCHING BAND: BASS DRUMMING

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