U.S. Army Field Band Pro Tips
Vic Firth Education Resource Center
- Drum Set
- Snare Drum (Including video of 40 Essential Rudiments)
- Concert Percussion & Keyboard
- Speed Note Reading
- Marching & World Percussion
- Features every major drum set artist of the 20th & 21st Century
- Videos, Audio, Drum Clinics
- *Director’s Choice for Best Resource on the Web for Drum set!
- U.S. Army Field Band Percussion Section
- -Snare: Drum Grip, Wrist Stroke, Accents, Rolls, Flams, Ruffs, Four Stroke Ruff
-Accessories: Triangle, Tambourine, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbal, Suspended Cymbal, Bass Drum Cymbal Attachment
-Keyboards: Basic Technique, Xylophone, Chimes, Vibraphone, Bells
-Timpani: Getting Started, Set-up, Body Position, Grips, Mallet Position, Mallet Types, Basic Technique, Stroke, Dynamics, Rolls, Tuning, Intonation, Interval Recognition, Advanced Technique, Pitch Adjustment, Pedaling, Sticking, Dampening, Muffling, Mallet Selection
Master Classes
- Neil Percy, London Symphony Orchestra Principal Percussionist
- Nigel Thomas Part 1, Part 2, London Symphony Orchestra Principal Timpanist
Recommended Listening for Concert Percussion
- Nebojsa Zivkovic; Percussion Concerto No. 1, “Concerto of the Mad Queen”
- Keiko Abe; Jorge Sarmientos Marimba Concerto I
- Ney Rosauro; Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble
- Nexus; Dotty Dimples; Fluffy Ruffles; Spanish Waltz
- So Percussion; Drumming by Steve Reich
- Evelyn Glennie; Rhythmic Caprice by Leigh Howard Stevens
- PercaDu; Gyro by Tomer Yariv
- Edgar Varese; Ionisation
- Media page offers “In the Lot” footage for sponsored DCI groups
- Resources page offers valuable articles for improving your skills
- Scholarship Opportunities
- Virginia Day of Percussion
- PASIC, Conventions and Festivals
- Your first stop for purchasing percussion items