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The newest assignment is at the top. Please make sure your drummer knows the Drum Corps Rules.

Parents

  1. If you don’t have a Gmail address already, please follow the advice under “Use an existing email address” here: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27441?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&oco=0&ai1hc=1
  2. Please send the $10 for the curriculum book: The Snare Drummer’s Toolbox
    1. I accept Zelle, CashApp, and Apple Pay at my phone number
  3. Direct Message me your e-mail address and cell phone number via WhatsApp or e-mail
  4. Review the Drum Corps Rules (This list is subject to change 🧐)
  5. Please download a metronome to your child’s phone/tablet - any free option will do

Drum Corps Members

  1. Review the Drum Corps Rules (This list is subject to change 🧐)
  2. Watch the Rehearsal Recap - https://youtu.be/fymvDy3XyiQ
  3. Practice Reading Quarter Notes at various speeds on the metronome starting with 60 beats per minute (bpm) - https://youtu.be/8EuZMW4YZk8
  4. Reading Eighth Notes at various speeds on the metronome starting with 60 beats per minute (bpm) - https://youtu.be/PhORXESYLjE
  5. The Snare Drummer’s Toolbox - Just for this week’s lesson, I copied the pages needed here: snare-drummers-toolbox-excerpts.pdf Please purchase the book at the next rehearsal (Sunday October 25, 2026) if you haven’t already done so
    1. Read pages 6, 8, 9, 11
    2. Try to practice pages 13, 14, 18, 19, 20
      1. Set your metronome to 60 bpm and try to gradually increase speed once you complete an exercise and try that same exercise again.

  1. Cadences from Rehearsal
    1. Sticks Down - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7t4UDEoG1o
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/x0VTYIimL10
      2. Quints - https://youtu.be/4fUCbB_YHnI
      3. Tenors - https://youtu.be/obMc5LjM_2k
      4. Bass - https://youtu.be/A2Qa5OwCeWY
      5. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/2kuSbLDOjLo
    2. NE1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZhlZTFoZXI
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/SxmiizuD_9A
      2. Quints - https://youtu.be/Gjw72BqJc90
      3. Tenors - https://youtu.be/tZ59tAq9RlM
      4. Bass - https://youtu.be/KxS8rUwEqmM
      5. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/Jb8CbqoAkc4
  2. Additional Cadences
    1. Recess - https://youtu.be/7Izr_H6SqvQ
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/KbfiWlXFIRw
      2. Quints - https://youtu.be/tPBLCiHDYM4
      3. Tenors - https://youtu.be/YuU125bdRdg
      4. Bass - https://youtu.be/01IKINYMKo4
      5. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/EPlV0LFHqxc
    2. Bass Roll - https://youtu.be/IGg6s0nCHsY
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/C_U9nPwHcdo
      2. Quints - https://youtu.be/Qveurs1CB7I
      3. Tenors - https://youtu.be/g1QtYadVq0g
      4. Bass - https://youtu.be/7l4bKjEQGsY
      5. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/6m7sg0KFr9k

  1. Strength & Conditioning
    1. None
  2. Rudiments
    1. Flam Accent
  3. Rhythm Exercises
    1. EP Warm-Up
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/Lz4NlT2awXM
      2. Quints - https://youtu.be/amR4m2xosVo
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/qTQ9j0f_hdQ
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/z8mkkBucZts
  4. Cadences
    1. Sticks Down - https://youtu.be/5KWCsqthHfc
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/x0VTYIimL10
      2. Tenors - https://youtu.be/4fUCbB_YHnI
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/q5NghpHawoc
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/2kuSbLDOjLo
    2. Bass Roll - https://youtu.be/liLuC9_XuM4
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/C_U9nPwHcdo
      2. Tenors - https://youtu.be/Qveurs1CB7I
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/qHJnWj5WK-o
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/6m7sg0KFr9k
    3. NE1 - https://youtu.be/aaIiJmCXyhA
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/SxmiizuD_9A
      2. Quints - https://youtu.be/Gjw72BqJc90
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/j9aJmsgpiy0
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/Jb8CbqoAkc4
    4. Recess - https://youtu.be/7Izr_H6SqvQ
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/KbfiWlXFIRw
      2. Quints - https://youtu.be/tPBLCiHDYM4
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/zJE-X6Tmtc8
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/EPlV0LFHqxc

  1. Strength & Conditioning
    1. None
  2. Rudiments
    1. Single Paradiddle
  3. Rhythm Exercises
    1. TSDC 16ths and 6s
    2. Eight on a hand (while marching)
  4. Cadences
    1. Review any you would like to from the lists below

  1. Strength & Conditioning
  2. Rudiments
    1. Flam
    2. Flam Tap
    3. Flam Accent
    4. Flam Accent
    5. Five-Stroke Roll
    6. Paradiddle
  3. Rhythm Exercises
    1. Drummer Summer School - pages 7-9
  4. Cadences
    1. NE1 - https://youtu.be/qfcgxdetnRE
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/hI1uoIBLTnc
      2. Quints - https://youtu.be/SrEFwBBXpKA
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/XuBMVD9lMH4
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/kC6FP_k-LEo
    2. Recess - https://youtu.be/JL7ERHFS8sw
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/U0VrtgEyCG0
      2. Quints - https://youtu.be/3sXfKUO8SUE
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/zJE-X6Tmtc8
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/_P5Z2zZyUss

  1. Strength & Conditioning
    1. None
  2. Rudiments
    1. Flam
    2. Flam Tap
    3. Flam Accent
    4. Flam Accent
    5. Five-Stroke Roll
    6. Paradiddle
  3. Rhythm Exercises
    1. Accents Practice
  4. Cadences
    1. Sticks Down - https://youtu.be/9m1ETimTII8
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/CDCp1DKYEdg
      2. Tenors - https://youtu.be/7lkuIVmRt4Y
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/R9GZ5cumfS0
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/q07EV1wZ4Ms
    2. Bass Roll - https://youtu.be/S03nhjRvrvA
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/ml6gLka9w7M
      2. Tenors - https://youtu.be/ntCJIszoKOw
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/Z5knE8FRe6g
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/yY3Ri-g8AeA
  5. Drilling & Marching
    1. None

  1. Strength & Conditioning
    1. None
  2. Rudiments
    1. Flam
    2. Flam Tap
    3. Flam Accent
    4. Flam Accent
    5. Five-Stroke Roll
    6. Paradiddle
  3. Rhythm Exercises
    1. None
  4. Cadences
    1. Sticks Down - https://youtu.be/9m1ETimTII8
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/CDCp1DKYEdg
      2. Tenors - https://youtu.be/7lkuIVmRt4Y
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/R9GZ5cumfS0
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/q07EV1wZ4Ms
    2. Bass Roll - https://youtu.be/S03nhjRvrvA
      1. Snares - https://youtu.be/ml6gLka9w7M
      2. Tenors - https://youtu.be/ntCJIszoKOw
      3. Bass - https://youtu.be/Z5knE8FRe6g
      4. Cymbals - https://youtu.be/yY3Ri-g8AeA
  5. Drilling & Marching
    1. None

  1. Strength & Conditioning
    1. None
  2. Rudiments
    1. Flam
    2. Flam Tap
    3. Flam Accent
    4. Flam Accent
  3. Rhythm Exercises
    1. None
  4. Cadences
    1. Sticks Down - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKhURq79IYo
  5. Drilling & Marching
    1. None

  1. Strength & Conditioning
    1. None
  2. Rudiments
    1. Flam - https://www.drumeo.com/beat/flam/
    2. Flam Accent - https://www.drumeo.com/beat/flam-accent/
  3. Rhythm Exercises
    1. None
  4. Cadences
    1. Sticks Down - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKhURq79IYo
  5. Drilling & Marching
    1. None

  1. Practice Lessons 01, 04, and 06 while marching
  2. Finish the Eighth Note Patterns sheet. Bonus goal: Be able to play it while marching.
  3. Finish the Sixteenth Note Patterns sheet (it is 2-sided) Bonus goal: Be able to play it while marching.
    1. Sixteenth Note Patterns Video 60, 90, and 120 bpm

  1. Review the meaning of the Pathfinder Club (see the East Pasco SDA Pathfinder Drum Corps Manual)
  2. Review how to let the drumstick rebound (Example 1, Example 2, Example 3)
    1. Note: make the fulcrum for the drum stick with your thumb and the second knuckle of your index finger
  3. Review note-rest-values.pdf in Rhythm Exercises
  4. Please use a metronome for the following exercises starting at 70 beats per minute. Remember the beat = 1 quarter note.
    1. Eight on a hand - play at a slower speed and make sure the stick is actually rebounding rather than you lifting it.
    2. Music Reading exercises - syncopation-packet-01.pdf in Homework Files
    3. (Optional) TSDC Eighths.pdf in Homework Files

  1. Eight on a hand - try with a metronome at 70 beats per minutes (bpm)
  2. Learn what the Pathfinder Club Emblem represents (see the East Pasco SDA Pathfinder Drum Corps Manual)
  3. Think about what color the Drum Corps will use
  4. Think about a name for the Drum Corps
  5. Review the following Pathfinder Drill & Marching commands using the Pathfinder Drill Manual, YouTube, etc.
    1. Mark Time
    2. Forward March
    3. Column Right/Left March
    4. Dress Right Dress
    5. Right Face
    6. Left Face
    7. About Face