Advanced Percussion class meets weekly on Wednesdays during Symphonic Band.

Requirements for Advanced Percussion Class

 

Stick bag/mallet case                                         Set of 4 Yarn/cord mallets (soft)

Pr. Drum sticks (med.)                                       *Pr. Yarn/cord mallets (hard)

Pr. Drum sticks (light)                                        Pr. Timpani mallets (med. hard)

Pr. Drum sticks (heavy)                                     *Pr. Timpani mallets (med. soft)

Pr. Drum sticks (med. light, plastic tip)              Pitchpipe or tuning fork

Pr. Brushes                                                         Drum key

Pr. Unwound mallets (hard)                               Black hand towel

*Pr. Unwound mallets (med. or soft)             Looseleaf notebook, notepaper

Set of 4 Yarn/cord mallets (med.)                      Pencils (min. 2)

 

*New items. Inspect all other items (from Applied Percussion); replace if necessary.

 

Instruments/Items necessary for home practice:

 

Snare drum

Practice pad on stand

Mallet percussion instrument (upgrade to full-size instrument strongly recommended)

Music stand(s)

Metronome

Drum kit (if desired)

 

Course available to:

 

Percussion students enrolled in Symphonic Band. Pre-requires completion of Freshman and Applied Percussion courses and/or recommendation by instructor.

 

Course Description:

 

Further exploration into the world of Percussion.  Includes drumset tuning, miking and recording, Drums/Percussion products and equipment, drumhead selection and replacement, Electronic Percussion/drum machines/MIDI and improvisation. Advanced techniques on snare, drum set, timpani, Latin Percussion and mallets (Burton and Stevens four-mallet grips studied in-depth).

 

CHS ADVANCED PERCUSSION CLASS

Syllabus

 

KEY:   

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class #                   topic(s)                                                              materials

 

1.    VIDEO VIEWING                                                        ‘Steve Smith Part 1′

 

2.    RHYTHMIC READING I                                                      MRT     pp.82-83

 

3.    MELODIC READING I                                                 GOLD keyb      pp.44-45

 

4.    TIMPANI READING I                                                         VF          pp.24-25

ADVANCED TIMPANI TECHNIQUES

 

5.    DRUMS/PERC. PRODUCTS and Equipment             lecture/demonstration

 

6.    DRUMSET TUNING and MAINTENANCE                lecture/demonstration

 

7.    ADV. KEYB. PERC. TECH. I        KRS p.52-53,65-66; lecture/demonstration

 

8.    DRUMHEAD SELECTION and REPLACEMENT            lecture/demonstration

 

 

9.              – - – EXAM – 2nd Marking Period           ADVANCED EXAM pp. 1-2

 

 

10.   DRUMSET ADV. GROOVES            Groove Variations; 12 Advanced Grooves

 

11.   MUSIC THEORY I                        Chord Progressions; lecture/demonstration

 

12.   MELODIC READING II                                selections from ‘The Real Book’

 

13.   TIMPANI care and maintenance                              lecture/demonstration

        TIMPANI head selection and tuning

 

14.   TIMPANI READING II                                                 VF         pp.36-37,45

 

15.   ADVANCED LATIN/WORLD PERCUSSION             lecture/demonstration

VIDEO VIEWING         Birger Sulsbruck:  ‘Latin-American Percussion Video Session’

 

16.   RHYTHMIC READING II                                                   GOLD  pp.79-81

 

17.   - – - EXAM – 3rd Marking Period            ADVANCED WRITTEN EXAM – 3rd Quarter

 

18.   ELECTRONIC PERC./DRUM MACHINES and MIDI     lecture/demonstration

19.   DRUMSET MIKING AND RECORDING                   lecture/demonstration

 

20.   ADVANCED KEYB. PERC. TECHNIQUES II             lecture/demonstration

VIDEO VIEWING                                                       ‘Evelyn Glennie in Rio’

 

21.   MUSIC THEORY II                             Chord Voicings; lecture/demonstration

 

22.   IMPROVISATION                                    AEB pp.1,14-17; supp.   pp.1-2

 

23.   DRUMSET ADVANCED TECHNIQUES               lecture/demonstration

NB         pp.9-10,12,14-16

S-BB    pp.6-11

 

 

24.                  – - – FINAL EXAM

25.      [25% multiple choice, 25% objective questions, 25% subjective essay, 25% performance]

-rhythmic and melodic reading

-timpani tuning and reading

-drumset reading, tuning, care and maintenance

-four mallet keyboard techniques

-electronic percussion/miking and recording/MIDI

-music theory and improvisation

-sight reading

 

 

 

 

[does not include:       1 session          ALL-STATE AUDITION CRITIQUES

1 session          IN-REHEARSAL CRITIQUE - Winter Concert

3 sessions       REHEARSALS - Percussion Concert]