Entries about Exercise

Here is the sheet music for Section A of our Accent/Tap exercise. Please download and print your respective parts. There are no accents in the music. F-D-T-U are written in, indicating which stroke type should be played.

Here is a copy of the UMass Drumline’s Full-Down-Tap-Up exercise (pdf). It’s used to build a uniform technique by identifying & combining the 4 stroke-types: Full, Down, Tap, and Up-stroke. Audio Recording of FDTU Full Stroke A full stroke starts in the “up position,” with the bead of your stick or mallet 15 inches above [...]