well i'm trying out for winter-line this year for snare. the only problem being that i've never played snare and i don't know a lick of this kinda stuff.....well i know a bit.....like a couple rudiments and stuff. well for our audition we have to play thishttp://drumline.bknights.org/download/Audition/Consistency.pdf and thishttp://drumline.bknights.org/download/Audition/Finesse.pdf. If anyone could help me at all it will be very much appreciated. Oh and don't say practice, practice, practice. i can assure you i am

With marching snare most rolls are open meaning you can hear each double stroke you do. Keep your rolls as open as possible without taking away from the sound.

One thing that my teacher told me when trying out for percussion is when you audition your rudiments, start slow gradually speed up to peak speed then slow back down. And when I say start slow, I mean slow. That shows control.

well i'm trying out for winter-line this year for snare. the only problem being that i've never played snare and i don't know a lick of this kinda stuff.....well i know a bit.....like a couple rudiments and stuff. well for our audition we have to play thishttp://drumline.bknights.org/download/Audition/Consistency.pdf and thishttp://drumline.bknights.org/download/Audition/Finesse.pdf. If anyone could help me at all it will be very much appreciated. Oh and don't say practice, practice, practice. i can assure you i am

lets see... also with the traditional grip keep try to keep a tight yet relaxed grip, tight to the point where you'll be able keep a firm grip, but relaxed to the point where you'll be able to do diddles and low-and-go(a.k.a. fast) without straining much. Also in self, be relaxed. If you're nervous and tense your hands will follow suite, causing you to crush everything you play!:P
i might have some exercises i can email you if youd like!

i myself am trying out for snare on my winterline as well...
i should make it seeing as A.) im one of the two best sophomores that werent on drumline for the season, B.) There's too many open spots NOT to make it, and C.) Lets just say... our freshman need work, 8th graders even more... which makes me wonder why our d-line instructor opened winterline up to 8th graders...:huh:

i might have some exercises i can email you if youd like
yes please!!!
me email is (this is a bit long...)aloysiusxlpendergahst@yahoo.com
Thank you!:P

consider it done!

thank you!!:lol:

don't mention it

kya!!! i failed horrobly:frusty::cry:
i feel like crawling into a corner and dying......:cry:

kya!!! i failed horrobly:frusty::cry:
i feel like crawling into a corner and dying......:cry:

tryouts didn't go so well??? Im sorry bro... maybe next time you should go out from snare and bass(what i'm always told to do, and ironically i'm filling in for a bass this saturday)

:sigh: i wish our tryouts would come quickly... like now, when i actually feel like preparing these really simple tryout exercises that prolly none of the 8th or frosh can play...x_x

bro?:huh:....im a chick......but maybe you meant it that way anyway soooo....yeah it didn't go so hot.-_- but i did make it into melodics which is the second thing i tried out for so i'm pretty happy about that.^_^

eh, my bad... never bother to check:heh:... term of respect? idk ill stop trying lol
so melodics is like pit i'm guessing?

'tis ok:P! yep it is pit and the good thing is that i might be pit captain so thats a little on the bright side!^.^

yay pit! that is my current position as well(up to jan hopefully) i wish we had a winter pit:sigh:... but noone ever cares about the pit! its always u on the drumline?!?!? Whats pit?

tel me about it!!!!
but it kinda sucks 'cause i also have to do concert band in witch i play the oboe so it kinda clashes sometimes...but it is still fun!

my friend does that! except replace the oboe with clarinet... and it doesn't clash... yep nothin alike

Be careful about chatting one-on-one in here, guys... probably safer to take it to PM, or this thread'll probably end up locked.

wow... there are only 2 people talking now that i stop to realize it!

No longer!



i might have some exercises i can email you if youd like!

Hm... I wonder...

All state auditions in a few weeks here in Texas! I'm just glad I don't live in Region 5 where all the freaking PASIC/national champ guys go. Hehe.

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Hm... I wonder...

All state auditions in a few weeks here in Texas! I'm just glad I don't live in Region 5 where all the freaking PASIC/national champ guys go. Hehe.

:heh: lol if you are wondering it is those very ones that you emailed to me
which is why we must thank Pantalaimon10 ultimately for without him(and his awesome tenor ways) we'd have nothing!


good luck! I'm just glad i dont live in texas where percussion is actually taken seriously! But i have w.d. tryouts, my duet for solo ensemble(???) and regionals all in january

I'm just glad i dont live in texas where percussion is actually taken seriously!

Oh my God, that is so freaking true... Except for where I live. lol

Yay! Solo and Ensemble! I love this time of year! I'm doing a multi-drum solo called Inspirationes Diabolique and Debussy's Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum for marimba. Not to mention all the other ensembles and stuff *coughwinterdrumlinecough* we're doing. ^_^

Oh my God, that is so freaking true... Except for where I live. lol

Yay! Solo and Ensemble! I love this time of year! I'm doing a multi-drum solo called Inspirationes Diabolique and Debussy's Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum for marimba. Not to mention all the other ensembles and stuff *coughwinterdrumlinecough* we're doing. ^_^

:sigh: isn't marimba great?

Heehee, i'm pit captain and i totally called dibs on the marimba. i love it!!

Well, does anyone know of any challenging marimba literature that sounds good and isn't played by seventeen people at every high school in the country? (i.e. no Virginia Tate, Cherry Blossoms, dear God, no Rain Dance) I know that's pretty specific, but I'm just curious to see what I can find.

well my pit instructor is writing out the music for mars, and the intro he has shown me looks really exciting! once i'll get it i'll post it!

Well, I like Mars and everything (I actually like all the Planets), and I'll be sure to check that out. Any good solo material, though?