ZILDJIAN LIVE!: MATT GREINER “PTERANODON” For this installment of “Learn the Music”, we decided to try something a little heavier, something that goes by at an amazing speed when you’re watching it live (waay too fast to decipher what’s going on) and slow it down to where mere mortals can follow along! Here’s YOUR opportunity […]
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PASIC 2013: DAVE WECKL “JUST GROOVE ME” We’re pleased to share the latest addition to our Drum Set Education Library: “Learn The Music”, a performance breakdown series featuring excerpts from our favorite Vic Firth performances with on-screen notation, real-time beat tracking, multi-tempo breakdowns and downloadable transcriptions! We’re diving back into our video vault for Dave’s
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ZILDJIAN LIVE!: Ash Soan“Wait a Minute” Here’s YOUR opportunity to watch, listen – and LEARN THE MUSIC to Ash Soan’s performance in Zildjian Live! 2020, then download the PDF and work out the beats for yourself! BEFORE DIVING INTO OUR DRUM SET TRANSCRIPTION, BE SURE TO WATCH THE ORIGINAL VIDEO: READY TO GET STARTED?DOWNLOAD THE
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VFJAMS: BENNY GREB “GREBFRUIT” For this installment of “Learn the Music”, we reached back to one of the most amazing performances from the vfJAMS LIVE! session in 2018. Benny Greb worked with Sput Searight to come up with a great arrangement of Benny’s “Grebfruit”, a hugely popular track from his album release which featured only
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VFJAMS: STANLEY RANDOLph – “honey”by The Brandon Brown Collective For those of us in attendance for the first ever vfJAMS Live, Stanley Randoph’s performace still ranks as one of the most epic performances. Not because it was a showcase of technical wizardry or fireworks of soloistic display, but because he did what the very best
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DCI 2021 – blue starstechnique program Exercise 1: “Several Camps” When you first strap on a drum, it’s a good idea to get the blood flowing and the muscles warmed up. This exercise starts with a buzz roll version of the standard “Three Camps”, played with a relaxed fulcrum pressure, pressing the stick into the
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DCI 2021 – The cadets“SHALL ALWAYS RISE” (FULL SHOW) Vic Firth takes you BEYOND THE LOT with “Shall Always Rise” from the 2021 Cadets Battery Percussion Section. In this first video, you’ll see the full tune played at 100% speed with the snares, tenors and bass line together, then we’ll break it down with the
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DCI 2022 – BOSTON CRUSADERS: RUDIMENT SHEET (PASIC CLINIC 2022) Grab your sticks, download the sheet music and play along with the Boston Crusaders snares and tenors as they play through the “Rudiment Sheet” in their clinic at the 2022 Percussive Arts Society International Convention! PLAY ALONG AT SLOW, MEDIUM & FAST TEMPOS: 60% Tempo:
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DCI 2022 – ACADEMY: “WW” SCENE 4 Vic Firth takes you BEYOND THE LOT with the Academy Drum and Bugle Corps. In this video, they perform Scene 4 from their 2022 production of “WW.” PLAY ALONG AT SLOW, MEDIUM & FAST TEMPOS:100% Tempo (0:00) | 60% Tempo (02:37) | 80% Tempo (06:48) | 100% Tempo
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DCI 2022 – BLUE STARS: “WAR AND PEACE” SCENE 3 Vic Firth takes you BEYOND THE LOT with the Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps. In this video, they perform Scene 3 from their 2022 production of “War and Peace.” PLAY ALONG AT SLOW, MEDIUM & FAST TEMPOS:100% Tempo (0:00) | 60% Tempo (01:33) |
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