Clinic PDFs September 2023

Here are some FREE PDFs with exercises for learning rudiments, basic mallet reading, and basic rhythms.

Snare Drum

PDF - First 10 Rudiments

PDF - Sticking Practice & Rhythms (RH start)

PDF - Sticking Practice, LH start (both RH and LH appear on both)

PDF - Rolling in Time - Buzz 1

PDF - Double Stroke Rudiments 1

PDF- Basic Rhythms 1

Mallet Exercise 1:

PDF - Mallet Exercise in C Major

PDF - Tympani for Two Drums

Suggested Books for beginner/intermediate percussionists:

For Snare Drum:

Stick Control - George Lawrence Stone. This classic helps gain stick dexterity. It uses some of the same stickings building skills. Great for warm ups and rudiment builders

Syncopation - Ted Reed This is great for learning rhythms for EVERY student.

It has a ton of rhythmic studies, and gets into syncopated rhythms and how to read them in all their forms.

For Mallets:

Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone by Morris Goldenberg. Many good building exercises starting in the key of C and going into all keys. Gradually more difficult exercises.

For Tympani:

Fundamental Method for Tympani - Mitchell Peters

Modern Method for Tympani - Saul Goodman