Attention Percussion Students:
Any and all of the resources you may need for your lessons can be found here
Rudiments
PAS Standard Drum Rudiments
The 40 standard drum rudiments set by the Percussive Arts Society, the backbone of everything we do as percussionists
Yamaha Hybrid Drum Rudiments
After a reminder of the first 40 rudiments on the left side of the page, Yamaha had James Campbell added the next step - 40 hybrid rudiments, most commonly seen in modern marching percussion
Tenor Drum Rudiments
Taking the required skill a step further, Commandant’s Own tenor drummer Eric Carr compiled a list of the 33 most common rudiments on marching tenors
Mr. Gorman’s Guide to Chopping Out
Three Levels:
Play to the beat
Improvise to the beat (in meter)
Improvise off the beat (out of meter)
Tips and Tricks
Find the beat - Especially at level 3, make sure to hold on to it
Stay relaxed and stay loose
Don’t be afraid to choose songs that you don’t know as well for a bit of an initial challenge
For a greater challenge, choose songs with faster tempos or irregular time signatures
29 Noteworthy Percussionists
Of course, there are many more important percussionists than those seen here (and several of these percussionists
could easily fit into multiple categories). Check out the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame for many more.
Composers
Keiko Abe
Michael Burritt
Minoru Miki
Gordon Stout
Ivan Trevino
Orchestral Percussion
Joseph Becker (Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Anthony Cirone (San Francisco Symphony)
Jacques Delécluse (Orchestre de Paris)
Anton Mittermayr (Vienna Philharmonic)
Eric Sammut (Orchestre de Paris)
Drumset
Gene Krupa (Jazz)
Mike Mangini (Metal - Dream Theater)
Neil Peart (Rock - Rush)
Buddy Rich (Jazz)
Ringo Starr (Rock - The Beatles)
Rudimental Percussion
William “Billy” Gladstone
John S. Pratt
Paul Rennick
Charles Wilcoxon
John Wooton
Marimba
Keiko Abe (yep, she’s so important that I listed her twice)
Evelyn Glennie
Clair Omar Musser
Kana Omori
Leigh Howard Stevens
Vibraphone/Xylophone
Bob Becker (Xylophone)
Gary Burton (Vibraphone)
David Friedman (Vibraphone)
George Hamilton Green (Xylophone)
Tony Miceli (Vibraphone)
Limited Resources is a book of compiled exercises for bells. Written to work within the range limitations of bells often handed out to middle schoolers, I compiled together these exercises and familiar tunes to keep students moving at a slightly faster pace than your standard beginning band book