Judging by your retro Canuck’s jersey you may spend some time in BC where I live (Lake Cowichan). Any suggestions you may have will be welcome. To start I want to practice at least half an hour each day on “rudiments” (e.g. What I would like to know is what kind of routine to get into with my practicing. This won’t be easy as I am now 62 and very active, but I am determined. So, I am looking at the best system of daily practice starting with the snare drum. I am looking to get back into my drumming somewhat seriously. Wow, what a great website! Now that I have retired. Watch me demonstrate these snare drum buzz rolls in the following video lesson
Work on getting your buzzes to be as long as possible Keep your sticks on the drum until just before they play.Set the metronome at Quarter Note = 100.These roll exercises will now sound like buzz rolls
Likewise a BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ TAP is 2+2+2+1=7 stroke roll and so on. Therefore if a roll has BUZZ BUZZ TAP it would be a 2+2+1=5 stroke roll. Each buzz stroke is worth 2 and each non buzzed note is worth 1. Watch me demonstrate in the video lesson before trying this exercise on your own:ĭifferent length rolls are named for the number of strokes that are used to play them. Play each line 4 times before moving on to the next one.When you are buzzing keep your sticks on the drum until you are just about to play the next note.Listen to the buzz of each stick and try to make each buzz sound the same.Practice the following exercises with a metronome at first, but then try them while playing along to music that has a steady beat. Play this every day so that you will develop a nice smooth buzz roll that will eventually sound like paper being torn.Repeat each exercise several times before moving on to the next one.Don’t lift your stick off of the drum until just before you play the next note with that stick.It’s not an exercise in fast playing, but an exercise to get your sticks to buzz for the right amount of time. The above exercise should be practiced with a metronome at the marked tempo.The Quarter Note Buzz Roll for Snare Drum Snare Drum Buzz Roll Exercise 1
In this video I’ll talk about how to buzz your sticks and we’ll go through this exercise together. If there is too much pressure the buzz will be too short or nonexistent and if there isn’t enough pressure applied the buzz will be too open sounding. In order to play a buzz you have to control the stick so that it stays on the drum head with just enough pressure.
The snare drum roll is created by playing alternating strokes R L R L etc, and letting the stick buzz on the drum head while you do this.
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