Snare Drum Essentials
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Introduction

Introduction
How to use the website
Holding and controlling our sticks

Foundations Part 1 and 8 On A Hand exercise
Foundations Part 2 Cat Coffee exercise
Foundations Part 3 - Stick Control exercise
What practice pad?
TIP Sticks Out Set Position
Teachers Notes - Left Hand
Loud or quiet

The 4 Stroke Types and Accent Taps exercise
TIP Sticks In Set Position
Teachers Notes - Accent Taps
Drum Rolls

The Double Stroke roll and Double Beat exercise
Open or Closed Roll? and the classic Chicken And A Roll exercise
Exercises Variations and Double Beat Exercises v2
Sit or stand?
Common Faults - Rolls
TIP Quiet Practice
Paradiddle

The Paradiddle rudiment plus Paradiddle Nightmare exercise
Paradiddle 6 4 2 exercise
Rim shots
TIP Left Hand Thumb
Flams

Learn how to Flam and Flam Flam exercise
TIP Get to know your snare drum
Beginner Triplet Rudiments

Bounce and Swiss Triplets and Pugagu Dupuda exercise
Para Pug exercise
Flam Taps

The Flam Tap rudiment plus Flam Tap Builder exercise
How to side stick
Diddles

Work your diddles with Gallop exercise
Triplet Diddle exercise
Correct Interpretation

What is Interpretation? 16th Note Timing exercise
The Triplet Grid exercise
16th Note Grid
Introduction to Quintuplets
TIP Taping Sticks
Flam Accents

Flam Accent rudiment - Flam Accent Heights exercise
Down Up Flams exercise
Teachers Notes - Flam Accents
Flam Drags

Extended Flam Drag rudiment and Float Flam Drags exercise
Cheese

Cheese Rudiments
Inverted Flam Tap variations

Inverted Flam Taps rudiment and 7/8 Flam Taps exercise
Cheese Invert rudiment and 7/8 Inverted Cheese exercises
Advanced Flam Exercises

Right or Left Side Flam Accent rudiments and Drip exercise
Poofs exercise
Learn Flammed Mills rudiment plus Flam Taps and Mill Time exercise
Drop Singles

Drop Singles Technique and 78 Singles exercise
The Herta

Herta Builder exercise
Tap Rolls

Tap 5's, Tap 11's and the Tap 5s exercise
Dynamics

Crescendo and Decrescendo - 8 on a Hand v2
Expanding Rudiments

Create new rudiments
Speed

Finger control
Paradiddle Speed
Showtime Skills

Showtime Skill - Walk The Dog
Showtime Skill - Stick on Stick
Showtime Skill - Sticks Out Thumb Roll
Showtime Skill - Drop Twirl
Showtime Skill - Herta Cross Overs
Showtime Skill - The Helicopter
Showtime Skill - Beginner Backsticking
Facebook group

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Paradiddle

Some rudiments are more important than others, I doubt any are more used than Paradiddles.

4 Lessons