Category Archives: Pedagogy
Flashback: Being Coachable
By Shane Griffin If there is one personality trait that differentiates amazing players from mediocre players, it’s the ability to be coached. Not only to receive the coaching and input, but to do something about it. And not only to
Cage: Percussion:1
preview video and make sure to purchase a copy. Cage: Percussion:1 John Cage was many things in his lifetime: a composer, an author, a philosopher, an inventor, a poet, a pianist, an orator, a fundraiser (both for his own projects
Zildjian Score Magazine — Michael Burritt Lesson Part 2
A year ago, we featured a video of Michael Burritt demonstrating his approach to crash cymbal technique. Today, Michael talks about short and soft crashes. To read more about Michael’s techniques, check out Zildjian’s
Rehearsal Techniques for Front Ensembles
By Innovative Percussion website found with other great articles in the James Ancona is the Percussion Caption Head for The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps and has many years’ experience as an arranger and instructor for DCI corps, including the
Flashback: “Do I really need to learn Snare Drum Rudiments?”
Jury examinations are around the corner and I have been working on rudiments with a lot of my freshman over the past month in preparation for their Freshman Screening Exam. This post is originally from March 2011. The short answer
Why Do an Indoor Drumline? (Part 2)
Today, Jake introduces the second installment of what will be an ongoing series about indoor percussion ensembles. After reading his thoughts and ideas, please leave your comments below. Be sure to check out his blog at:
Percussion: The Future of Music: Credo
Earlier this week, we received a message from Adam Sliwinski (member of
NPR: Nature Has A Good Beat, But Can You Dance To It?
NPR recently interviewed Daniel Levitin. If you are not familiar with Levitin, you should check out his two books: NPR.org website. The article
Three “Things”
The other day during one of my college percussion lessons, I mentioned to a student that with all of the things we need to learn as percussionists, I think there are three things that we should always be working on.
Percussion Axiom TV: Episode #92 “Twitter Interaction…”
Today we “interact” and answer a common question I hear (via twitter) about the mechanics of Steven’s grip. How would you fix this common problem? Leave your thoughts below the post.
