DRUMLINE AUDITIONS 2020
** DATE AND TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED **
Drumline instruments are snare, tenors, bass and cymbals. Instruments are assigned by audition. Practice these pieces to develop your skills and show the staff which instrument will be the best fit for you.
Click the icon to download the audition piece. Click the button to go to the Vic Firth Education website to find skill builder exercises to help you play your best for the audition.
Drumline instruments are snare, tenors, bass and cymbals. Instruments are assigned by audition. Practice these pieces to develop your skills and show the staff which instrument will be the best fit for you.
Click the icon to download the audition piece. Click the button to go to the Vic Firth Education website to find skill builder exercises to help you play your best for the audition.
1. Basic quarter and eighth note rhythms. Everyone must play this one.
| 8th_notes.pdf |
Click the button to see, hear, and practice basic quarter/8th rhythms. Suggested lessons: 1 & 2.
2. Sixteenth note combinations. (Optional - play this one also if you are interested in trying out for snare.)
| checkpoint_2.pdf |
Click the button to see, hear, and practice 16th note combinations. Suggested lessons: 3B, 3C, & 3D.
3. Paradiddle combinations include alternate and double strokes. (Optional - play this one also if you are interested in trying out for tenors.)
| paradiddles.pdf |
Click the button to see, hear, and practice paradiddle rudiments. Suggested lessons: 16, 17, 18, & 19.