Beginner Band Percussion Assignments:

Practice the exercises on page 4 of the bell half (the latter half) of your book.  Remember that quarter notes get the beat, so just count them as “1, 2, 3, 4” while you play.  Also remember that the squiggly lightning bolt looking symbols are quarter rests, which means you don’t play anything on during those symbols for one beat.  Lastly, check out the description of proper grip on page 2 to make sure you are holding the sticks properly (wrists turned over, sticks making a triangular shape, index finger curled around the stick and NOT on top of it, using your wrist to hit the keys and not your arm).  Tell me the name of the grip discussed on page 2 for a prize!