Intermediate Band Percussion Assignments:

Practice the music on pages 2-A and 2-B.  Make sure to play with alternating strokes (Right Left Right Left…..) and with a good grip (wrists turned over so your knuckles are turned up toward the ceiling, sticks making a triangular shape, index fingers curled around the sticks and NOT on top of them, using your wrist to hit the drum instead of your arm).  Remember that the “z” markings on the stems of certain notes mean you need to do do a buzz roll for the length of those notes.  Practice these things slowly and accurately with a metronome!  Tell me how I just told you to practice these exercises for a prize!