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1 01 Dum Line Technique Packet Contents Geneal Infomation Impotant Dates Clinic Days Additional Music equiements Expectations Positions in the Dum Line Technique Snae uads Cymbals Music s asic Stokes 5--9 Iish olls lackman Cadence 01

2 Geneal Infomation Hello Membes of the 01 laze and Dum Line! I hope you ae as excited as I am to begin anothe incedible season of maching pecussion with the lackman High School and! Whethe this is you fist time expeiencing this activity, o if you ae a etuning membe of the dum line, you ae in fo a fantastic yea of dumming This packet contains all of the infomation and music that you will need to pepae fo the clinics and the season I look fowad to seeing new and familia faces ove the coming weeks as we pepae to become the best section in the laze and! Do not hesitate to me with any questions Chis Lowy, laze and Dum Line InstuctoAange lowyc@cschoolsnet Impotant Dates Apil pm Clinic 1* May 3 4-6pm Clinic * May :30pm Final Clinic* June Matt Savage Dum Camp July 16-0 am-1pm Dum Camp* July 3- am-5pm Full and Camp* July 6:30pm DCI Nashville *equied Event Clinic Days The clinic days give eveyone a chance to play and lean about the instuments they would like to play duing the season These days will be low-stess, and the focus will be on setting each individual up fo a successful season Afte each clinic day students will be given feedback, and may be asked to ty a diffeent instument at the next clinic day The Dum Line will be set at the conclusion of the Final Clinic You must attend each clinic day to be in the Dum Line Eveyone should have the music fo his o he pefeed instument pepaed and memoized You music should be pinted out in a binde with sheet potectos ing a pai of maching-sized dumsticks; we typically use the Innovative Pecussion IP- MM stick

3 Additional Music equiements Always pactice with a metonome uad dummes play all of the music on dum as well as aound the dums dummes play the snae pat (unison) and the split pat (except fo the Cadence) e familia with the splits fo each dum; you may be asked to move aound the bass line duing the clinics ack and cymbal playes will play the snae dum pat fo the execises Cymbal playes will need to be in good physical shape The pimay equiement to make the Cymbal Line is physical stength Thee ae a lot of flips and ticks that the cymbals do that equie uppe body stength to pefom Expectations Attitude- The most impotant thing that you need to have is a good attitude If you have a desie to lean and a willingness to make changes, you will be successful in this goup Discipline- Something that will be taken seiously is ou discipline duing eheasal If we ae to positively impact the cultue of the maching band, we must take ouselves seiously and be intentional with ou actions Pepaedness- An impotant habit to develop is to always be pepaed When asked to memoize you music, you need to do that befoe the next eheasal When going out to the eheasal field, you must always have you music and coodinate sheet with you espect- This coves many things: listening to any instuctions that ae being given, taking cae of equipment, and teating you classmates with espect while you ae a membe of the dum line Fun- Don t foget that playing dums should be fun! We will be seious when we need to be, but keep in mind that being good at something is way moe fun than being teible Positions in the Dum Line Eveyone who wants to be in the laze and Dum Line can be While it would be nice to give eveyone a spot on thei fist choice of instument, we only have a cetain numbe of dums at lackman, and we also need to have cetain atios of each instument to sound good e open to leaning something new and unexpected Depending on how many people audition, we may mach with: Snae Dums 4-6 uads 6 Dums 6 acks 5- Cymbals

4 Technique Geneal Appoach elaxed- As you play, stay completely elaxed fom you waist up We need to play with the top half of ou body, while the bottom half gets us whee we need to go ebounded- Each stoke, high o low, will utilize ebound fom the dum the same way Wist Initiated- Each stoke is initiated fom the wist end at the wist as if knocking on a doo ( dums will otate as if opening a doo knob) Do not lift the stick by opening up the finges o by aising the am Stoke Types Full- stat up and end up; utilize the natual ebound of the stick Down- stat up and end down; use the weight of you elaxed hand to stop the stick without squeezing Tap- stat down and end down; a mini vesion of a full stoke Up- stat down and end up; fist half tap, second half full DynamicsHeights In pecussion, stick heights ae used to play dynamics These heights ae measued in inches ( ) The stoke is always the same (elaxed, ebounded, and wist initiated), only the heights dictate the dynamics P = 3 15 of a full wist tun; you stick will be paallel to the dum mp = 6 5 of a full wist tun = 9 35 of a full wist tun; you stick will be at a 45-degee angle f = 1 45 of a full wist tun; you stick will be at a elaxed vetical ff = wist tun and slight am lift; sticks will be vetical AccentsTenutoStaccato Makings Accents () should be played at the coesponding heights listed above Unaccented notes should geneally be played at piano3 Tenutos (-) afte an accent mean to use natual decay, just like we do fo flam taps Tenuto (-) on a buzz means to hold out the buzz fo the full note value Staccato () on a buzz, it means to play the buzz as sepaated and shot as possible

Snae Dum Gip ight Hand- The fulcum (pivot point) is located between the thumb

point of the stick, which is geneally located about 13 up the length of the

the stick They should be loose and elaxed (like a cadle) You ight am should be

the thumb and fist finge The finges we will then make a elaxed C shape The

always stay in contact with the stick The stick will sit on the cuticle of the

dumhead, 1 inch apat and 1 off the head The sticks will ceate a downwad angle,

5 Snae Dum Gip ight Hand- The fulcum (pivot point) is located between the thumb and the index finge This pivot point should be located at the optimal balance point of the stick, which is geneally located about 13 up the length of the stick fom the butt end The est of the finges should be wapped natually aound the stick They should be loose and elaxed (like a cadle) You ight am should be natual Left Hand- The left stick will sit in the webbed aea (fulcum) between the thumb and fist finge The finges we will then make a elaxed C shape The thumb will touch the fist finge at the last knuckle; the middle finge should always stay in contact with the stick The stick will sit on the cuticle of the ing finge Set Position The beads of the sticks will est in the cente of the dumhead, 1 inch apat and 1 off the head The sticks will ceate a downwad angle, leaving the space of two finges above the im Othe ead Positions- Guts and 1:00 Notation

uads Gip The fulcum (pivot point) is located between the thumb and the index finge This pivot point should be located at the optimal

be wapped natually aound the stick They should be loose and elaxed (like a cadle) Set Position The quads should be set about 1 to inches

downwad Ou default position, o home base, is with sticks ove dums 1 and We will attack eveything fom this position unless othewise

sound quality and ease of movement aound the dums eads ae placed appoximately 1½ inches fom the im, diectly in the sweet spot The smalle

6 uads Gip The fulcum (pivot point) is located between the thumb and the index finge This pivot point should be located at the optimal balance point of the stick, which is geneally located about 13 up the length of the stick fom the butt end The est of the finges should be wapped natually aound the stick They should be loose and elaxed (like a cadle) Set Position The quads should be set about 1 to inches below the waistline The elbows should hang natually fom the shoulde, not foced in o out The foeam and stick should both slope slightly downwad Ou default position, o home base, is with sticks ove dums 1 and We will attack eveything fom this position unless othewise specified eads will est appoximately ½ inch above the suface of the head ove dums 1 and Playing Zones Pope playing zones ae cucial fo sound quality and ease of movement aound the dums eads ae placed appoximately 1½ inches fom the im, diectly in the sweet spot The smalle spock dum will be played diectly in the cente A teed up appoach is used fo the oute dums The outside hand will be slightly fathe fowad when on these outside dums

7 Cossoves When cossing ove, it is vital to maintain sound quality, technique, and heights Thee ae two types of cossoves: The thumb cossove is pefomed diectly at the thumbs o fulcum Used between two adjacent dums The wist cossove is pefomed diectly whee the wist tuns to execute a stoke Used between dums 1- dums apat Notation

Dum Gip The fulcum is located between the thumb and the index finge The butt of the stick should line up with the bottom of you pinky finge The finges should be wapped natually aound the stick They

they ae paallel to the gound You hand should be an extension of you foeam, neithe beaking in o out, up o down The mallet head should be in the cente of the dum, about ½ an inch away fom the suface

8 Dum Gip The fulcum is located between the thumb and the index finge The butt of the stick should line up with the bottom of you pinky finge The finges should be wapped natually aound the stick They should be loose and elaxed but can neve leave the stick The stick should go though the hand at an angle Playing position Fom a elaxed standing position, ams hanging at you side, aise you foeams until they ae paallel to the gound You hand should be an extension of you foeam, neithe beaking in o out, up o down The mallet head should be in the cente of the dum, about ½ an inch away fom the suface Always adjust the dum to you You hand should be as close the im as possible without touching otation Unlike a snae dum, the stoke used to play the bass dum is initiated by a otation of the foeam The finges should open up as the heights get highe The mallet will follow an elliptical path duing a pope otation Splits Also unlike a snae dum, bass dummes play pats that ae split acoss all of the bass dums You most impotant tool in finding you split note is you feet Notation = Unison hit by all es

9 Gip Cymbals Positions (Photo cedit: PJ Wagne) Standby- Cymbals ae in font of you body while standing at open nd position This is whee we stand while eceiving instuctions Set- Cymbals ae at the side, but not esting on you body Thee is a slight bend at the elbow This will be the position we use when we ae about to stat a ep o execise Hoizontal- Cymbals ae at a 45-degee angle to the left and placed at a cootable distance in font of you body

Vetical- The knots of you cymbals will be at eye level and ae held out at a cootable distance Visuals The cymbal playe is a big contibuto to the oveall visual aspect of the dum line Fo cymbal playes,

binging you ams fowad and up Allow you ams to take a staight pathway up Upon completion of the flip, you will be in playing position A flip-down is the exact evese of the flip up Notation Use these

10 Vetical- The knots of you cymbals will be at eye level and ae held out at a cootable distance Visuals The cymbal playe is a big contibuto to the oveall visual aspect of the dum line Fo cymbal playes, the most basic visual element is the cymbal flip To complete a flip-up you must stat with you cymbals at set position Initiate the flip up with an outwad twist of the wist while simultaneously binging you ams fowad and up Allow you ams to take a staight pathway up Upon completion of the flip, you will be in playing position A flip-down is the exact evese of the flip up Notation Use these videos as a esouce: Cymbal Technique 101 (YouTube) Fo the laze Cyms we will be using the techniques taught in this awesome video seies Thee ae 50 installations to the seies You ae welcome to watch all of them, but to save you some time I have maked which videos coespond with which technique with a chapte numbe in paentheses ( ) Watch these videos and pactice with them Positions Set (4, asic Set Position ) Space between cymbals and body Paade est (5) motions Cay (6, Am Vesion ) Held in left hand VP- Vetical Pot () inches apat Paallel

11 HP- Hoizontal Pot () 45 degees HOLD- Holding Hi-hat fo snae dums Cashes HC- Hoizontal Cash (9 pt 1) Fom HP VC- Vetical Cash (9 pt 4, AV Cash ) Fom VP CHOKE- Choke Cash (10) Fom HP o VP Othe Sounds HH- Hinge Chokes (11, Hinge Choke Hoizontal ) Fom HP SL- Slide (1) Fom HP SZ- Sizzle (15) Fom HP TI- Ting (19, Upight Vesion ) Fom VP Flips Flip up (, Wist oll, Open Vesion ) Set to VP o HP eload (5, Paade est elaxed ) elaxed to Set Othe Visuals Watch cymbal line videos and lean some! How to Tie a Cymbal Knot:

12 s Pactice at all heights at the following tempi: q = 100, 11, 10, 13, 144, 156, 16, 10 a Lowy Snaeack L L uads L L L L S 5 L L L L L L *uads will play these vaiations: Single Dum (1,, 3,4, Spock), Down the Dums, Aound *es will play thee vaiations: Unison, Split, s, Same Hand s, 3s, and 4s Chis Lowy 01

13 asic Stokes Pactice 1"3" at the following tempi: q =, 6, 0, 4,, 9, 96, 100 Snaeack A L l l l l l l l a Lowy uads L l l l l l l l L l l l l l l l L l l l l l l l L l l l l l l l L l l l l l l l S 5 L l l l l l l 6 L l l l l l l L l l l l l l L l l l l l l L l l l l l l 6 L l l l l l l 6 S L l l l l l L l l l l L l l l l l L l l l l l L l l l l l L l l l l l L l l l l L l l l l L l l l l L l l l l L l l l l l L l l l l 4

14 S L l l l L l l 4 3 L l l l L l l l L l l l L l l l L l l L l l L l l L l l 4 L l l l 3 L l l S 5 4 L l 4 L L L L L L L L L l L l L l L l L L L L L L L L L l 4 L L L L L L L L S 31 l l l l l l l L l l l l l l l L l l l l l l l L l l l l l l l L l l l l l l l L L l l l l l l l S 35 l l l l l l L l l l l l l L l l l l l l L l l l l l l L l l l l l l L l l l l l l L 6 6 6

15 S l l l l l L l l l l L 5 l l l l l L l l l l l L l l l l l L l l l l l L l l l l L l l l l L l l l l L l l l l L l l l l l L l l l l L 4 S l l l L l l L 3 l l l L l l l L l l l L l l l L l l L l l L l l L l l L 4 l l l L 3 l l L S 55 4 l L L L L L L L L L 4 l L l L l L l L L L L L L L L L l L 4 L L L L L L L L

16 5--9 Pactice at all heights at the following tempi: q = 100, 11, 14, 136, 144, 156, 16 Snaeack uads a Lowy L L L l l l L L L l l l l l l L L L S S *uads will play these vaiations: Dum, Aound The Left Hand pat will mio the witten aound *es will play these vaiations: Unison, Split

17 Pactice at all heights at the following tempi: q = 100, 11, 14, 13, 144, 156, 16 Snaeack uads j j j j Iish j j j j j j j j j j a Lowy L j j j j j j j j j L L j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j Snae Teno 3 j j j j j j j j j j j j j j L L L L L L j j j j j j j j j j j j j j L L L L L L j j j j j j j j j j j j j j L L L L L L Snae Teno 5 j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L j j j j j j j j j j j j Snae Teno 9 j j j j j j j j L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L j j j j j j j j L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L j j j j j j L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L j j L L L L L L

18 Snae Pactice at all heights at the following tempi: q = 100, 11, 14, 13, 144, 156, 16 Shot, Shot, Long L olls a Lowy 4 Teno L L Snae Teno Pactice at all heights at the following tempi: q = 0,, 96, 104, 11, 10 Snae 6 Chicken and a oll L Teno L L

19 lackman Cadence 01 Snae q=11 Lowy 4 both sticks in H on side of dum 3 4 uads Cymbals ack hinge choke stick click l (l) l l l l l O - - sizzle o S playe ove guts othes cont H on side l l p add l l p 1 playe; othes cont goove O add add all all to cente p p C o Chis Lowy 01 p l l

20 S C h j Cadence pg A l L l l L L l l l l l l l l l L l l l l l l l L f L L slide choke L L L stick clicks CowbellJam lock S C 13 L L L L f stick clicks f Chis Lowy 01 mp l l l l

21 Cadence pg 3 S 1 lift sticks 1 19 j L L l l L l f f l l l l l l l l 3 C lift sticks A cash chokes f ^ ^ L L f S C 0 1 j j L l l l l L l l ff l L l l ff ff ^ ff ^ Chis Lowy 01 ff

To all prospective USA Jaguar Marching Band Drumline/Front Ensemble Auditionees:

To all prospective USA Jaguar Marching Band Drumline/Front Ensemble Auditionees: Apil 1, 016 To all pospective USA Jagua Maching Band Dumline/Font Ensemble Auditionees: Geetings om the campus o the Univesity o South Alabama. The pupose o this packet is to povide you with the inomation