Final exam Flashcards
Snare drum
Grip: use three point grip at fulcrum of stick
3 strokes: full, up, and down
Roll strokes: double triple, multiple; movement of forearm from elbow
Rudiments
Rolls, flam, flam accent, flamacue, drag or ruff, paradiddle (double and triple)
Snare drum anatomy
-shell
-heads (batter and resonant)
-snares
-snare throw-off
-lugs and tension rods
Snare drum tuning
batter head tuned to concert A
-resonant head: 5th above batter head
-snare tension: loose = rattly. too tight = unwanted resonance
Xylophone
rosewood or kelon bars
Glockenspiel
steel bars
Marimba
rosewood, kelon or padauk bars
Vibraphone
steel/aluminum bars, rotating fans in resonators
Chimes
chromed brass tubes
crotales
bronze alloy, like cymbols
Mallets
grip - two mallets or four mallets
Timpani anatomy
-plastic/calfskin head
-copper bowl
-frame and rim
-tensioning mechanism, pedal
Strokes for timpani
full stroke all the time
-rolls compromised of single stroke
-relaxed grip to get full sound
-tense grip 4 articulation
-Beat drum 2-5’ from rim
Tuning of timpani
release pedal and slide up to pitch quick
Get reference pitch from tuning lowest drum first, single scale degress.
-tune all pitches to lowest drum
Bass drum
-play vertically and use body to muffle
-beating spot slightly off center
-relaxed stroke for full sound
Cymbals
Mezzo forte: parallel, playing angle, tilt upper cymbol for flam angle, swing lower arm down then up, break wrists and follow through
Cymbols method for pianissimo-mezzo piano
-bring symbols together silently
-small OUT-IN movement, accelerate towards one another
-no flam; edges contact at same time
Tambourine
-hold losely at angle
-brace middle finger w/ thumb and pecking motion
-loud rolls: shake back and forth
-soft rolls: use rosin for finger friction
-loud/fast passages with knee-hand technique
Triangle
-opening to left, play in opposite corner
-oblique stroke for overtones
-vertical/horizontal stroke for articulation
-two sides of triangle for rolls and fast passages
