Exercises
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Links to instrument informational packets are below.
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Copyrighted music is available to percussionists auditioning for the MSU Drumline. For more information, please click on the auditions link above.
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If you are not auditioning but are interested in purchasing music played by the MSU Drumline, you may find Martian Mambo and X available on Tapspace.com.
Exercises PDFs
Exercises MP3s
8s - f, p, 2, 3, 4, 5, and bass splits 152
f, p, 2, 3, 4, 5 for snare/tenor 152
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Accent Tap - 100 / 114 / 128 / 142 / 160
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Accent Tap 2 - 100 / 114 / 128 / 142 / 160
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Accent Tap 3 - 100 / 114 / 128 / 142 / 160
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Double Triple - 110 / 120 / 130
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Stick Control - 100 / 112 / 124 / 136
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Triplet Grid- (144)straight, flams
diddles / tapdrags / cheese
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Triplet Grid- (172) straight, flams
diddles / tapdrags
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Sixteenth Timing - 108 / 120 / 132 / 144
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Chuggeda -
Flams - 96 / 108 / 120 / 132
Flamtaps - 96 / 108 / 120 / 132
Pataflaflas - 96 / 108 / 120 / 132
Threes - 96 / 108 / 120 / 132
Rolls - 96 / 108 / 120 / 132
Flam Drags - 96 / 108 / 120
Chudechas - 96 / 108 /116
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Diddle Ex - 120 / 136 / 156 / 164 / 170
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*Diddle - track 120 - 160
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Tarantula - 130 / 140 / 150 / 160 / 170
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Ditty - full line / bass only / bass only slow
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