Getting Acquainted with Your Equipment
How to Hold Your Drumsticks: Matched Grip/Traditional Grip
Choosing Drumsticks and The Balance Point
Stick Positions and Tuning the Snare Drum
Daily Playing Exercise
Exercise No. 1 - Downstrokes
Alternating the Right and Left Hand
Exercise No. 2
Quarter Notes, Bars, and Rests
Exercise No. 3
The Bounce Stroke
Exercise No. 4
Time Signatures
Exercise No. 5
Exercise No. 6 - Change Meters as You Go
Exercise No. 7 - Bounce Along
Playing Whole Notes, Half Notes and Ties
Exercise No. 8
Putting Them All Together
Exercise No. 9 - Duets
Exercise No. 10 - Bounces with Half and Quarter Notes
Half-Way Quiz
Play Some/Rest Some
Exercise No. 11
Exercise No. 12 - Rest Together (Duet)
Exercise No. 13 - Pogo Stick (Bounce and Rest)
Exercise No. 14 - “Magic 16” (with Bounces)
Eighth Notes
Exercise No. 15 - “Magic 16” (with 8th Notes)
Eighth Rests
Exercise No. 16 - “Magic 16” (with 8th Rests)
Introducing Percussion Notation
Exercise No. 17 - Bounce the 8ths (Bounce in 4)
Exercise No. 18 - Bounce in 3
Exercise No. 19 - Bounce in 2
Using 6/8 Time
Exercise No. 20 - 6/8 Time
Repeats and Endings
Exercise No. 21 - Repeats and Endings
Exercise No. 22 - First and Second Endings
Final Exam