Traditional Rudimental Drumming-John (Jack) S. Pratt U.S. Army retired is one of America's greatest rudimentalists and percussion composers. His published works have become standard rudimental curriculum for more than half a century.This DVD will reinvigorate your study of 'traditional' ancient rudimental drumming and provide material for your practice instruction music library and drumming pleasure.Features:classic Pratt solos (The Sons of Liberty; The All-American Emblem; The Little Toy Drum)new Pratt solos (Interstatesmen A.B.C.; Swiss Crazy Army Variant 1)four original Pratt compositions in the 'Spirit of 1776' rope tension snare and bass drum duetswith Ben Hanstraditional drumming standards (The Downfall of Paris; The General; Hell on the Wabash; The Three Camps; The Connecticut Halftime)the 26 traditional American drumming rudimentsSwiss drum rudimentsdrumming tips and stylistic commentson-screen notationprintable scores on disc

Snare Force One and accompanying video are a comprehensive guide to playing the snare drum. The material teaches you how to read music notation play and practice in time and how to accelerate your progress atany grade level for symphonic and marching bands. 'Mission Summary Check Points' have been strategically placed along the way letting you know when to progress. With this book drummers at any skill level can take theirspeed clarity and power to higher levels than ever thought possible. More advanced players will enjoy the Delta section which includes unique proven chop building exercises that are specifically designed to help increasehand speed clarity and power in all drumming aspects. The video also includes a special guest appearance and lesson from Scott Johnson the renowned drum instructor for the 2012 World Champion Concord Blues Devils.

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones* Passing the Tonic* Pitch Matching* Scale Builders* Interval Builders* Expanding Intervals* Chord Builders* Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony* Rhythmic Subdivision* 5-Note Scales* Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales)* Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) * ChoralesThe compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. / Caisse Claire