There's a bunch of variables (albeit much less widely applicable of course) when using more extended techniques like e.g. rim shots and clicks. For example when using brushes you can vary speed, pressure, surface area, direction and even angle (hitting a brush sideways lengthens the attack of the note).

Yay! This is what I wish every freshmen could have viewed before the start of studying Snare Drum techniques and etudes. This makes way more sense than most of my early collegiate lessons. Bravo!

I just played a snare drum solo at solo and ensemble night!🥁🥁

Sometimes using different stickings will lead to different/new phrasings. It doesn't always pay off musically to use the most comfortable sticking in a certain passage.

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

i love it - yes!!

How does Rob only have 15k subscribers? I am a wind player and learn so much just about learning music.

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

warms my heart, thank you 🙏

At the risk of possibly repearing; there are rim and stick techniques and using different sticks/mallets. As long as they do not take away from the music.

Really excellent video, Rob! You’re already giving me ideas for musicality on other non-pitched instruments as well: bass drum, triangle, cymbals, tambourine, etc.

Excelentes videos Rob. Son muy buenos 👌

Rob I've watched every single one of your videos atleast 3 times over. You gave me the resources to make symphonic band all district as a sophomore and hopefully all state. You're an amazing teacher and I hope to get the chance to learn with you in person one day. Thank you 🙏

@robknopperstudio

7 ай бұрын

that is incredibly kind of you to say, and i am rooting for you evan! good luck going forward.

happy there’s a new video

Love this video. 100% applies to my drum set playing.👊🏽 I have found myself instinctively pushing into and holding the stick on the head on backbeats for certain sounds/snares. Depending on the pressure and placement, you can shorten the sustain but also achieve a different harmonic ring. Start by trying it with a rimshot.- (this is an advanced technique that I DONT teach my beginning students!)🙂

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!!

I graduated with my grad degree in piano education 7 years ago. Two years ago I started taking percussion lessons because I had been teaching beginning band and didn’t want to cheat my students out of an education. Your videos have been so helpful as I learn percussion!

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

thank you, glad to have you here! if there are other topics i can be helpful with, let me know.

@danielb3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@robknopperstudio thanks! One of the things I’m not quite familiar with is graded snare repertoire. I would love to see maybe an example of repertoire you would use to take a student up through their education.

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

​@@danielb3669 do you mean like a curriculum of what snare drum repertoire a student might use throughout their entire education? or are you asking if i’d have my own list, similar to the tmea prescribed music list?

@danielb3669

2 жыл бұрын

@@robknopperstudio I’m more interested if there’s anything you do that is unique to your teaching. :)

Hi Rob,always excellent videos!,i have a question about tune a pearl free floating 14 x 5" Maple snare drum whith diplomat heads on top and side and Grover sx silver bronze snare wires cables,can ir works nearly a concert snare drum?,thanks

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

i’m really not sure as i’ve never set up a frankenstein drum before, but i think it has worked for some people. that combination of gear sounds interesting but i prefer the pearl philharmonics

Hi Rob, amazing video. Just a question, which drumheads do you use in your snare philharmonic brass? thank you

@robknopperstudio

Жыл бұрын

i have a remo m5 on top and a hazy diplomat on the bottom!

Rob, that concert snare is beautifully tuned to speak at all volume levels....bravo!

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

why thank you!

I have a drum set snare drum I wish I had a concert snare drum what do I do😉

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

hmm... get one?

Question; what's diff between time manipulation and rubato? Or is it the same.

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

it’s basically the same. i like to use the term "time manipulation" because rubato implies that the composer is giving you direction to be free. time manipulation is making specific decisions to adjust the time, even in places where rubato is not written. but they are certainly related

@Zelgeon

2 жыл бұрын

I believe time manipulation is about micro level adjustments of the placement of a single note or group of notes that enhance the feel of the rhythm or groove making it sound more musical, like swing for example, while playing rubato is more about macro level adjustments, it's about making the tempo very flexible to make the music sound more expressive and free, unrestrained to a set constant pulse but keeping the micro rhythms precise and straight, if that makes sense

How to be musical on snare drum: -Rudiments -Accents

yeah but can you grid flamdrags. . .

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

i can flam griddrags but i can't do what you said

If you want musicality on (marching) snare drum, DCI/WGI drumlines are where to look.

As a marching band percussionist this just makes me mad 😂

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

i’m sorry musicality makes you mad, matching band percussionist 😘

@ethereal_samurai4297

2 жыл бұрын

@@robknopperstudio it doesn’t. I don’t play concert snare or drumset, so obviously I have no right to say this is a bad video; in fact it looks great, and I think there are many useful things in it. With that said, I just feel annoyed that it doesn’t cover marching snare, which sounds and plays different, and why would it cover marching snare? I can’t say its a bad video based off of that, but I do feel that things like drum fills in field shows and licks sound really nice. Musicality is the most important part of drumming to me, so I definitely value this video. I am in no way trying to hate on it, I just felt a little annoyed. Good video and sorry if I offended you.

@robknopperstudio

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethereal_samurai4297 haha no problem at all and i understand. i have no background in marching so i wouldn’t be able to teach that, but i’m sure it’s a deep and interesting area to explore.