Teaching Jazz Improvisation
Beginning with Rhythm by Christopher Collins - Using the Melody by Christopher Collins - Intermediate Harmonic Techniques by Christopher Collins
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VandoJam 2015 – Anaheim Hilton Avalon Room
The VandoJam at NAMM 2015 features jazz star Eric Marienthal, Conan O'Brien saxophonist Jerry Vivino, multi Grammy(TM) winner PaquitoD'Rivera and an all-star rhythm section.
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Top Secret Drum Corp of Basel, Switzerland
Really quite unbelievable precision...
Hard to imagine the amount of time and number of practice sessions to get this routine down with such perfection!
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The Basics of Teaching Technique and Musicianship to the Non-Mallet Player
Many bands run into the same problem at the start of band camp when it comes to the front ensemble: My best mallet players graduated last year, and the junior high "percussionists" are all headed for the drumline. I've got my principal…
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Structuring a Marching Percussion Warm-up Package
A band director friend of mine once mentioned that he considered buying heavy overcoats for his drumline each year because it seemed they always needed to warm-up. It's true that most drumlines could manage an entire rehearsal just…
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Playing the Bass Drum Musically
To begin, we need to consider what the musical purpose of the bass drum is in an ensemble. The bass drum is the lowest sound in the percussion section. Whether it is played repetitively, such as during a march, or is used to reinforce…
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