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Free Percussion Lessons is the place to find answers to all of your percussion questions and get free online lessons about how to play every percussion instrument there is. Students, teachers, professionals, and anyone else who wants to learn something about the wonderful world of Percussion will find something interesting here.
Zoom Concert April 16, 2021
Zoom Concert April 16, 2021
Morris Dance 2:44
Bach Invention 8:30
Beethoven 9 4th end of 4th movement
Delecluse Timpani Etude 17:30
David Bowie, Space Oddity 22:00 and Ashes to Ashes 28:00
Brahms Symphony No1 35:30
Tchaikovsky Symphony No4 39:15
Bach Sonata No 2. Grave 42:10
Vic Firth Timpani Etude 1 49:30
Morris Dance 2:44
Bach Invention 8:30
Beethoven 9 4th end of 4th movement
Delecluse Timpani Etude 17:30
David Bowie, Space Oddity 22:00 and Ashes to Ashes 28:00
Brahms Symphony No1 35:30
Tchaikovsky Symphony No4 39:15
Bach Sonata No 2. Grave 42:10
Vic Firth Timpani Etude 1 49:30
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Mozart’s Helicopter Concerto
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Palm Beach Opera Rehearsal of Magic Flute for the 2021 Palm Beach Opera Festival. A helicopter pad is right beside our outdoor venue at the iThink Amphitheater. Luckily the helicopter didn’t return during the performance
Subdivide to improve your “time”
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Set your metronome to the slowest setting to the quarter note ie 40=quarter note and play 16th notes. Not that hard, right? Then play 8th notes which is a little more difficult. Finally, play quarter notes. To play the quarter notes exactly with the click of the metronome you must subdivide in your head. In other words you have to think the 16th notes or the 8th notes so that you play the 1/4 n...
Manriki Kusari Kata "He Ghi Kusari Do"
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I developed this kata called He Ghi Kusari Do or The Way of the Hidden Chain. The Manriki Kusari is a chain with weights on each end, but this Kata and its inherent techniques can be performed with any flexible object like a rope, belt, towel, etc.
Eric Proctor conductor
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Eric Proctor conducting the JP Taravella Wind Symphony
How to Play a Five Stroke Roll on the Snare Drum
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Practice your 5 stroke rolls from slow to fast to slow. Always try to play as evenly as possible.
How to Wrap Timpani Mallets with Chamois
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Chamois wrapped timpani mallets are very useful for early classical and baroque music especially. You can wrap chamois around any core that you choose, but the technique is always the same.
How to play the djembe with guest instructor, Aldo Mazza
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Aldo Mazza is a wonderful djembe player and educator and www.freepercussionlessons.com is fortunate to have Aldo visit and give a lesson on some basic djembe technique. 5% Discount on any purchase at www.groverpro.com when you use the promo code FPL5
What's a good exercise to practice on the xylophone?
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Here is a simple xylophone exercise that helps to develop your peripheral vision and sensitivity as to where the notes are on the instrument.
What is a vibraphone? Or, Vibraphone 101.
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www.freepercussionlessons.com shares a simple introductory lesson on what a vibraphone is and how it works.
How to dampen the vibraphone with the pedal
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Learning to use the pedal on the vibraphone takes a little coordination to perform smoothly.
How do you dampen notes on the vibraphone with your mallets? Use the mallet that just played.
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In this video lesson we learn how to dampen the vibraphone bar with the mallet that just played the note. Remember to leave the mallet close to the bar so that you can dampen it easily and smoothly.
How do you dampen notes on the vibraphone with your mallets? Non playing mallet
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In this video I show you how to dampen notes on the vibraphone with your mallet that you are not playing with. Play a note with your right hand mallet and dampen the note with your left hand mallet and vice versa
How to Play the Free Percussion Lessons Bounce Exercises
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How to Play the Free Percussion Lessons Bounce Exercises
How to Develop Snare Drum Finger Technique
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How to Develop Snare Drum Finger Technique
When to 5 stroke rolls and when to play 7 stroke rolls
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When to 5 stroke rolls and when to play 7 stroke rolls
How to play Swiss Triplets like a roll
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How to play Swiss Triplets like a roll
How to play Flam Taps with Clark Kent and Superman
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How to play Flam Taps with Clark Kent and Superman
How to play fast alternating flams with Batman and Bruce Wayne
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How to play fast alternating flams with Batman and Bruce Wayne
How to Make Your Open Stroke Roll Sound Even
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How to Make Your Open Stroke Roll Sound Even
How to play a Four Stroke Ruff on the Snare Drum
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How to play a Four Stroke Ruff on the Snare Drum
How to Make a Cartwheel Timpani Mallet part 2
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How to Make a Cartwheel Timpani Mallet part 2
How to Wrap a Cartwheel Style Timpani Cartwheel Mallet part 1
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How to Wrap a Cartwheel Style Timpani Cartwheel Mallet part 1
Thank you so much man, I needed this video for street timpani playing.
This is very cool. the pre-slide (sliding before you hit), run through a nice distortion pedal and squelchy filte,r might get you to make a timpan303 (look up Roland TB-303)
Where did you find that electronic vibraphone!?
CHRIS PRATT
This is fascinating thank you so much for sharing! Question: Does any of the music from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood use the vibraphone?
I love your videos so much theyre so helpful, thank you!
Tape cores are made of masking tape usually. Simple wrap tape around until you have your preferred diameter. Hinger Timpani Mallets were often made with tape cores
What is tape core?
so helpful!
Thanks, what are the two easiest notes to tune on timpani
Each drum has a range so any note that’s within the drums range can be easily tuned. The 29” drum can easily play any note from F to D so it just depends on what the composer asked for in the music .
@@freepercussionlesson thank you
I'm in my school's symphonic band and was handed paprikash by Julie giroux for the timpani. This helped a lot, thanks!
Thank you so much. This is the kind of important stuff that they dont teach you in highschool percussion.
Thank you, this is very helpful!
Very useful, thanks
What tension should each head have depending on the size of each drum?
I use the drum dial to ensure that the head over each tuning lug is the same and I don't worry about what the reading is because each drum has a broad range notes. Just mount the head within the range of the drum; for example the 29" drum's lowest note should be F and the highest note should be D. Then set the peddle to the pitch A. Then use the drum dial to make sure that all of the lugs have the same tension.. Hope that helps.
thank you
will use vic firth and pros markets on the song viva la vida
Very useful. As I see, this is the only video you can show to someone who doesn't know what a vibraphone is.
Old video, still relevant! Thanks for sharing, I'm new to percussion in an orchestra that has been desperate for people hitting things, and was wondering how to use the built-in mount on our drum!
Does a regular drum key work for tuning timpani or do you need one specific for timps? Thanks.
Snare drum tuning keys and timpani tuning keys are different sizes. If you can't find a timpani tuning key you can always use an adjustable wrench. Ludwig and Yamaha timpani use the same size key. Other brands of timpani like Adams, Majestic, etc use a different size, but none to my knowledge use a key that fits a snare drum
I didn't even realise this was a thing, playing timps for the first time tomorrow I'm so excited
This is only the second video I've seen by you and I'm already so thankful for your channel!! Currently a beginner percussionist in my school's wind band I have a feeling your videos are going to help a ton🙏🏻
Thank you for the tutorial. Very helpful.
I thought drummers were not supposed to practice speeding up and slowing down. Do I have that wrong?
When you are trying to build speed you need to start slow and get faster and then slowing down again builds control. You are correct that drummers need to have a good sense of time and to be able to play without wavering in tempo but that’s a different topic
You mentioned which drum the 32” is, but what are the other three? The smallest one may just be the standard 23” like I’d assume but I can’t quite tell. It may be a piccolo (20”). The two middle ones are 26” and 30”?
Sorry. I meant to list the standard sizes. 32,29,26,23
@@freepercussionlesson thank you for the info, and thank you for replying so swiftly despite the video being so old. I quite appreciate it.
Fantastic demonstration, especially for composers like myself! Liked and subscribed!
Thanks this is very helpful especially for slow ppl like me!
What about when you push the pedal down to tune the timpani to a higher pitch, but the pedal moves back to a lower pitch position?
Most issues with the pedal involve the head tension. If the head tension is too low the pitch will rise and if the head tension is too high the pitch will fall. Check that the heads are tuned appropriately for the drum. The 32' drum should be able to reach a low C and as high as an A. The 29" drum should go from an F to a D; 26" should go from Bb to F and the 23" should go from a D to an A. If that doesn't work you might have to adjust the pedal spring tension, but that is always a last resort. If the head is really old and played a new head usually solves any balance issues. Remember that the pedal and head tension have to be in balance for the drum to work properly. That's why they are called "Balanced Action Timpani" Hope that helps.
Thank you so much, that was very helpful! My students are elated to have working timpani again!
bro wow...
Nice "Karate" T-shirt!!
Great demonstration and the correct pronunciation is: bow-rawn ('bow' as in 'doggie bow-wow')
Mahalo nui!
Thank you so much!!
Thank you! Just started teaching in a new band classroom and the drums were doing this exact thing, the heads are too tight. Glad to know this is an easy fix. Thanks from a trombone player!
The drum Dial can get you started on a stable tone very quickly. Some further adjustment by ear may be needed. Also, if you are in a noisy environment, the Drum Dial saves a lot of time.
I’m glad you mentioned Beethoven’s Ninth because I always suspected that the bass drum and cymbal parts were meant to be played by the same person in that score and you have just confirmed it. Thank you. It makes sense because that’s how it’s done in Turkish marching bands (which as you know is what inspired Classical composers when they use these instruments, as in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio and Haydn’s 100th Symphony - and I imagine those works also use this setup). Though I believe that in Balkan countries the cymbal is played with a stick. Thanks again and I hope that you are still thriving as you were eight years ago.
A devoted cymbal player is preferable imho.
Interesting history lesson! Thanks!
Thank you so very much. I'm writing for a contest and they request it to be timpanis 2 and 3 in a set of 4. I did not know it was thing.
Thank you!
I want a bass drum like that.
Great video, thank you!
Do you do multiple bounce rolls and double stroke rolls, like on a snare drum, or is it typically single stroke rolls on timpani, hence the need for the softer mallets? Thanks.
I guess that’s part of it but the tone and resonance is what makes for good timpani sound so softer mallets bring out more of that on timpani .
I don't think the conductor had anything other then what was before him, and completely so.
As music makes my life worth living.. thank you again!
I'm still seeking where my right place is, if there is even one instrumentally .. perhaps mine is to listen.
My mother was a classical pianist.... lots and lots of memories of her practicing and playing.. beautiful.
Hey Andrew....First I want to extend my heart felt gratitude for your willingness to share your knowledge and love for music with others... for your unselfishness and lack of greed, giving freely to anyone who seeks,... Very Commendable.... and deserves the best shout out ! May you always be graced from the gifts you give... PS. And secondly it's okay to smile, Mr Serious...Haha
Oh my gosh, finally a video that actually explains this. Thank you!
Unironically pretty good to watch, I’m a bit late but it’s pretty good. Doing a solo and this is my problem rudiment, thanks!
Sorry we’re you playing 5 then 6 or 7?
I made this video 8 years ago so I had to go back and watch. Pretty sure I’m only playing 4s and 5s. As I say at the end of the lesson ; you need to be able to divide by all things like 3,6,7 etc but this exercise is practicing going from 4 to 5 while staying in tempo
Man, I’m having a heck of a time drilling through my spring clips. I used to do this all the time and used your video as a reference years ago. Came easily for me at this time. Hardware skills are not a strength of mine though.
Just remember that what ever happens you just need to keep on Triangling 😋