Practicing Soft Snare Drum from the PAS Classroom with Dr Tim Broscious

Dr. Tim Broscious shares his top tip to better practice soft snare drum: try doing legato, accented tap, and double-beat triple-beat exercises at a soft dynamic at less than full stick height to practice playing at a soft level.
PAS Classroom is a video series focused on quick and valuable tips and tricks for percussionists, drummers, music students, and (in particular) music educators. Learn techniques and strategies you can take back to your percussion classroom or performance in under three minutes. PAS Classroom is created and produced by the Education Committee of the Percussive Arts Society.
PAS Education Committee member Dr. Tim Broscious is Assistant Professor of Percussion at the University of Delaware. He has spent his life on the move, experiencing and studying different music and cultures from around the world including spending time at the National Music Conservatory in Amman Jordan where he served as Professor of Western Percussion. As a founding member of the Quey Percussion Duo, Tim has performed across the US and internationally. His personal studies center around the use of text with percussion.
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