FAMOUS DRUMMERS
The drummer for the Beatles
Ringo Star
Also known as a "Ruff"
Drag
This is the brand of sticks and mallets that we use.
Innovative percussion
Never use a mallet or stick that is __________ than the instrument you are striking.
Harder
The type of side to side marching step used by the battery percussion...
crab step
The drummer for the band Aerosmith
Joey Kramer
Consists of 4 strokes, played alternately.
Single stroke 4
This mallet is often made out of hockey pucks, felt, and yarn...
Gong mallet
One MUST use this $.25 piece on their cymbal stands in order to prevent metal on metal contact...
Cymbal sleeve
The name for marching tom toms
Tenors
The percussion caption head for the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
Scott Johnson
When you add a diddle and flam to the first note of any rudiment it is called adding...
Cheese
This brand of sticks also has a ton of educational information on their website... They also used to have their own line of gourmet pepper grinders!
Vic Firth
Play _________ until told to play ___________ .
Loud / Softer
The name of the group of percussionists on the front sideline that play instruments that cannot be marched...
Front ensemble (Pit)
The drummer for punk rock band Blink 182
Travis Barker
The type of roll you would play on timpani, xylophone, marimba, and bells.
Single stroke roll
This drumstick manufacturer is right down the road in Houston Texas
ProMark
DO NOT SPEED UP... or in other words _______
RUSH
The word used in vocals back in the battery...
"Dutt"
Drummer for the band Nirvana, and also the current band leader, lead singer and guitarist for the Foo Fighters.
Dave Grohl
This rudiment is like a flam tap, but with different sticking...
Inverted flam tap
This cymbal manufacturer used to produce drumsticks as well until they bought Vic Firth...
Zildjian
The drummer's main job is to...
Keep tempo
These instruments are more commonly marched in indoor drumlines, but are still found in drum corps. The most famous group who marches them is Santa Clara Vanguard.
Marching cymbals