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Righteous Rehearsal Etiquette
Striking the Snarky Snare
Deafening Drums and Twinkly Toys
Majestic Mallets and More
200
What you do with the snare drum when you are not playing it.
What is turn the snares off
200
Another word for the closed roll.
What is a buzz roll
200
The best way to muffle crash cymbals.
What is bringing them into your body
200
The instrument that you can play with brass mallets.
What is the orchestra bells (or glockenspiel)
400
How your music stand should be positioned when playing any percussion instrument.
What is positioned so that you can see the conductor
400
The correct height for your snare drum while playing.
What is where your pinky finger rests when the thumb is in your belly button.
400

THese type of malletts are used for cymbals.

What are yarn mallets?

400
The two types of mallets that can be used to play the chimes.
What are rawhide and plastic mallets.
600
What you should be doing when you first walk into a band rehearsal (before rehearsal gets started)
What is getting your music out, warming up, getting instruments ready, etc.
600
Used to tune a snare drum to different pitches.
What is a drum key
600
When rolling on this instrument, it is important to put the beaters right above and below the center.
What is the bass drum
600
Three variations to playing scales on a mallet instrument.
What are arpeggios, thirds, and octave rolls.
800
The best way to learn your band music.
What is practicing!
800
The correct snare drum stick grip (demonstrate).
What is hold the stick with your first finger and thumb, other fingers wrapped around the stick lightly
800
The part of the triangle that produces the most overtones.
What is the bottom
800

The scale that has two flats in the key signature (and name all of these flats).

What is the b-flat scale (Bb, Eb)

1000
What you should do when the conductor cuts the band off to fix an error during rehearsal.
What is stop playing and listen intently!
1000
The five different types/groups of snare drum rudiments.
What are rolls, paradiddles, flams, drags/ruffs, and ratamacues
1000
A timpani technique not usually encouraged but can be used for visual enhancement during solos.
What is cross-sticking
1000

The best way to play a chromatic scale with friends.

What is line up all of the mallet instruments in a row and play, running from the last instrument to the first instrument.