How to Play the Snare Drum : 8th Note Bucks Marching Drum Exercise on a Marching Snare Drum

[hmsdrummer]

If you actually need to look at a video to learn snare, you are probably never going to be excellent.I watch them for the humor

[uchihaclan95]

wrists parallel to the ground.. in marching thats actually about 6 in.

[uchihaclan95]

I'm a beginner and I can do it better and explain it better than that :P

[flopercdir]

To all of you percussionist expert. The video is not aimed toward the Senior level (high school) percussionist, but yet toward the beginner. The technique that he is using is not incorrect. I believe that my experience in playing and teaching allows me to say that. I have been playing for 20+ yrs, teaching 14yrs. Although I don't agree with everything, the concept that he is using is correct and you will be amazed how so many Senior level drummers plays this incorrect.

[tnave93]

EW! i like how he says and even SHOWS the heights he will use in the video and then fails miserably (sorry if i spelled the wrong) with his right hand for those so called "3 inch heights" at 2:55 -___- and jeeze....SO MUCH ARM!!

[was920]

wow. yeah. hahaha this guy sucks. i'm only in high school and i have better technique than this guy. haha

[flashylight56]

alright calm the fuck down with ur arms. us ur fucking wrists like your suppose to

[17mushalko]

this is the first xersice i learned when i joined drumline... not how this is supposed to soun

[tennesseevolfan111]

1:37 FAIL (can we re-do this) starts all over

[CrestDriven]

wtf? edit better!

[rush12211]

Holy shit elbow much. try using wrist genius

[Germany981]

@rush12211 he was over showing so he would his point acrossed have you ever taken lesson?? most likely not if you dont understand what he trying to point out

[rush12211]

@Germany981 overshowing. you can 'overshow' with just your wrist. theres no use in trying to 'show' his 'students' something that involves incorrect technique. (most likely not if you dont understand what he trying to point out) pointing out accents can be done without using your elbow. (have you ever taken lesson??) for my own sanity, im not even going to indulge you with answering that question. PLEASE if you're trying to learn off of this video, i would suggest taking lessons yourself

[Germany981]

@rush12211 i disnt waste my time reading this you clearly have no idea to lisen and make sence out of it we all know he doesnt play that way he over did it to make a point of view some people learn better if its more clear witch he made it very clear your an idiot if you think thats the real way he plays -_-

[atkinsjesse66]

lol that was expert fail



[Junkpunker21]

Fail-Village

[MUTenors14]

at least this isnt as bad as the drum set videos...

[poopmcdoopdoop]

@MUTenors14 lmfao the conga videos are so much better

[PlushChronicles]

This guy sucks money penis. im 12 and im better than him.

[Beatlesfan5295]

this guy makes me want to punch a baby! lmfao

[Arkaydeys]

Bro know how to edit?

[jcbtrackbowler]

lol

"Take twoooooo"

[Zachriah1]

@brandon1894 That's the marching snare technique on his left hand, and no, his accents are okay, you might want to do research before you comments on things like this. Also you don't want to grasp the sticks like you are choking somebody, you have to stay as much as relaxed as possible. If you tighten your fulcrum too tight, then you can't do multiples balanced rolls.

[TheNolanator97]

'Exper?!' Oh no, i must of read it wrong, oh not it does say expert.....just another person who lives in a fantasy world...

[Drummeraddict93]

people are saying he has no life ya'll are the ones leaving comments while he's getting paid, people are so fucking stupid these days especially with some of this horrible spelling crap you always see, holy shit just turn the video off and stop fucking complaining about it you can find a lot worse.

[suburbantimptoms93]

coke can.

[brandon1894]

that was horrible. your left hand traditional was way wrong and your accents need more meaty sound. hold the stick. play with INTENSITY!!

[luke228899]

noobsvillage

[gmanericg]

god dammit did this guy march pc or something

[rikuantu]

wow this guy has no life he has 138,810 vidoes

[malchiah9090]

@rikuantu rofl, dude its expertvillage... its not one guy... its a community that is supposed to be "experts" but they usually suck

[zkranz0]

@rikuantu Wow, you're not a dumbass or anything...

[KingKKCTheBest]

#LOL

[birdplayingames]

lol editing fail

[anthonyju12]

TAKE TWO

[SuperShaw11]

-.-

[Stickclickxx]

ok just to point this out, does the room he's in look anything like a gym? no, my point exactly. Shut up if you're just gonna be a loser about peoples videos. If you don't like it then don't watch it and move on geez

[SuperShaw11]

im trying to learn how to play the snare drum. its ok to mess up, you learn from your mistakes!

[bran498]

wdf...he iz really gay...he is an uncle fuker

[jamalio21]

oooops im bored!!!

[KenSkaii]

"take two" XD

Editor Fail.

[avrilmexican]

BORING!

[JanetJackson57]

I wish I had your posture, to be frank. I hear the expert village is overrun with bubonic plague carrying street rats. What say u to that, Jonathen? (to b frank, as always)

[tpfaff6]

Why did the video start over half way through? lol Good info but kinda boring.

[KenSkaii]

thats the editors fault

[marimbao]

que vaina tan mala

[FDL09sn07]

boring video, if this guy was my tech i would fall asleep at practice. good player, i dont think his taps are too high, just man taps. rather have that than too low, weak=lame even if it doesnt cause dirt, which it is likely to do as well. always err on the side of manliness. :-)

[shorty95ify]

hes like esteban, great player, bad instructor

[ARZiehm]

expert village has too many videos and not enough experts.

[icerider606]

lmao this dude fails at drumming i recommend getting lessons from someone who doesnt even play drums than getting it from here

[killx5]

lol what the fuck? expert village fails at all drum videos

[PipoBones]

@killx5 that is a completely true statement. they suck at drum lessons.

[supersaxophone1]

@killx5 You really can't say they fail at drum videos if you're watching a beginner video...No hard feelings or anything but...yeah.

[LOTRzagorath]

@killx5 No. They fail at all videos.

[gamertooth17]

@killx5 no. just they just fail. period.

[buzzcutjoe]

this guy is super legit

ive met him before

he did some stuff with my schools drumline (before I was there)

but hes an asshole lol

but an asshole thats good at drumming

[Xopie6400]

Fuck you are childish! stop playing smart! then upload a better video, i think this is ok!

[cenafan1920]

who are you talking about?

[lldrummaboi09]

bull shit. andrea boula is cool

[Gearsofmusic]

i indefinately declare this video fail!!!

Reason: he doesnt know how to hold the fucking stick

[LopesRulz]

wats wrong with ur middle finger in ur left hand grip rest it on the stick buddy

[prodigydrummer]

I disagree with you, its obvious you dont march drum corps. But i will say this guys grace notes are higher than 3 inches off the head.

[LopesRulz]

i will admit 8th note bucks are hard on your left hand

[drumz86]

in europe they called bars

[Ticos012]

ok wats with the two takes

[Limenko1]

Your hands are like a pease of wood or something... U are using wrong technic...

[MaplexJackie]

Lol look at the left hand he cant even do traditional grip

[staikotatos]

lol true!

[MabankJohnson]

those taps look like 6 inch taps. little high for 3 inches

[drummerdude9944]

uh....16th note grid.

buddy.

[TargusEzkil]

lol epic fail

[DruMmMeuR]

8th note bucks? ok

Hum Weckl call that Natural Motion and that what it is :) it's like Moeller technique with 2 notes instead of 3...

[MrIdlehands]

The "bucks" term is typically used in marching applications.

[Okies16]

thats not poor quality sound its just how, the snare sounds you can get diffrent types you know, and what you expect from a free video snare lesson on youtube god

[Hariku101]

I play match grip, what about that?

[spazirandeh]

15 inches is perpendicular to the ground not 12. 12 is 3/4 of a wrist turn

[Birneypiper]

pipe band snare drumming ftw!!!!!

[buddhabraham]

holy crap shut up! seriously!!you're arguing about quality of sound!!!everyone's perception on what a good quality of sound is different! some people like that dead sound, and some like a really fat one so please, before arguing about opinions, think!

[noper12345]

wow they dont even edit the video

GHETTO!

[drum6banger]

ghetto is a noun not an adjective

[etherealeyes]

its both

[douglasbunny]

*generic negative comment which says nothing and is comically uninformed about the subject to which it is applied*

Signed,

Useless jaded mouth-breathing asshole #894,729,042

"lol u suk, why arnt u postin fucking banal comments on youtube like me insted of doin drum vidz you faggot lololol!!!"

Note: If you talk even remotely like the above quotation, you are likely a talentless mouth-breathing basement dweller who smells like fucking shit. Take a shower.

[salord09]

Ok y is there an inacurate video for beginners, i feel sorry for anyone that believed this to be correct.

for one thing this guy is showing bad tech throughout the excercise. he's using 98% arm and 2% wrist, which in the marching world does not work. two he looks like he has a twelve foot rod up his ass, meaning not relaxed.

plz guys, get some books and dont pay attention to scrubs on youtube.

[dominicdevito]

Im pretty sure this guy has marched corps before. And if you watch any core you will see that legato strokes DO use a lot of arm to get as much sound as possible out of the drum. So put down your books and start paying attention to the video. You cant learn how to get good sound quality out of any book. Sorry dude.

[salord09]

um unless your using molar stroke this is ok, although its a lil slow to be using it, in which case this explains y he's arm.

however in a basic mach grip, his right tech, the stacato stroke is initiated from the simple wrist motion and then closing the fingers and keeping them closed.

if u can find a corp that uses molar stroke at 120 to do simple bucks in sets of two then go for it man, have fun.

arm doesnt mean getting the most sound, it means ur flayling and probably overplaying.

[dominicdevito]

lol but your wrong man. bucks isnt suppose to be all wrist and then squeeze to make the stick stop. That produces horrible sound quality. It creates a dead sound. Leave your back fingers a lil loose and make your wrist stop the stick from coming back up. And molar is more of a whip to create speed. This is not the same thing. This is simply getting good sound out of accent taps. Again this guy has marched core so why do you think you can critique him?

[salord09]

i just realized we are arguing over two different styles of teaching and playing.

ur talking more Blue devils instructional staff bucks and im talking cavies bucks.

and closing the back fingers doesnt create bad tone, OVERTIGHTENING them does.

all u do by closing them is stoping the stick and so long as ur playing through the head u wont overplay.

[dominicdevito]

Agreed. I am going off instruction from Mike Thomas. He has marched glassmen, cavies, rhythm x and some more. The guy above plays nothing like people on the west coast. Esp. BD.

[buddhabraham]

wait a minute... you know mike thomas?!? where is he now a days?

[dominicdevito]

havent seen him for a year now. i am not sure. Teching different lines around the area, thats about all I know.

[buddhabraham]

what area? cause im from va, and he moved somewhere out west like four years ago. and havent seen or heard from him since... aside from the random magazine he modeled for...

[paddensg]

dude u dont kno what the f*ck ur talkin about

[dominicdevito]

hahahhaha yeeeeeeeaaa scott!

[faygo333]

if u have marched before u would know that if u use a legato stoke the stick rebounds to it original position. how the fuck are u going to play a 3 or 6 inch tap when ur stick rebounds all the way back to its starting position. u cant! that is why u have to use the down stroke to stop the stick down by the drum head to play a low tap.

[outlawedman]

look at his traditional

[Citydogz45]

wow this is stupid i thought we were getting to learn about harder shit

fuck this shit

[azzylad]

wud this bee good 2 take a rugby game ?

[jdog1396]

this is as gay as hell i posted a poor

[HammerOfSilence]

dude i tryed 2 do that i still cant get that sound...dude i am going 2 get kicked off the drumline :*(

[johnblast32]

wow your dline must suck lol...so must you....+0

[KnappMage]

this is a video for beginners dumb ass, not for jealous people like you.

[BosPercussion]

Not good for beginners because it omits several intial steps and totally negates any of the wrist techniques - he discusses flat wrist at one point but his sample demonstrates more arm than wrist

[iluvnerdfighting]

ha. Interesting you say that. I've seen this guy before. His drumline is clean as hell and one of the top lines in the state. shows how much you know.

[Garnizzele]

one word

tendonitus

=]

[randylikesdrums]

he is using his wrists. I think it's just the refresh rate of the video. I can see his wrist moving when he's doing the 16th notes.

[drumz29]

Use your wrists!