Keller Central Percussion

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1 Kee Centa Pecussion Font Ensembe Execise Packet The fooing pages incude basic to intemediate technique and coodination execises fo the maching pecussion idiom. A stong gasp of these fundamentas is essentia to evey paye's success in the cassoom and on the fied. eheasa time is imited, theefoe it is impeative that each membe ean and pactice these execises individuay so that eheasa time can be spent putting a pats togethe. In a goup setting, a execises i begin ith a count off. As the execises ae defined, e i aso add some cosmetics that i aid in timing and a unifom ook. Dupet count-off ã maet puse Execise Tipet count-off ã maet puse Execise The eeases to a the execises in this packet ae impied. A note about pacticing... Pactice ith a pan o goa in mind and pactice those things you can't yet pay pefecty. Pactice ith a metonome, on a keyboad, in font of a mio. Stat so and constanty evauate you quaity of sound, efficiency, and tempo conto. Ask: Ae my heights coect? Am I paying on the ight pat of the key? Ae my maet paths acing efficienty fom note to note? Ae thee any unnecessay motions? Is my body stabe and symmetica? Am I beathing camy? Is thee tension in my back, shoudes, ams o ist? Do I ook eaxed and am I making it ook easy? You ony get one chance to pove it to the audience...ae you oning it, o ae you ust getting by?

2 PADexecises Eights ã c. 8 to 1 ã ã 8 and 16 ã. NeoMetic ã ã. Tag ã Gaop ã ã 2 KC Pecussion Font Ensembe Execise Packet

3 Stick Conto ã c ã ã ã ã ã ã ã Jedi Eights One-note ã c Œ Ó Œ Ó Œ Ó Œ Ó Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ. To-note ã Œ Ó Ó Œ Ó Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Quate-note ã Ó Ó Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ KC Pecussion Font Ensembe Execise Packet

4 -note 16th Timing Check ã Patten 1 Patten ã 2-note 16th Timing A Check ã Patten 1 Patten ã Patten 2 Patten 4 Patten 2 Patten note 16th Timing B ã 2-note Tipet Timing ã 1-note Tipet Timing ã Bucks Beakdon ã Od Schoo ã ã. 4 KC Pecussion Font Ensembe Execise Packet

5 TWOmaets Most of the to maet execises ae itten in C mao, but ae intended to be tansposed to a 12 mao/mino keys. Use the execise beo to pactice a 12 mao scaes and apeggios, then begin pacticing thei eative mino keys. Memoizing the key signatues and the ode of accidentas is essentia to success on keyboad pecussion instuments. Scaes and Apeggios 4 2 ΠFats ae aays added to the key signatue in this ode: B, E, A, D, G, C, F Shaps ae aays added to the key signatue in this ode: F, C, G, D, A, E, B KC Pecussion Font Ensembe Execise Packet 5

6 This execise is meant to buid an efficient piston stoke. The stoke is initiated fom the ist stating at the appopiate dynamic height and etuning to that height afte stiking the ba. When changing notes, the maet acs smoothy fom note to note. This execise aso heps to impove the accuacy of each hand. Summetime 8 6 b # b b b b b b 4 2 b b b b b b b 6 8 b b # # # # # # # #. Œ Sadines is an execise to deveop fast hands and eyes, and an ea fo ceaniness. The execise begins ith a staccato stoke buide and a sixteenth note check. isten fo the scae in the ight hand to hep ine up the 16th note hythm ith othe payes. The execise can stat in any key and continues chomaticay unti the instucto signas "ast time." Sadines 4 in stating key 4 7. bb b b b. 4 4 continue to next key chomaticay ast Time (in ending key) Œ The Geen execises ae e-knon scae execises meant to incease famiiaity and faciity ithin a the mao keys. These execises shoud be pefomed in a keys in a vaiety of odes (i.e. cice of 4ths, cice of 5ths, chomatic.) Geen #1 Geen #2 ŒÓ Geen am 6 KC Pecussion Font Ensembe Execise Packet Œ

7 These execises ae meant to incease fuidity as you pay apeggios in a keys. The fist is based on dominant seventh chods. epeat the fist section unti you have made it though a mao keys in the cice of fouths. You i need to ump don an octave befoe the Bb apeggio and again evey fou measues so that you don't go out of ange fo the keyboad. The pogession shoud bing you back to the note you stated on, then you i pay the "tag." Apeggiated Dominance.. b A b Tag N continue though cice of fouths ΠEpic Dominance gets its name fom the unique and open sound of the fat VI chod. epeat the fist section unti you have moved up chomaticay though a the keys. Once you each C again, pay the "tag." Epic Dominance.. b b Tag b b b b b b b continue to next key chomaticay b b Πb Metic Scaes mixes apeggios, mao scaes, and chomatic scaes aong ith the hythms that fit natuay. epeat the fist section unti you've moved up chomaticay though a the key. Pay C again and continue though the ast measue, giving you a to octave chomatic scae. Metic Scaes.. 6 b b b b b continue to next key chomaticay b b b b b ΠKC Pecussion Font Ensembe Execise Packet 7

8 FOUmaets The Singe Independent stoke is ceated by a otating ist motion simia to changing a ight bub. Tun the ist to pay a note ith one maet hie the othe maet in that hand foats above the note it i pay next. Veocity in the stoke is ceated by the toque (tuning poe) of the ist. Sma intevas equie moe toque than age intevas. Singe Independent Stokes? * to stengthen singe independent stokes, ty soy paying the Geen execises one maet at a time. The next execise is a study of intevas and the Singe Atenating stoke. Singe Atenating stokes ae simpy Singe Independent stokes that atenate beteen the maets on one hand. Stat vey soy hen eaning this execise and be caefu not to "see-sa." Each maet shoud have its on ift befoe it stikes the key. Wok to be vey accuate ith the inteva changes. Pie (Singe Atenating Stokes)? Faing Fifths oks on the Doube Vetica stoke. This stoke is accompished by using a vetica ist motion to move both maets at the same ate. Be sue to use the fu ange of motion of the ist befoe incopoating the am and etun to the up position afte each chod. isten vey caefuy to ensue that a fou maets ae stiking the keys at the same time. Faing Fifths 4 4 Œ Ó 8 KC Pecussion Font Ensembe Execise Packet

9 Tanspose the chod pogession beo into a the keys. The chod is named by the scae degee that it is buit on (ex. I- C chod, II=D chod, V=G chod). A notes ae aso affected by the key signatue of the key you ae tansposing to. Knoing this pogession in a keys i hep you gain a basic undestanding of music theoy. Chod Pogession (cosed position) any key I IV II m7 V 7 I Chod Pogession (open position) any key? I IV II m7 V 7 I Beo ae some sticking vaiations you can appy to Faing Fifths o the chod pogession. These vaiations ao you to pactice diffeent stoke types, pemutations, and o techniques. Each measue is a patten to be appied to the hoe execise. Doom Chucks Atenating Doube Veticas Atenating Pemutations Doube ateas ae executed ith a singe vetica ist motion and a sight scooping motion so that one maet stikes befoe the othe. You may ant to begin pacticing doube ateas as fams at fist, and then smooth them out into the hythm beo. Doube ateas The pattens beo incopoate mutipe stoke types incuding doube ateas and doube veticas. Wok to make the hythms as smooth as possibe. Tipe ateas Combinations KC Pecussion Font Ensembe Execise Packet 9