Snare drum technique

Snare technique is the technique used to play a snare drum.

It is studied:

As an end to itself by snare drummers.
As a way of developing stick control skill by kit drummers and players of other auxiliary percussion instruments.

Grips

There are two categories of grips used in snare technique: matched grip, in which both hands hold the sticks in an overhand grip, and traditional grip, in which one hand uses an overhand grip and the other an underhand grip. Traditional grip is almost exclusively used on snare drum, and concert bass drum, while matched grip is used on all percussion instruments. Traditional grip is also primarily used in drum corps style marching environments, such as Drum Corps International.

Rudiments

Main article: drum rudiment

Snare drum technique is learned mainly by learning specific sequences of drumstick strokes, each of them known as a drum rudiment and most of them short. Examples of rudiments are the paradiddle and the drum roll.

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Grip

Rudimental percussion

Technique	Drum cadence Limb independence Matched grip Moeller method Open, closed, open Snare technique Traditional grip Finger control

People	Tom Float Ralph Hardimon Marty Hurley Fred Sanford George Lawrence Stone Sanford A. Moeller Paul Rennick Larry McCormick Bobby Thompson Jerry Schellmer Frank Arsenault Dennis DeLucia Dr. Fritz Berger Alfons Grieder Mitch Markovich Michael McIntosh

Organizations	Drum Corps International Percussive Arts Society Winter Guard International National Association of Rudimental Drummers (N.A.R.D.)

General	Drumline Front ensemble Marching percussion