Education Essentials for the Non-Percussionist
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The PAS Classroom
PAS Classroom is a video series focused on quick and valuable tips and tricks for percussionists, drummers, music students, and (in particular) music educators. Learn techniques and strategies you can take back to your percussion classroom or performance in under three minutes.
PAS Classroom is created and produced by the Education Committee of the Percussive Arts Society.
The PAS Educators’ Companion
The PAS Educators’ Companion is a publication of the Percussive Arts Society focusing on providing percussion education resources to the music education community.
FUNdamentals
The FUNdamental Fridays series includes percussion and drumming education videos outlining technique and music theory from the beginning — perfect for music educators looking to help their percussion students, drum instructors looking for new content to teach beginning students, percussionists looking to learn a new drumming technique.
Rudiments
The 40 Percussive Arts Society International Drum Rudiments consist of the traditional 26 rudiments along with a number of drum corps, orchestral, European, and contemporary drum rudiments.
PAS Classroom is a video series focused on quick and valuable tips and tricks for percussionists, drummers, music students, and (in particular) music educators. Learn techniques and strategies you can take back to your percussion classroom or performance in under three minutes.
PAS Classroom is created and produced by the Education Committee of the Percussive Arts Society.
Videos by Category
The PAS Educators’ Companion is a publication of the Percussive Arts Society focusing on providing percussion education resources to the music education community.
Volume 1, Spring 2015
Volume 2, Fall 2015
Volume 3, Spring 2016
Volume 4, Fall 2016
Volume 5, Spring 2017
Volume 6, Spring 2019
Volume 7, Fall 2019
Volume 8, Spring 2020
Articles by Category
The FUNdamental Fridays series includes percussion and drumming education videos outlining technique and music theory from the beginning — perfect for music educators looking to help their percussion students, drum instructors looking for new content to teach beginning students, percussionists looking to learn a new drumming technique.
The 40 Percussive Arts Society International Drum Rudiments consist of the traditional 26 rudiments along with a number of drum corps, orchestral, European, and contemporary drum rudiments.
This listing was an outgrowth of a five-year project compiled by the PAS International Drum Rudiment Committee, a highly select group of percussionists, organized and chaired by Jay Wanamaker. It is the hope of the International Drum Rudiment Committee that this new listing of rudiments will create a new vocabulary of drum rudiments that will serve contemporary percussionists for many years to come.
All rudiments should be practiced: open (slow) to close (fast) to open (slow) and/or at an even moderate march tempo.
Audio Recordings ©, (p) 2005 Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
*These rudiments are also included in the original Standard 26 American Drum Rudiments
The PAS International Drum Rudiments are Copyright © 1984 by the Percussive Arts Society. All Rights Reserved.
