I used to SUCK AT DRUMS.

[@EMCproductions]

What things did you suck at? ...or still suck at?

[@elijaha2246]

I suck at hertas

[@BB.156]

Everything.

[@morf9898]

I couldn't double tongue my euphonium part on Gavorkna Fanfare in 11th grade, I faked my way through it with fast single tonguing.

[@mr.mamba_7887]

i suck at jelly rolls

[@stevenhatcher9133]

@Pokemonweeaboopikachuninja boi bruh we start seventh grade with a half decent program so chill

[@jBun12]

Band directors: I found this really engaging and fun piece for the band! Percussion parts: one measure of music, 200 repeats

[@creepysplatter9260]

Lol or 40 measures of rests

[@frogfrog2151]

@@creepysplatter9260 that reminds me of in 6th grade where the glockenspiel part didnt play until measure 37

[@acrow9762]

@@frogfrog2151 I was on bell's for a piece and didn't get to play till measure 47, of like a 90 measure song

[@banks8645]

Literally, my band director doesn’t care about the percussion section💀

[@CarlDaCool168]

sometimes this happened for me in middle school but that’s not happening anymore cuz my band has only two percussionist: me and my friend so I gonna tackle 3 roles at once with a drum set lmao

[@nathanielw.uribes3837]

Imagine having a band teacher in High School that actually teaches your percussion and doesn't just make them go through the motions. Ya'll are fortunate.

[@theclimbingchef]

My bd was a percussionist so they always got special treatment/asses reamed, lol

[@felwinterslie8223]

My high school has a separate class for percussion for both drumline and front ensemble taught by a trained percussionist

[@johnnyboyer8851]

My band is gifted enough to have a percussion director who marched dci🙂

[@doug2555]

In all my 3 years of middle school band, there wasn't very much percussion in the class (2 or 3 including me) so my teacher just gave us packets aaaaaaand that's it

[@separat0r970]

That sounds like my band teacher

[@GMtheTurtle]

I still do ;)

[@venteach.6289]

No u don’t

[@drowsydemigod553]

Same bro

[@drowsydemigod553]

@Nate Cottrell wth

[@venteach.6289]

@Nate Cottrell Ik

[@CavinLee]

Put a lotta time into it I was literally the worst and now I’m one of the best like just put a lot of time and dedication and you’ll make it

[@hymmz360]

I remember in elementary school and part of middle school no one could do a buzz roll. I caught on eventually but I remember everyone used to just do single stroke rolls as fast as they could

[@alex-zj6ef]

god and i thought i was bad in middle school

[@dogestep64]

Same we kind of just guessed the buzz roll and pressed into the drum

[@benjaminmerkel]

As a trumpet player the buzz roll is literally the only thing I can do

[@jameshancock1528]

There's 2 snares in my drumline who have zero idea what a roll skeleton is and don't seem to understand why it's important and I'm frustrated lmao

[@Wishuponapancake]

I never had a drum teacher or instructor so the only way i knew how to do rolls was buzz rolls, had no idea that there was a difference between the notation and i just did whatever sticking felt worked well for how long it was lol apparently my band teacher either didn't care enough to correct me or I was faking it good enough

[@kennethowrutsky]

One time I couldn’t find a triangle beater so my solution was to hit the triangle with another triangle. Idk what was wrong with me. One time I had this mallet solo test and I had only practiced the first four measures so I just played the rhythms and not the notes. And that was the only assignment in band class that I got and F on. I also have a reputation of playing way above fortissimo.

[@spideypool20]

Hey playing fortissimo is WAY better than playing quietly. More percussionists tend to play very quiet at first instead of loud

[@Squirrelconga]

FORCE-TISSIMO

[@schifoso5591]

Fortissimissimo

[@thefreshvince879]

in my pit we had about 5 different siize triangles and would just use any piece of chrome we found as a beater

[@lotus4129]

I couldn't find a triangle beater, and my solution was to just beat the shit out of it with the butt of a drumstick

[@diamondpotato4043]

still can’t understand nor get the hang of traditional grip, since we always played with matched before.

[@crushingbelial]

Definitely takes perseverance. I prefer trad over matched any day of week but limited application of snare/set/marching had my professors on edge when it came to rest of perc family lol

[@aggietommyjones]

Played matched all in middle school. I was told in high school we’d have to play traditional so for my entire 8th grade year I played only traditional. And then we all got to high school and realized no one could play traditional so we switched

[@jameshancock1528]

After not practicing the whole summer, I got put on snare for my hs drumline and have been playing so much trad I think I'm a little better at it than matched lol. Not quite as fast but more control

[@KaiOwensDrums]

I played a match grip for almost 8 years and recently learned traditional grip, and I am already better with it at some fast patterns with weird stickings. Still working up my single stroke speed though

[@idfk9578]

​@@aggietommyjones Damn tough luck

[@connere.8304]

EMC, you can’t suck at anything, we all know you’re a perfect rubber-chicken-squeezing deity :)

[@kylianlol13]

Yes it is clearly fake

[@503music6]

Kylian als gamer bet

[@pitcrew1392]

that’s hot

[@indigoselinger1640]

Odd way to say it but pk

[@SaN1nJa]

what?

[@faux5927]

Mallet percussion is underrated it's honestly my favorite part of percussion.

[@legohexman2858]

It is pretty based

[@lasagnajames]

the pit is where it’s at

[@eggroll1548]

It’s better then stuff like crash or triangle but every single drum is more fun to play

[@0v_x0]

I used to hate getting stuck with all the mallet parts cuz I also played piano and no one else in the percussion section could read music. But I honestly love the instruments and respect the hell out of people who get really good with them. I mostly did the bare minimum in school but these days I sure wish I could shred with 4 mallets on a marimba.

[@jessiesjourneyy]

ME TOO except for the glockenspiel

[@averybondeson3322]

I was the bass 5 player in my school this last season and in our third movement, we had this impact thing where I was playing this triplet, kinda Mars sounding drum thing with the flats. I was the only bass playing it. The drill had us moving forward like quite a bit so I was crabbing. The snares and the tenors were almost 20 yards away from me because we were in this massive arc set. It was absolute hell to line up. And I couldn't really see them either because it's bass 5. And keep in mind, this was my first year on battery in highschool.

[@jackthecommenter2768]

@@BKbr01ler jeez

[@savingcpr5450]

Got stuck with bass 4 with no prior percussion experience my sophomore year… totally loved it though, great stuff!

[@connorscocktailguide]

OMG I remember playing the African Bell Carol solo. I freaking loved it. That brought so many memories hearing on this video thanks for that.

[@xavierhileman7048]

Man this is the most high quality vid you"ve ever made in my opinion

[@seancarr972]

i totally agree

[@steelingdogs]

No one: Every KZbin add: SO LIT MOBILE SENT ME THIS CHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK!!! LETS CHECK IT OUT!!!!!

[@nathan_khoury]

I got the same thing!!!

[@connorraebel]

it can charge my phone w i r e l e s s l y

[@BobJones-bh9qz]

So many of them 🤦‍♂️

[@brettdufrene2723]

Yea I got the same ad 3 times in a row

[@nathannolte4333]

I hate those ads SO MUCH!!!!!! They have different people reading the same script for each ad. And there is so many!

[@clcheatw]

I started learning euphonium (my first instrument) about two years ago. I still suck at a lot of things, but listening back to old recordings I am proud of my progress. It’s all about striving for improvement, not for perfection. 🎶🎺🎷🥁🎹🎶

[@evansaccount1548]

Same

[@realdubfr]

Euphonium/baritone on top

[@stayalivehopefully521]

I'm bad at mostly all drumline instruments(can do great on cymbals though). My passion has always been mallet percussion so I focus more on that. Though learning snare would be useful, I don't have the motivation...

[@shadow105720]

From people who hated mallets and just wanted the snare and bass parts, thank you so much.

[@ajlimon746]

"I was kinda leaving things out without realizing I was...i hope that makes sense"....it makes total sense

[@lextrueno]

I just discovered this channel and my God, those costumes and humor is 10/10. Pls keep making content

[@ocean9355]

Come on Eric, you know I can’t tell the difference if it was recorded on a literal potato.

[@theCDGeffect]

all you gotta do is pull a CSI and enhance

[@AdanMartinez-ek1ee]

Sameee!!! But its all practice man! And pretty much passion... if you have a passion for a goal.. you’ll learn whataver is in the middle to get to the goal! :,)

[@jirachytft]

4:58 every 2019 Cadet just got super triggered That's where we had the first half of spring training and that place was HORRENDOUS

[@trevehr7442]

Bro that was my high school band camp spot all 4 years, it was buns

[@1Aldreth]

Ah yes, the good old trusted "just look at the conductor, bob your head and count bars" method. :D

[@FRICKYTheOnest]

I love these story videos! The way you present them are hilarious, and those chickens are looking amazing!

[@nonameguy]

oo aa monke

[@insertchannelnamehere632]

Omg why are you here

[@res0nance197]

Did anyone else first see hertas and think of them as "that rhythm from Bleed by Meshuggah" before they knew the word herta?

[@erikwaterson361]

Bruh what the fuck lol

[@Alexk-1259]

Yessir

[@plwadodveeefdv]

Now I know what it is, thanks 😂

[@S14M07]

EMC: Herta bae Me in marching band not knowing what they are: 🙂 *yep*

[@michaelmoon622]

Bro, I had to play armenian dances my freshman year (saxophone). We spent an entire day just figuring out the alternating 5/8 feel. Ah those were the days.

[@_TheZipper_]

My HIGH SCHOOL drumline only knew how to buzz roll, and I had to teach them how to actually double stroke roll (they never caught on). No one practiced rudiments, so drumline was constantly dumbing down their rhythms. It was really frustrating.

[@benhaushalter5067]

It boosts my confidence to know you struggle with mallet instruments, when those are my strong intsurments.

[@xandermarshall6755]

6:13 same. I couldn't figure out mallet percussion or the piano. My brother was insanely good at piano and mallet percussion. My percussion director made us learn everything. For some reason, I could not play multiple notes on time... I play tenors fine and am the section leader. I don't know why this happens.

[@lamarallen4403]

Ayy, it’s EMC. I used to suck at paradiddles

[@dominickcardenas5631]

Same

[@averybondeson3322]

Me too. I still kinda do. I'm embarrassingly bad at flam rudiments

[@evanmnichproductions]

same

[@evanmnichproductions]

@@averybondeson3322 im super bad at flams like I can sorta play flam taps

[@averybondeson3322]

@@evanmnichproductions Flam accents are my kryptonite

[@samschellhase8831]

11:40 the opposite happened for me. I played front line mallet percussion in my high school’s marching band. Senior year, I play xylophone just as the drumline comes in from way back in the backfield. Trying to listen to the one snare playing, and come in on time with them, and seeing the drum majors being on time but a little ahead f the sound getting to me made sure I always sucked at my entrance, coming in too fast and too early. Very beginning of the show, and it’s a very noticeable mess up since it’s xylophones, they cut through anything! I slow down with the measure but it sounds *awful* Here’s the show, I’m on the far left. Always struggled with that entrance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oafQpaqjrr2HrKs show starts around 3:30

[@briannaspencer9169]

As a trombonist, I sucked mainly at flats and naturals. I used to always play Ab's instead of normal A's. After a couple years of being constantly told not to play Ab's. I finally was able to play pieces correctly until this year when I had a part of a piece in Ab, so I started getting constantly told to play the note right again. Long story short, read key signatures correctly.

[@ClergetMusic]

This would be a good video to show beginning band students, in addition to some of your other content where you absolutely shred on a drum part.

[@LordFloofTM]

Lmao we’re playing Armenian Dances in my college wind ensemble this concert cycle, the 5/8 part takes so much effort to keep on track when you have a million rests because of it switching from 3-2 to 2-3 over and over

[@christianjemmott2908]

First episode for me and dude.... new subscriber.. seriously entertained! Well done

[@Brady3070z]

6:13 We always said "The 'D' is between the buns"

[@marktegrotenhuis]

You mentioned about the distance and timing issue. I just realised my first ever (and so far only) show that I marched in (we never finished it because of people quiting) had a part that actually was even harder than having a tenor solo coming in right after a turn to the front. In one of the sets the percussion section actually had to split up to both sides of the field facing eachothers backs for a good 24 beats until turning 180 degrees to march back to the center. So besides the distance and therefore sound delay getting bigger and bigger with each step we not only had no sound reference, we also had no visual for those 24 beats on either the drum major or eachother to keep it together.

[@aydeetherandom5179]

Oh my gosh I sucked at mallet percussion too. That was so relatable. (I'm still not that great, but I'm trying to get better :))

[@thezencaliff8891]

I really suck at mallets but I really decent at timpani so I guess I just always play timpani lmao

[@jacks8344]

Eric: Used to suck at drums Me: Currently sucks at drums BTW If Eric hearts this I will get better

[@boblobgobstopper13214]

You shouldn’t base your practice on whether or not he hearts your comment

[@penguifyer9919]

You in middle school with the keyboards was what my first year of college was like. Now I'm working towards compositional grad school.

[@BrickLogicStudios]

Can you make a video explaining why Carolina crown show had to get rewritten because of copyright?

[@jasonstone6134]

which show?

[@johnresciniti4290]

Just found your channel yesterday. Loved the few vids that I saw. Today comes and I continue checking out the channel. I was thinking that much of this seems to be like an east coast if not an NJ vibe of what band kids go thru. Then I saw your NJMEA logo! I was like, "was that the NJMEA logo?!?" Product of Parsippany Hills, and current teacher in Belleville, NJ! Good stuff, man!

[@henrylongworth]

emc: i used to suck at drums also emc: only freshman on the upper battery

[@TruckDrivinGamer]

2:14 OMG! The Blue Knights DOT UNIFORM!! I marched BK in 1991 (Baritone) which was the first year they rolled out these awesome unis. I aged out in 1993. Best 3 years of my life 🎼🎺🥁👨‍🎤

[@enchantedkeyboard7674]

I'm an adult learner and am very jealous of the music programming you had access to!

[@nubis2649]

The one in the thumbnail I used to absolutely suck at. I also sometimes struggle with paradiddles and paradiddle diddles.

[@caden5173]

BRO I PLAYED THE BONGO SOLO FOR AFRICAN BELL CAROL IN MY SEVENTH GRADE CONCERT

[@joelsurfleet9528]

Yo i did too, thats a classic right there

[@chasecasselman5353]

Same here haha

[@sephoratrevino7033]

I played the big shaker thing 💀

[@BigJackGameplays]

Oh man, the US always amazes me; you guys, kids at that time, played in huge stadiums for a massive audience, that's freaking cool!!

[@Lastielion]

i have recently made a new friend really quickly deeply - i.e. she is a recent really close friend. We share a lot together and spend a lot of time together and I have been sharing things (like art projects and other creative things) that I am really proud of. It was only after a while when I expressed surprise at picking up something quite easily where she made an "of course you did" kinda comment, that I realised she didn't pick up on the fact I ONLY share things that I am confident in, and ONLY start new things that I can see have a low barrier to entry. I was flattered that she thinks I am very able (or smart or skilled or whatever) but a really embarrassed that she doesn't realise how much of a fraud I am. I just never try at anything I might not take to easily.

[@asillycantaloupe]

6:10... I think it's a better transition from a wind, string, or keyboard instrument to percussion than from percussion to wind, string, or keyboard instruments. If you start out knowing notes and key signatures, then going to a percussion instrument only requires you to learn drumming techniques like rolls and such. It comes with the added benefit that you know right off the bat how to play a song if you get put on a keyboard instrument like marimba or xylophone

[@bufobufo9671]

In middle school i typically played the marimba parts but for my 8th grade percussion ensemble we played a song called gypsy dance. I had a snare a bongo part i wasn't able to play at all. When it got to the performance i messed up the entire time and even dropped my sticks.

[@bufobufo9671]

There was also another piece i had trouble with in 9th grade called midnight sleigh ride. I had trouble cause it's just a constant 16 note pattern. I had to do it with a right hand lead but im left handed. Then from measure 61 to 70 the part changes and im not very good at rimshots.

[@xxnvytechxx6417]

No way I played the same thing that year. That’s funny. I think I was auxiliary. I still have my music somewhere

[@adventure_hannah3841]

That's craaazy that you were in Crown 2010! My brother was in high school marching band, and Crown was rehearsing at out school, and that's where I fell in love with band!!!

[@MikeAvinMusic]

I couldn’t read music till my junior year, so basically two years of marching band and indoor learning music by ear and only using the sheets for the sticking lol. Another one is I’m naturally left handed but I forced myself to learn how to play righty when I started learning drum set. I really only played rock and metal till high school so when I did flams I did them however it was comfortable for me (all left handed with the grace note essentially at the same height at the accent). Flash forward to high school I made the snare line and I went a whole year without ever realizing there was a difference between left handed and right handed flams. They fixed the grace note height issue but somehow never noticed my flams were lefty. Enter sophomore year and we got some new staff who marched and taught the Cadets and one of them noticed I played all my flams lefty. He was like bro right handed flams have the right hand higher. But again I didn’t realize righty flams have the left hand as the grace note so basically my left handed flams were correct but right handed flams ended up being malfs. Needless to say the entire drum staff was dumbfounded 😂

[@jackthecommenter2768]

Brhh

[@lasagnajames]

i can’t believe you went that long without knowing how to read music.

[@MikeAvinMusic]

@@lasagnajames Ive played in bands since 6th grade so I’m pretty good at learning stuff by ear. My first few seasons marching I would use the mp3s our arranger sent out and then just watch the drummer next to me and referencing the sheets only for sticking. Worked alright for a while lol

[@lasagnajames]

@@MikeAvinMusic did you learn mallet percussion parts by ear too? if so that is impressive

[@MikeAvinMusic]

@@lasagnajames I usually tried to avoid the mallet parts in concert band like the plague if I could lol but when I had to play mallets I listened to as many recordings as I could and then would figure it out note by note matching pitches as I heard them!

[@kirapfeifer1866]

This video was made 3 years ago today. Happy birthday

[@ajgdrums24]

You know, I haven't been in marching band for years, and I never marched in corps, but every time I watch your videos I miss marching :/ drum set is fun but I liked the amount of variety in ensembles I had in school

[@captncuddlybear9404]

5:56 I found this surprising, because when I started Middle School Band, us percussionists did mostly bells and xylophone, with a little bit of snare and bass drum. Because we did so much mallet percussion, there was a requirement that you had to have played piano for 2 years to do percussion.

[@weareafteryou3975]

Same here

[@jekfosburg]

The only reason I didn’t join middle school band was because I didn’t want to learn piano.

[@manisueyou]

I still suck at drums.

[@hotdog3392]

Huh? But but... you’re the smart one 1 :(

[@manisueyou]

Anthony S Hey I am smart that’s why I am good at piano and music theory. I just can’t play that cleanly on snare.

[@evanshields1255]

Yeesss I love Armenian Dances, I’ve played it in wind ensemble last year as part of our spring concert or SMPA “concert”, it is a really fun song to play. Cool to hear you’ve played it before too.

[@MichaelN12]

Long list I suck at: Tenors Long list I used to suck at: Snare

[@samschellhase8831]

Highschool wind ensemble audition. Only needed to do either mallets or snare, and I smashed the mallets one (marimba is my favorite). But I wanted to try the snare one as well, and I could barely do it, even at half tempo. I still suck with triplets that have ties between notes and eighth notes within each triplet beat OH, and Fanfare for the Common Man, I couldn’t get the spacing between the two eighth notes down for the bass drum. It’s played really slow, and for whatever reason, I just couldn’t get the subdivision correct.

[@myotiswii]

I love how everyone hates mallets. They are my main game. Always were, always will be. I suck at quick snare everything tho. And jazz drumming. Oh and that one time we had only 3 drummers for 5 drumparts and the timpanist had to play through the whole thing. So I had to constantly change between bells and marimba, and because marimba needed 4 mallets this was really had for me.

[@FireFoxie1345]

I would love that challenge

[@lilvoltbeats8706]

Same

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodso5608]

I remember at a concert I had i forgot the 2nd half of the snare part and just made it up. Easily the scariest moment of my life.

[@j_stiddy8]

Eric:"I fortunately had a band director who actually cared about all the percussionists. Me:"You fortunately had a band director who actually cared about the percussionists.😂😂

[@Mattchudon]

Swiss Army Triplets. Teenage me was the master of the flam accents. But when I got to college and was properly introduced to swiss army triplets, I had NO idea how to wrap my head around them. Even coming out of college, my swiss army triplets weren't exactly clean. It took watching Danny Carey play that rudiment in Rosetta Stoned for it to finally click for me. Now the Swisses are a breeze.

[@kennethowrutsky]

For me it was the other way around. I could do Swiss army triplets fine but had trouble with flam accents.

[@imblaze730]

1:51 don’t you mean “Coongas”

[@lucscott3631]

Nah. He means daddy bongos

[@simonking5381]

one guitar, i mean one conga

[@carsonpomeroy]

fun fact: the picture of mallet percussion instruments at 5:48 is at the James Madison University Music Building, i've been in that room and have played those instruments many times

[@theflev-matic4892]

Sometimes I overestimate how good I am, and sometimes I underestimate how good I am.

[@jackthecommenter2768]

Hm good mindset

[@adrienne9962]

Ditto, it’s a super fun endless cycle of trying to balance my confidence ahah

[@patrickvonderhaar279]

Thank you for uploading, it reminded me that I need to work on my audition pieces for my high school drum line

[@alextheshyman3427]

When your first instrument is the dreaded mallet percussion.

[@katsukibakugou5453]

My band director helps the percussion section by using food words like at 0:54 She would say "Straw-ber-ry, chili-dog, straw-ber-ry, chili-dog" It just makes the percussion section hungry 😭😭 but it really does help because some percussionist like to say what they're playing but its harder to do that the faster you're going and the more complicated the rythms are so saying food just makes it a little easier in general

[@Luke_Cullen]

This quarantine has been giving me a lot of time to practice 😤 [This comment has 69 likes, so don’t like it anymore]

[@byronbunch7633]

Same

[@jamjam6623]

True

[@antihypocrite510]

Luke Cullen I haven’t touched my drums once 😭

[@badmeme6801]

@@antihypocrite510 same lol I just don't know what to practice

[@flarfatron2190]

Same

[@billnipp2309]

Ive been playing rock and heavy metal drums for 33 years. I learned the double stroke roll early on but always had trouble with singles. Till this day I suck at them. ty

[@cosmoreed3461]

When I started percussion I SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED at timpani

[@Charl_Ed]

Same could never play loud enough in relation to the orchestra x

[@KermitDeeFwog]

1:30 I played african bell carol and I also tried that part but i was REALLY bad at it. Decided to swap to play the shekere because it was cool and easy.

[@JohnMatlosz]

*I still suck at drums...* Hit "C" for cymbal in the chat 😪

[@ramenman2162]

As an 11th grader who was put into concert band because the band director found out I was a musician and was forced to learn marimba and mallet persuasion, I second how frustrating it is, my problem was just learning how to read sheet music because I know where all the notes on mallet percussion instruments are but I couldn’t read sheet music till like 6 weeks ago

[@insanetaco98]

My highschool band director was a percussionist herself growing up so percussion at my school was no joke. I miss marching now tbh. I played bass drum at first then tenors the rest of highschool

[@russell_kberg1]

i remember doing the african bell carol between me (congas) and another percussionist (bongos) also had a choir concert that same night and I was sick (strep) and it hurt to talk for like 2 weeks let alone sing, it was a rough concert

[@billholden20]

My most vivid memory at sucking at a drumming thing was the first time I tried to play quarter notes on the hi hat while playing the bass drum on the & of 2. The idea that my foot could do something in between notes my right hand was playing was something my brain was not ready to process. Also, it took me until my sophomore year of college to get my left hand to do and look like my right hand when I played.

[@pixalor]

holy shit, in my 7th grade year we played African Bell Carol, THE SAME PIECE SAME COMPOSITION EVERYTHING, AND WE DID THE COMBINED 8TH AND 7TH BAND THAT IS SO WEIRD

[@laciehamlin9340]

I just started high school and got snare. It’s awesome but I know that Some things we play I’m not very good at some parts. Mostly flams and paradiddles. But I’m gonna keep working on being better and practicing every day.

[@lexisimms1122]

This year I played congas in African Bell Carol and I got the solo! It was so much fun to ad lib the solo.

[@timbeer8266]

Good Morning, (among other things i've sucked at) - a few years ago our band was playing Shostakovich's 5th symphony for our annual concert. I was playing cymbals and had 128 bars rest from the start till I had my first note. I came in 1 bar early. I earned the nickname Tim-Cym from our director

[@Blackmore45]

This video is incredibly inspiring, makes me feel like I can improve

[@pikameer8325]

I play a lot of instruments, but for the band I'm a saxophone. I've been wanting to learn percussion for a while now, especially drumset/snare/tenor, and recently picked it up so I can join marching band as a percussionest next year. This video made me realize that I have a long way to go, especially since I'm mostly teaching myself... this is going to be rough.

[@VIVISALT]

I play saxophone for band too and I always wanted to play percussion but it seemed so hard

[@pikameer8325]

@@VIVISALT It's a lot of rhythm which I've never been good at reading off of sheet music haha. Honestly just buy a cheap pair of drumsticks and a practice pad and start learning. There's tons of good KZbin videos and sheet music out there. I started by watching beginner drum tutorials, learning exercises, and improving my rhythm game (check patterns help a *ton*) and I'm going to start learning the 40 rudiments next.

[@adrienne9962]

Hah I’m a trombone who learned baritone to march, but I love drumline and am learning percussion stuff from all of them because it’s fun. It’s definitely rough. I never underestimated the percussionists and all the work they do, but ahah I cannot do it. It’s… interesting. But imma keep working at it until I get good.

[@pikameer8325]

@@adrienne9962 yeah exactly man!! It’s rough haha, and I don’t even know how to start learning tenor at home. Right now just going through yt videos for snare and whatnot. If you have any tips that would be greatly appreciated lol.

[@adrienne9962]

@@pikameer8325 yeh, tenors are the thing I realllllly want to learn but I have no idea how to start so I’m basically doing the same thing you are. I’m starting off with the snare stuff and finding random things videos. What I really need to do first is learn how to read drum notation, because it’s hella different than a wind instrument lmaooo

[@karlwilker579]

8:26 As a junior percussionist who played Armenian Dances this year, it physically hurt me to hear other people try to play and constantly mess up.

[@jimmoorby8541]

from uk... thanks for the video... its mad the USA and UK have absolutely the the same ways of teaching drums... nobody should be put off by the hours and hours of practice... my one and only teacher was ex-military... the sheet music was finite, but at the same time he allowed the mistakes... improvisation is key to developing you're own style and marching bands (so to speak) take it out of you... yet it builds the first building blocks to develop your own style... so many people ive taught just want to bash away... it doesn't work like that thanks again, if you could do all that with footwork you'd be an absolute god!😄all the best

[@devinaschenbrenner2683]

12:40 there had been a few times in our field show I just had to watch the our drum majors and tune out the pit cause we where so far back that sound travel became an issue.

[@pranavbaskar8313]

I played African bell carol in 7th grade and I was put on vibes, I didn’t know the part until the day before the concert when I asked my friend how to play it and I memorized it.

[@insertchannelnamehere632]

I didn't know why the staging stuff was difficult. Now I'm in winter percussion, so I do

[@anthonybell5666]

I didn't know how to really count correctly until like my late junior year of High School. And I started playing drums in school in 6th grade. And I never stopped until I graduated high school.

[@vazquez1615]

This is totally random but your thumbnail is the rhythm from Nintendo Duck Hunt when you shoot a bird haha. First thing that came to mind when I "played" your thumbnail in my head.

[@pauljmorton]

2:20 Ha, the score says "Conga solo". No wonder it sounds like a conga rather than a bongo on the recording!

[@coolmanjack1995]

I think he dug up the score and audio in editing after recording his voice

[@doisenwadzinski6171]

Biggest thing I had to learn out of the 20 years of playing drums, is that drumming is a constant learning process. I still challenge myself to this day on things that are outside of my comfort zone.

[@chaosjunks1]

That 5/8 section lol... I played euphonium but I remember it took a while to learn that.

[@mikefarrell1886]

It is for precisely the reasons you stated that I require my middle school percussionists to learn mallets first. And, you have to be bad at something before you get good at it. Persistence is the key! As for myself, my first year in SCV ('84) playing tenors, I came in really late (June) and spent the entire season playing catch up. I sucked for a while. Better in '85.

[@fshalor738]

Eric Whitacre piece, I think Cloudburst Tuba solo. I'd marginally nailed the part a bunch of times on a horn. A year later, we're on tour and I'd had to sell that good tuba to pay rent. I had an ebay horn, which just WOULD not play the stinkin A at the top of the staff in tune to save my life. Not even remotely close, didn't matter how much I worked at it. I gave in and passed the part to the "more experienced" dude, who had been given a free pass for the trip to help fill in our sound. Still a bit bitter about it, but I just couldn't do the part with the hardware I had. The horn sitting in my lap right now is a different beast, and the part sings freely. Most of the time' it's about you and how much time you take things to the woodshed. Somethings are the gear. Treat your gear well; and it'll have your back.

[@alderoth01]

I sucked at everything and ALWAYS had to practice, practice, practice. I ended up playing the drums for the high school jazz band while still in junior high lol. Marching quads I didn't suck at, but I HATED marching season. I liked concert. I did all the auxiliary parts lol.

[@zanewinterfield8573]

I remember learning mallets with in my freshman year, my percussion instructor and we were going through the notes. I will not forget the time he was going through the notes. He asked me what each and every note was and I was getting the hang of it. A B C D E F G H! He stared at me and I realized my mistake. We had a good laugh and now I have an idea on four mallet as a senior.

[@listeningmusic11183]

I started marching band in the 8th grade as a tenor in the stands but mallets in the show. The. My 9th grade year same thing but our director wanted me to learn to march with lighter weight so tenor in the stands but snare marching. Then tenors for everything the rest of the years

[@phillipd123]

We had too many percussions in our middle school band so I always got stuck on the mallets. So my drumming skills actually ended up being way way worse than my mallets skills lmao. I really sucked at playing those repetitive ryhthms on the "and" of the beat, of every single beat. So easy to get out of tempo on those.