Music Breakdown: Blue Devils 2019 Snarebreak

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[@alvinviklund]

"A good way to break down an elevenlet: 1, 2, 3, Elevenlet"

[@ThereaalSP]

Thats the only possible break down lol 😂

[@TylerDunphy]

yeah good luck counting out 11 notes in the span of 12 xD

[@shaqoriley7731]

I am not sure anyone in the BD snare line (or any other line) has ever broke things down that clearly. Kyle Tsuchiya (Blue Coats) is pretty good at some of the explanations into his process. However, that was the clearest explanation I have ever seen. Any future insight into the process of how you think about any of the music, from any group, you're in would be awesome.

[@seanparra]

Shaq Oriley thanks for the feed back ! I have some ideas for future break downs :D

[@Vice_music]

No entendí

[@brandonmband]

He's so down to earth!

[@seanparra]

Bob Harrison Thanks Bob!

[@lukemalonis8533]

i wanna like this, but 69 man... lmao

[@NickOnFire1490]

"The Blue Devils book is so much easier than everyone else, they don't deserve to have such higher percussion scores." Yeah, uhh, that ain't it.

[@seanparra]

trex1490 say it louder for the people in the back 🙌

[@Vice_music]

Como

[@nathan_khoury]

who the hell has ever said that - theyre out of their damn minds

[@genupe9]

You are out of your mind if you think their book is easy. They things that they pursue in the strange times they do it at the highest level of execution...why I am even having this conversation?🤔😂 Bernard Green Jr. 2004 Atlanta CV Snare

[@christianstainazfischer]

Every group has hard and easy parts in their books

[@thomashelm6931]

I played snare in the '60s, with two different Drum Corp in the Seattle area. Some of our compositions were written by McCormick, a noted drummer and composer for the Cavaliers. Arguably, I don't think that our repertoire would even match up to anything that you guys are playing. I'm pleased with the progression, skill set and technology that is now being utilized! You represent it very well. Your demonstration and breakdown was outstanding. Be very proud of what you have done, as it will create opportunities for your life ahead.

[@scottjohnson5035]

Great job Sean.... Keep them coming. Nice haircut BTW, but... I think you should let it go. Get your own Scojo starter kit........ :-) Miss you

[@seanparra]

Thanks Scott!!! And about the hair....I’ll think about it 😎

[@haydinpazdur3871]

A 4:3 in a 5:3... now that’s something I haven’t seen before 😍

[@seanparra]

Haydin Pazdur pretty wild right? Thanks for the love Haydin ♥️

[@camilleon352]

I saw you guys in Clovis with the SB education event thing and literally blew my mind, seriously my favorite line of '19 and now the reason BD is where I want to march eventually Thank you so much for making this vid as well, I'm trying to learn as much of the show as I can and this has been a massive help

[@POI_SOUNDS]

Yooooo! I've been trying to find a clear break down of that feature for so long! Couldn't have found a better video! Thanks so much! ^^

[@colinsandman409]

“definitely take it slow... trying to figure out.... what the heck is going on....” this man is more honest than god himself 😂😂💀

[@seanparra]

Colin Sandman hahahahaha tell me why I laughed out loud rn 🤣

[@kiyrens]

I'll definitely love to see more videos like this!!

[@eleanorbrown8914]

back again to say how great of a teacher you are! this lick is tough but you make it super easy to understand

[@ethans-d6105]

12:40 why do I feel like he was looking directly at Paul Rennick when he said that lmao

[@seanparra]

Ethan S-D lmao I just couldn’t English for a second

[@GeorgeCollins]

I’m gonna need a full beard by the next video

[@seanparra]

George Collins I’ll try my best hahaha

[@kurtweller166]

So stellar...fantastic teacher....world class drummer!

[@nickmercurio1339]

I could watch these all day. Def a solid learning tool

[@seanparra]

Nick Mercurio heck yeah! These are fun to make!

[@camilleon352]

Honestly I feel like you’d make a great tech or instructor down the road

[@seanparra]

Connor Gavin awww man that’s so nice of you to say. We’ll see where the future takes me ♥️

[@rachelraja7188]

Thanks so much for these🤘😎🥁💙BD!

[@jakehd2908]

I would love to see more! This was dope! And the new haircut is nice 😂

[@seanparra]

Jake HD there will be more in the future! And thanks dude

[@Brockstar]

I met you at your rehearsal in Wyoming on the 2019 tour. You and Noah took a lot of time to answer my questions and were so incredibly friendly and humble. I was at Finals (first row) and was elated to see you guys win. The corp sounded amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. Please keep more of the BD transcriptions coming!

[@seanparra]

Brock I totally remember you haha. We talked about how different 2018’s snare break was compared to 2019. I’m so glad you went to finals! I remember telling you it was gunna be sweet by then 😂 glad I was right about that

[@Brockstar]

@@seanparra Indeed you were. And it looks like the judges agreed (a perfect 10 in Achv)! 🔥🔥🔥

[@willheeres5618]

wow my transcription is pretty wrong :[

[@camilleon352]

Yeah but hey, I've been learning your transcription last few days and it's really boosted my double stroke roll chops and sixteenth timing with those hella fast sixteenth note roll passages so thank you anyway :)

[@Vice_music]

Cómo chamo

[@hairyharry49]

Love this! Please do more

[@ozzysanchez4922]

Thank you! Ive been trying to learn this for a while, and to have this teached by an actual bd member! 👌

[@seanparra]

ozzy sanchez of course man! More to come in the future :D

[@rachelraja7188]

And im STILL practicing this one. I love it👏💙BD

[@willblackburn2394]

What a cool guy who plays cool beats with a cool mustache

[@psycho_isaucyy8887]

I’ve been trying to learn this since finals and then I watched the vid and got it in a week!!! Keep them coming Sean! Btw will u be center snare next season

[@ethanwilson4442]

Don’t worry about the haircut. Looks sharp. Also, thank you for making this. Really helpful to learn how to break down and interpret difficult music.

[@seanparra]

Ethan Wilson haha thanks for the love! And yes I’ll be doing more very soon :)

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Thanks for sharing!

[@lylarasco1498]

I’m in a high school drumline in a very small public high school, my brain felt like it just went 🤯 cause I just got moved up to center snare this year and I’m surviving 😂 I’m the only snare, we have one tenor, and 3 basses. I clicked on this video out of pure curiosity but geez 🤯 my brain just can’t comprehend what I just read/heard. Sounds great but I can barely understand what just came out of your mouth. Nice job though! It sounds good

[@Hunter-oy5if]

Awesome break down. Hair looks fire.

[@seanparra]

Hunter ayeeee thanks man 😎

[@steverman2312]

An elevenlet? A 4:3 *inside* a 5:3? I knew this shit was hard but daaaamn

[@shaqoriley7731]

This is great! Thanks Sean! Nice haircut

[@seanparra]

Shaq Oriley thank you!

[@joshuagharis9017]

Crazy stuff, i still use versions of the 11 let

[@faiztardi5933]

Let it go bro!

[@kmtobia]

Good stuff, Sean.

[@seanparra]

Keelan Tobia thanks Keelan ! 🙏

[@willheeres5618]

hell yes brother

[@eleanorbrown8914]

not gunna lie i HELLA stole those two 9-let figures for a duet i'm writing.... they just sound so good. thanks for the break down!

[@zacharymcdowell7710]

hell yeahhh

[@BZDrummer1]

💯

[@seanparra]

Zach Borromeo 🙊🙈🙉

[@BrandonGarcia-qn5ww]

Nice video man can you show us how to play flams

[@crazykids195]

Me: is having a pretty good time learning this. ScoJo: Boom 11:6

[@cheezy]

Thank you sooooo much

[@felipecastro1144]

you aways do a good job

[@marcustroymal689]

Thanks for the vid..... Do you think you can do the 2018 snare break as well? That one is nuts

[@seanparra]

Marcus Troymal yo I hadn’t thought of that! I could do that :D

[@coldwinterboy]

thank you! this actually helped me out! since you were in the 2018 snare line for bd, would you mind breaking down the 2018 opener? i’m having difficulty’s with that

[@seanparra]

sd Jadin I might do that in the future. Stay posted!

[@coldwinterboy]

Sean Parra i just got used to it after weeks, but you can still do it!

[@Allison_Chaynes]

The transcript says that at 6:10 you took acid on 4. Blue Devils took acid? I would have guessed Molly would have been more up your alley, although you all do have some of the craziest over the top costumes. Those colors are wild. Seriously though, the transcript in Descriptions is hilarious at what they get wrong.

[@ryangroom2959]

👌

[@lucasb3462]

Do you know if Brandon is gonna be some sort of tech at the blue devils? Congrats btw

[@saltydalty7665]

I have the same pad. How do you tell whether you get a rim shot or just hit a rim?

[@Iplayquad]

You are such an amazing teacher!! You are 1000x better than Vic Firth’s DCI/WGI breakdowns

[@Mike-sf5cg]

I'm wondering, what are the dashes above many of the notes indicating, never come across this before?

[@popeyesailor9571]

That has to be the Murder Hornet snare break. I thought the 80's lines were playing hard stuff. WOW

[@jakobharrigan1934]

😎

[@SaneTheBro]

can you release the sheets for the rest of the show? possibly for other parts besides snare?

[@balischannel2502]

SEAN YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL

[@seanparra]

Jabali Dumas 🙈🙊🙉 stop being so sweet to me ♥️

[@jalenbrewer6871]

when you miss snare break day at camp

[@cadenringling7342]

The trickiest part of the lick for me is 100% the sticking of the 6tuplets in 28 and 29

[@seanparra]

Caden Ringling that is an awkward part ngl. But it start to feel better when you relate it to regular triplet rolls.

[@aaliyahsanchez58]

What sticks did you use in this video?

[@mrnicknick02]

Promark DC-17's

[@franciselpa4252]

Can you make a video how to read drum sheets/notes

[@BRZbash]

Ehem... guess what.. you just got another sub diggity dawg😌

[@seanparra]

Sebastian_ Morando 🙏 Thank you ! You guys are the reason I do this.

[@Agatemantis]

My high school brain be like naaahhhhhhh I can't do this, but I'm also like yaaaaaaaa. I want to do battalion drum corps as that's the closest one to me but it sucks it all ages out at 21, I wish they had older groups also in a different level. But ya, this is very cool!

[@Agatemantis]

I even slowed it down an my brain is like exploding 😆

[@drumerboi4006]

i know how to read the notes but its hard to remember trying to play it.

[@samhall8331]

wow

[@seanparra]

Sam Hall ♥️

[@connorm.8323]

Rip 2020 DCI season 😭😭😭😢

[@seanparra]

Con Drummer :(

[@HARRYKLASKY34]

I almost learned

[@ptrdlr9166]

I don't know if you've gotten this before, but you look like the singer from T3R Elemento (if you know who that is)

[@seanparra]

Peter De La Riva 😂 I ACTUALLY HAVE!

[@_mptx_]

What type of pad is that?

[@seanparra]

MPTX off world invader Scojo pad

[@saltybananas7]

How do you get your sixlet that fast bruh

[@quasarnetworks]

hehe, annonymous mask

[@seanparra]

Gustavo Barba hahaha yes 😂

[@mrlolz2671]

Do this with an RCC break !

[@seanparra]

Henry Yanes which one? 👀

[@thememer1553]

You should learn the bluecoats 2019 music

[@zlMiltonlz]

please men take the BD 2017 snarebreak

[@jordanmckenzie3096]

Did you just age out after the 2019 season

[@seanparra]

Jordan McKenzie no I was actually supposed to age out for the 2020 season

[@spaghetti2815]

Have you aged out yet?

[@Vice_music]

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[@Vice_music]

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[@Vice_music]

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[@matthewjacobs3588]

I'm a wind player and I can safely say I do not understand anything that I just watched.

[@Vice_music]

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