Final exam

Question 1

Snare drum

Answer 1

Grip: use three point grip at fulcrum of stick
3 strokes: full, up, and down
Roll strokes: double triple, multiple; movement of forearm from elbow

Question 2

Rudiments

Answer 2

Rolls, flam, flam accent, flamacue, drag or ruff, paradiddle (double and triple)

Question 3

Snare drum anatomy

Answer 3

-shell
-heads (batter and resonant)
-snares
-snare throw-off
-lugs and tension rods

Question 4

Snare drum tuning

Answer 4

batter head tuned to concert A
-resonant head: 5th above batter head
-snare tension: loose = rattly. too tight = unwanted resonance

Question 5

Xylophone

Answer 5

rosewood or kelon bars

Question 6

Glockenspiel

Answer 6

steel bars

Question 7

Marimba

Answer 7

rosewood, kelon or padauk bars

Question 8

Vibraphone

Answer 8

steel/aluminum bars, rotating fans in resonators

Question 9

Chimes

Answer 9

chromed brass tubes

Question 10

crotales

Answer 10

bronze alloy, like cymbols

Question 11

Mallets

Answer 11

grip - two mallets or four mallets

Question 12

Timpani anatomy

Answer 12

-plastic/calfskin head
-copper bowl
-frame and rim
-tensioning mechanism, pedal

Question 13

Strokes for timpani

Answer 13

full stroke all the time
-rolls compromised of single stroke
-relaxed grip to get full sound
-tense grip 4 articulation
-Beat drum 2-5’ from rim

Question 14

Tuning of timpani

Answer 14

release pedal and slide up to pitch quick
Get reference pitch from tuning lowest drum first, single scale degress.
-tune all pitches to lowest drum

Question 15

Bass drum

Answer 15

-play vertically and use body to muffle
-beating spot slightly off center
-relaxed stroke for full sound

Question 16

Cymbals

Answer 16

Mezzo forte: parallel, playing angle, tilt upper cymbol for flam angle, swing lower arm down then up, break wrists and follow through

Question 17

Cymbols method for pianissimo-mezzo piano

Answer 17

-bring symbols together silently
-small OUT-IN movement, accelerate towards one another
-no flam; edges contact at same time

Question 18

Tambourine

Answer 18

-hold losely at angle
-brace middle finger w/ thumb and pecking motion
-loud rolls: shake back and forth
-soft rolls: use rosin for finger friction
-loud/fast passages with knee-hand technique

Question 19

Triangle

Answer 19

-opening to left, play in opposite corner
-oblique stroke for overtones
-vertical/horizontal stroke for articulation
-two sides of triangle for rolls and fast passages