I have signed up for PASIC I&E this year, HS marching snare division and I’m in it to win it.

The issue is as soon as I open up a notation program or a pen and pencil, it’s like I’ve never written music before.

I’ve garnered extensive experience up to this point, I love to write drum books and I’ve had clinicians tell me to consider majoring is music comp. But when it comes to this solo I just blank.

If anyone has any wisdom as to how to get started on a competitive solo, what judges are looking for, or just the I&E process in general, it would be much appreciated.

A single stick broke and I cannot find a way to get only a single stick instead of a pair of sticks

I’m out of the marching game but looking at Ludwig marching snares they appear to be rebranded Yamahas. Does Ludwig actually make their drums and rip off Yamahas design or are they buying Yamahas and sticking their label on them?

I bought a set of LP bongos and they're like this, and I've seen this in lots of bongo videos to the point where it's clearly intentional for some reason but not sure if there's some sort of historical significance or what.

Hey guys. I play in two gigging funk bands, and I lay down a lot of cowbell grooves. I find myself constantly having to tighten and mess with cowbells that slip and move around. It is less of a problem with cowbells with a vice mount like the LO Steve Gadd version of the mambo bell.

For cowbells with the regular eyehole mount, how do I keep them from slipping? Do you get them as tight as they go by hand, then do a quick final turn with a wrench?

I get that I can limit myself to vice mount cowbells, but like some of my bells with regular mounts.

I am trying to figure out what Congas these are, they are unbranded. I am a beginner looking to learn, but don't want to make a bad purchase. Listed for $120

So I've been in the mallet game for over a decade, but I'm looking to get into sticks and pads. I recently got a batch of my first design for a marching snare stick, and I'm looking for people who are willing to test them and share their opinion. I'm also in the process of designing some practice pads, so I would need some folks to check those out, too.

If you're interested, please fill out this form!

https://forms.gle/UhigkAn8yhnvuX8z7

My students say they're good, but I want to make sure they're not just being nice. Thank you for your time, and I hope to get some great feedback!

I just got done with bandcamp week 1 and I'm starting week 2 tomorrow. I started as sax but swapped to glockenspiel and I'm somehow doing WAY better at that . I wanted to know if that is normal and I would like to hear stories from other who have swapped

Hey there I'm a freshman who just started on glockenspiel last Friday and I wanted to know if pit players on mallets are allowed to look at their instrument while playing since I originally started as saxophone I am not used to being percussion however though I am a self taught pianist who can play a couple scales and songs so I semi know what I'm doing I need to know what to expect since my first game of the season is in August and coming up FAST I already have most of my music down from 2 days of continuous practice but the whole time I've been looking at the bell kit that I took home. Any advice from any mallet players or professional pit players?

Hello! The discord percussion ensemble just opened up sign ups for their next project: Sunrise Energy by Matthew Curly
If you are interested in joining us press the link below!

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Hey r/percussion, I noticed a few cases of posts reported for asking for copyrighted sheet music, some newer percussion students might not know but it’s a pretty serious legal issue, several reasons:

1. Niche market, piracy steals income from composers who are dependent on these income

2. Strict publisher enforcement, they can issue DMCA takedowns, and if a sub accumulates multiple of them, we could be banned by Reddit

3. General understandings of copyright is important, especially as you move into more serious playing, for example in Florida S&E, you have to provide an original legally purchased copy to the judge, otherwise disqualified

So the new third rule would be “Asking for or sharing unauthorized copies of copyrighted sheet music is not allowed, including published solos, pieces, methods books, etc”

Thanks and have a nice day

Hi! My name is Jacob Romero, and I am going into my junior year of high school. I wrote this solo as a sophomore, and, all things considered, I'm very proud of how it turned out! It is a roughly 4 minute intermediate solo depicticting the story of Icarus and Daedalus from Greek mythology. You can find free sheet music on MuseScore (just search up Ikaros Jacob Romero) as well as a kinda not great performance of it on YouTube (search Ikaros Jacob Romero marimba).

I’m in need of a midi solution for a musical I’m playing (Les Miserables) I’ll be using it for the pitched percussion (Xylophone, Glock, Crotales, and Timp) as well as probably some other hits.

I definitely prefer the feel of the xylo layout vs just a midi keyboard. But the price is making me second guess it. I could get a 5 octave midi controller for a third the price of the 3 octave MalletStation.

So, is the MalletStation worth it?

I recently found this at my school and it looks to be half decorative, half instrument. When hitting it with the included stick, it doesn’t make much noise but is decently loud when the 2 wooden parts are struck against each other. I’m very curious so any help would be awesome.

Hi -- I am a guitar player with diverse styles (studied classical, love & play blues & rock and latin). I play acoustic and electric. Live in Oakland, California

I am looking for a percussionist who can do latin and other styles. Big plus if you can also sing. It would be helpful if you can improvise and compose.

The goal is to start out with a bit of practice and play open mics together. Eventually, we expand our repertoire and play longer sets. I am not concerned with age, gender, etc. But you should be able to transport yourself and gear.

Please reach out to me if you are interested, or have questions.

Hi, after looking through every of the products, I've decided to choose these. I wish to have a strainer that can have multiple snare sound choices and I happen to find this. Yes it's made in China but I don't really have any other options. If there're any other types of snare strainers that have a similar ability like this I would love to review it and see.

I was wondering if anybody could tell me the name of this shaker? I got it in a lot of percussion instruments, but I can’t find any information on it.

I'm working on a xylophone part in an arrangement and for the firsts time I tried changing the playback from the standard Finale default xylo to the Tapspace VDLite Xylophone. What's weird is every other note played through this vst sounds ppp or very far away. One note sounds great, the next one barely registers in my headphones. The note entry playback does the same thing. Click a note, it sounds normal; click it a second time, ppp. It also does this Aria Player mixer screen with the piano at the bottom. I'll probably just not use this VST, but as far as I can tell this isn't a setting I can undo. Has anyone else encountered this? It seems very specific to this Tapspace VST.

I was hoping to play Rebonds B at some point, but I was unsure of the dimensions of the wood planks used in the Vic Firth recording…I’ve used temple blocks but I don’t really like how they sound. Would anyone be able to help me out with this?

If you know about the old mechanical Franz metronomes (the little hammer inside that hits the case), and the feel they create due to voltage fluctuations, I have built a web version of something very similar. Free to try, no credit card needed, and a $10 one time lifetime purchase so I can keep it online and do some basic maintenance. I know a lot of players tend to like them and the real ones are getting harder to find and a bit more expensive, and tougher to repair. Enjoy!

[HammerTick.com](https://hammertick.com)