Drumline Essentials: Bass

Develop essential bass drum skills with a structured course built for marching band, drum corps, and indoor drumline.

This course is designed to give you the start you need playing bass drum in a marching band, drum corps, or even indoor drumline environment. If you have never played any marching percussion before, this will introduce you to the standard techniques and exercises you will typically be expected to perform and master over the course of your time in the activity. By completing this course you will have a strong understanding of the demands required, as well as the techniques and primers used to master them to play in a drumline.

What You Will Learn:

Marching Bass Drum Grip/Technique
Drumline Techniques
Basic Warm-ups
Rhythmic Interpretation
Drumline Vocabulary

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Course Content

Posture

8's

Rhythmic Interpretation

Downs and Ups/Up and Downs

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