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3 Minute Snare drum Warm-up (Free backing track)

1/13/2018

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Before gigs, rehearsals, and practice sessions, I'm always looking for a quick way to warm up my hands and get them ready to play. This example warm-up is what I use when I'm looking to maximize my time.
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While you can play this warm-up with a metronome at the tempo of your choosing, 120 BPM makes this almost exactly 3 minutes. (I've also included a fun backing track to play along with at the bottom of this article.)

This short exercise routine fits in physical muscle warm-ups, mental warm-ups, double stroke and multiple bounce rolls, paradiddles and flams.
3 Minute Warm-Up | Matt Curley
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The rational behind each section is as follows.
  • 8's - Muscle stretching and warm-up
  • 16's - Same stretching as 8's, but integrating LH and RH lead. 
  • Paradiddles - Utilizing single, double, and triple paradiddles, integrating all stroke types. 
  • Double Beat - Double stroke wrist motion, and over the bar line groove.
  • Triplet Grid - Mental workout by shifting accents. Also works tap accent relation and stroke types. 
  • Triplet Grid (w/ flams) - continuing same concept, including grace notes. 
  • Chicken and a Roll - Ending exercise with double stroke and buzz rolls finishes off with some good muscle burn. 

After finishing this 3 minute workout, I recommend that you spend about 2 minutes stretching. I typically stretch from the shoulders, to fore arms, to wrists, then each finger.  

With this warm up, I'm ready to play any percussion instrument in only 5 minutes!
While you can play this warm-up with or without a metronome by itself,
below is a fun track at 120 BPM that fits perfectly with this 3 minute warm up. 
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