Marching Snare Drum
The “Principle Series” is a collection of videos covering the 'fundamentals' of each instrument -- these lessons aim to bring you from the basics of putting your instrument together, all the way to really making music! Our nationally-acclaimed educators walk you through a series of lessons that build upon one another to help structure and support your learning. Happy Playing!
Marching Snare 1: Intro
Marching Snare 4: Stroke Types
Marching Snare 7: Double and Triple Strokes
Marching Snare 10: Rolls
Marching Snare 13: Wrap-Up
Marching Snare 2: Posture
Marching Snare 5: Marking Time
Marching Snare 8: Playing Double and Triple Beat
Marching Snare 11: Basic Rudiments
Marching Snare 3: Grip
Marching Snare 6: Dynamics
Marching Snare 9: Stick Control
Marching Snare 12: Advanced Rudiments
Alejandro Gallo, Concentration Coordinator for Marching Snare
Alejandro Gallo is a freelance percussion instructor based in NJ. Alejandro's performance experience includes both drum corps and indoor percussion. He marched with the Hawthorne Caballeros (2011, 2013-2016, 2018), the Dansville White Sabers (2017), and the Raiders (2012). All of his winters were spent with WGI World Class Finalist United Percussion (2014-2016). Alejandro's instructional experience includes serving as the battery coordinator for the WGI Independent A Class Finalist East Coast Percussion (2017, 2018), along with several high school groups in Northern New Jersey. He is currently the percussion caption head at the Passaic County Technical Institute. During the week he is the director of the Community Charter School of Paterson Indoor Percussion Cougars, where young musicians aging from 4th through 8th grade learn to perform during the competitive USBands Indoor season.