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\"\"<\/a>Excercises for Developing Technique<\/a>
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This is a collection of technique exercises (often called my “technique packet”) that I’ve been using with my students for years. There are exercises for snare, timpani, four mallets, and even hand drums. It’s free to download<\/a> and free to share.\u00a0Enjoy!











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Excercises for Developing TechniqueThis is a collection of technique exercises (often called my “technique packet”) that I’ve been using with my students for years. There are exercises for snare, timpani, four mallets, and even hand drums. It’s free to download and free to share.\u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qnlH-EX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":605,"url":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/variations-first-three-pages-george-lawrence-stones-stick-control\/","url_meta":{"origin":2539,"position":0},"title":"Variations on the First Three Pages of George Lawrence Stone’s Stick Control","author":"Samuel Z Solomon","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Variations on the First Three Pages of George Lawrence Stone's Stick ControlPublished by\u00a0Bachovich Music Publications,\u00a02009 Variations on the First Three Pages of Stone's Stick Control\u00a0takes the patterns of Stone's iconic book as a jumping off point for countless new and customized exercises. 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