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Hoots : Silent drum warm-up exercises In my brass band, we usually start rehearsals with a hymn tune to warm up. Hymn tunes make a good warm-up exercise, but not for the drummer: I usually have either tacet or long rests punctuated - freshhoot.com

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Silent drum warm-up exercises
In my brass band, we usually start rehearsals with a hymn tune to warm up. Hymn tunes make a good warm-up exercise, but not for the drummer: I usually have either tacet or long rests punctuated by pianissimo rolls which are a pig to play from cold.

What can I usefully be doing to warm up while the band is playing? It can't just be quiet: it must be completely silent to avoid interrupting the rest of the band. Even spinning my sticks around my fingers presents too much risk of noisily dropping one.


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Ideally when warming up with a large ensemble, it shouldn't be your first warmup of the day - regardless of what instrument you play.

Take a half-hour or so a few hours before your rehearsal and do a nice, solid warmup. When you meet the group for rehearsal, you'll just need a minute or so to get things moving again. For that, you could pat rudiments on your knees while sitting (since you really just need the wrist motion.) By the time the band gets to their goofy tune, you're good to go.

Having a separate warmup session from my rehearsal / practice sessions really helped improve my playing.

Hope that helps!


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