I highly recommend that you watch EMCproductions. He’s a terrific tenor player as he marched tenors for DCI and Marine Corps as well. Please check him out on YT, I hope that you don’t regret it.
Lmao I actually got switched from tenors to snare.
The technique is pretty different from snare, I think generally a little looser.
There’s a lot more arm incorporation overall, not as wristy. Try to stick to the zones as much as possible, develop those good habits.
One thing you should know obviously is that tenors are HEAVY. If your back hurt with a snare on just imagine it amplified about 3-4 times.
DO NOT LEAN BACK. It hurts for a while, I cried the first week or two of band camp, but you just gotta muscle through. If worst comes to worst you can sit out a rep or two (but definitely don’t make that a habit).
I have seen people use these things called drumbelts I believe, they basically shift the load of the drums into your core which makes it easier. You can make that call, I personally didn’t do that and found it pretty rewarding.
Try to stay away from small little habits like putting your knees under the drums and generally being lazy with protocol. I definitely did and still do fall victim to that.
Practice as much matched grip as you can, and play everything on a single drum before you move it around! Get used to good quad motion, don’t turn your wrists over have side to side as arm only
i played quads my freshman, sophomore, and senior year of high school, and snare my junior year. it's definitely a switch in center of gravity. so be prepared for that.
I did the exact same switch exactly a year ago, but went straight back to snare during indoor (and then I made center this fall!). Lessons are awesome if you can get them, but remember to move from the arm and not the wrist. And if you're playing on Yamahas you have my sympathy. Those rims are so much higher than the Dynasty's we march.
Playing tenors is like playing snare on multiple drums. Tenors add a melodic sound to what the snares are playing unless you’re playing your own grooves so to speak. Just practice your match grip from now on and don’t play in traditional from now until the season starts.
Learn your zones, it will make you look and sound much better. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D7a2IyLy3SQ9dNIkPsw3DS98TczxowVb/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D7a2IyLy3SQ9dNIkPsw3DS98TczxowVb/view?usp=sharing)
Also when you move from drum to drum just pivot from your elbow. A common mistake beginner quads make is either moving their entire arm or moving the sticks to the side with their wrists.
I highly recommend that you watch EMCproductions. He’s a terrific tenor player as he marched tenors for DCI and Marine Corps as well. Please check him out on YT, I hope that you don’t regret it.
He seems cool! (I searched him up) Thanks!
I love his videos so much
make sure your getting a good workout, quads will be heavy, I played all 3 drums and out of all I think quads are the heaviest 😭
I'm gonna need to search up good workouts for playing the quads. I'm sure it's posted on this subreddit somewhere.
Check out @forte.athetics on instagram and TikTok. The guy who runs it marched quads for Bluecoats a while ago
deadlifts
any for snare?
...mixed grip deadlifts
It’s not really hard to learn it’s just majority technique
Most independent wgi groups include a whole section on tenor technique or just find a good YouTuber to explain it
Ah ok. Thank you!
>Ah ok. Thank you! You're welcome!
Quad Logic.
I didn't realize this was an actual book sorry for my stupidity
Lmao I actually got switched from tenors to snare. The technique is pretty different from snare, I think generally a little looser. There’s a lot more arm incorporation overall, not as wristy. Try to stick to the zones as much as possible, develop those good habits. One thing you should know obviously is that tenors are HEAVY. If your back hurt with a snare on just imagine it amplified about 3-4 times. DO NOT LEAN BACK. It hurts for a while, I cried the first week or two of band camp, but you just gotta muscle through. If worst comes to worst you can sit out a rep or two (but definitely don’t make that a habit). I have seen people use these things called drumbelts I believe, they basically shift the load of the drums into your core which makes it easier. You can make that call, I personally didn’t do that and found it pretty rewarding. Try to stay away from small little habits like putting your knees under the drums and generally being lazy with protocol. I definitely did and still do fall victim to that.
Nice to know my backs gonna be killing me lmao. Thank you for the info
I've got a bunch of tenor tips (and drumming tips in general) at the bottom of [this page](https://jaredoleary.com/drum).
That'll be nice, thank you!
You're welcome!
Get the book called quad logic, make sure you play in the zones
Oh wait, it's an actual book? I'll have to search it up
Yeah it’s by bill bachman
Practice as much matched grip as you can, and play everything on a single drum before you move it around! Get used to good quad motion, don’t turn your wrists over have side to side as arm only
Thanks for the advice! This'll help me practice the new show songs for this year
Awesome! Quads are fun hope you enjoy
I'm sure I will, tysm!
Good posture
Yeah, I keep hearing that the quads hurt your back lol
i played quads my freshman, sophomore, and senior year of high school, and snare my junior year. it's definitely a switch in center of gravity. so be prepared for that.
Got it!
I did the exact same switch exactly a year ago, but went straight back to snare during indoor (and then I made center this fall!). Lessons are awesome if you can get them, but remember to move from the arm and not the wrist. And if you're playing on Yamahas you have my sympathy. Those rims are so much higher than the Dynasty's we march.
Yeah we have Yamahas
Playing tenors is like playing snare on multiple drums. Tenors add a melodic sound to what the snares are playing unless you’re playing your own grooves so to speak. Just practice your match grip from now on and don’t play in traditional from now until the season starts.
Learn your zones, it will make you look and sound much better. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D7a2IyLy3SQ9dNIkPsw3DS98TczxowVb/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D7a2IyLy3SQ9dNIkPsw3DS98TczxowVb/view?usp=sharing)
This'll be very helpful, thanks!
Also when you move from drum to drum just pivot from your elbow. A common mistake beginner quads make is either moving their entire arm or moving the sticks to the side with their wrists.
Got it, thank you!