Practice the 40 Rudiments ONLINE!

In the our largest educational project to date, Vic Firth brings you the 40 Percussive Arts Society Essential Snare Drum Rudiments! The rudiments are broken down into 5 levels so that students can track their progress with play-along audio files, there are videos of the rudiments being performed by Dr. John Wooton, along with practice suggestions from the Vic Firth Education team. Check out this great resource for students and instructors!

Rudiment Learning Sequence Handout

From Vic Firth's Logical Learning Sequence, the 40 International Rudiments are introduced in quadrants of 10, along with an application exercise and chart to help students track their progress. PDF documents are available for high-quality printing so that you can have a copy when you're away from your computer!

Brush Up on Your Reading Skills!

Vic Firth is excited to offer students and teachers around the world exposure to some of the best teaching methods and strategies. In this new feature, Mark Wessels shares 20 lessons from his best selling book, A Fresh Approach to the Snare Drum. Students of all ages will have a great time learning to read music while playing along to musical accompaniments which feature percussion instruments from around the world!

Giff Howarth's "Cyber Lessons"

Over the past 5-10 years, there has been an enormous growth in 4-mallet percussion at the high school level. Today's high school percussionists are playing literature with techniques that would only be heard at college recitals ten years ago! With the rapid increase in popularity, there comes the possibility of students moving too quickly through the learning process, or not having adequate instruction.

In these cyber lessons, Vic Firth signature artist Gifford Howarth details each step along the road to developing command and control over 4 mallet keyboard percussion technique.

Get started learning 4 mallet technique with this exciting new series!

In our most ambitious project to date, Vic Firth has teamed with Tommy Igoe to create the "Groove Essentials" - 47 drumset grooves that every serious drumset player should know. Ranging from Rock, Funk and R&B to Jazz and World, these grooves cover a broad range of styles required in today's musical repertoire.

Initially conceived as a 22 x 36" poster to hang in private studios and band rooms, the project expanded dramatically when we filmed Tommy performing each groove, as well as giving his unique insight into its application. Quicktime video and audio clips of these "mini-lessons" are available on the Vic Firth website for you or your students to check out - as are downloadable handbooks of the styles for the practice room and private lesson studio!

Learn your grooves TODAY! Click here to get started!