Yamaha Drum Score DTX 402 Series, Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...DTX 402 SERIES Drum Score Instruction ...

Page 2: ...ries Additionally you can use DTX402 Touch a dedicated iOS Android application for the DTX402 Series to view example videos of performances by the authors An example of a sequence chart as used in this document Numbering 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 Count Right hand hi hat Left hand snare Right foot bass drum How to Read the Sequence Chart The notes that form the basis of a rhythm pattern or fill are a...

Page 3: ...and hi hat 3 Strike with the right hand hi hat and left hand snare at the same time 4 Strike with only the right hand hi hat 5 8 have the same phrasing as 1 4 so you have it down once you can play 1 4 continuously 2 Once you are able to play the above pattern move on to counting aloud while playing to get the feel For example for the 8th Note Feel count it out to feel the beat of the 8th notes You...

Page 4: ...riking the drum by using just those two fingers at first Right Wrong Use the remaining three fingers to lightly support the stick Gripping tightly with these three fingers will cause the following problems Tiring out while playing Stick not rebounding off the drum ruining the sound Striking from the arm without using the wrist Ideally there should be a bit of space between the stick and the palm w...

Page 5: ...e you begin playing Right Wrong Form Hold the sticks in an upside down V shape When doing so make sure that the sticks and forearms are in line Then lower the arms so that the tips of the sticks are above the center of the drum head Getting Ready to Play TIPS The playing style described above is called matched grip There is also the traditional grip also known as orthodox grip As the degree of dif...

Page 6: ...our foot push the pedal down so that the beater is touching the drum head This is the ready position for the bass drum pedal There are two basic techniques for stepping on the pedals Sitting on the Throne Stepping on the Pedals Lower your heel and play by stepping on the pedal using your ankle It is easy to play quietly with this technique but difficult to maintain a powerful sound Raise your heel...

Page 7: ...drum head However it is hard to keep your balance playing in this difficult style so we will not go into it here Position yourself as pictured above with the sticks crossed over each other Your right hand plays the hi hat while your left hand plays the snare below it Left handed drummers may position themselves without crossing the sticks so that the left hand plays the hi hat and the right hand p...

Page 8: ...drum Notation High tom Tom1 Crash cymbal Crash cymbal High tom Mid tom Hi hat cymbal Snare drum Hi hat cymbal Snare drum Mid tom Tom2 Low tom Tom3 Bass drum Ride cymbal Ride cymbal Low tom Bass drum Name of each part of the drum ...

Page 9: ...9 Name of each part of the stick Notation Tip Grip Shoulder Grip end ...

Page 10: ...10 POP 1 01 SCORE 114 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 11: ...11 01 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 12: ...ical sense of the performer In Japan it is also referred to as okazu side dish because it adds a spicy flavor to the tune The fill s main role is to raise the energy level by accenting the accompaniment and is often used to transition to the next part of the tune The rhythm pattern of Rehearsal Mark B adds a bass drum at the 4 position phrases start by practicing the basic pattern fo Rehearsal Mar...

Page 13: ...s Practice repeatedly with a metronome First practice right hand left hand and once you get the hang of it add in the right foot and maintain a quarter note rhythm Stick Control 16th Note variation From here below we will consider the RLRL alternating as in above as the standard 1 e a Count Right hand snare Left hand snare This does not have the fourth beat from Practice repeatedly with a metronom...

Page 14: ...rase gives you the hi hat rhythm from Rehearsal Mark A in POP2 page 16 Playing and in succession gives you the fill for the 3rd and 4th beat in the 4th bar of Rehearsal Mark A Playing and in succession gives you the fill for the 3rd and 4th beat in the 4th bar of Rehearsal Mark B While practicing pay attention to keeping an even stick height between both hands and not letting just the right hand g...

Page 15: ... and feet is called a hand foot combination Rehearsal Mark A 8th Bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 Numbering Count Right hand hi hat Left hand snare Right foot bass drum Rehearsal Mark B 8th Bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 Numbering Count Right hand hi hat Left hand snare Right foot bass drum Fill 2 Hand foot combinations 01 SCORE ...

Page 16: ...16 POP 2 02 SCORE 112 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 17: ...17 02 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 18: ...nd hi hat Right foot bass drum The right hand switches to the snare at 5 and 13 Make sure you keep in time with the bass drum When switching from the hi hat to the snare the right hand should be a downward stroke from above and not come in at an angle This rhythm pattern uses a fill from POP1 Stick Control page 14 Next is a rhythm pattern using the fill explained in POP1 Stick Control page 13 Pay ...

Page 19: ...s not have the 3rd beat from Stick Control page 13 Practice repeatedly with a metronome until you are able to maintain the rhythm This phrase does not have the 1st or 4th beats from Stick Control page 13 The phrase can also be thought of as missing the 1st beat from Stick Control page 13 Alternating between page 13 and page 19 makes it easy to understand Rehearsal Mark B 8th bar Fill ...

Page 20: ...20 ROCK 1 03 SCORE 90 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 21: ...21 03 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 22: ... 12 13 14 15 16 3 e a 4 e a Rehearsal Mark A 2nd Bar Rehearsal Mark B Numbering 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 Count Right hand ride Left hand snare Right foot bass drum The hi hat uses 8th note rhythm patterns but the bass drum has a 16th note feel Adding in the bass drum at 2 gives you the rhythm pattern for Rehearsal Mark B Rhythm Patterns ...

Page 23: ...n things like the flam accent which combines the right foot and snare left hand Fill Flam Accent Rehearsal Mark B 8th Bar Rhythmic articulation refers to effectively adding variations of musical phrasing to add color when a rhythm starts to become monotonous Examples of this can be found in the 4th bar of Rehearsal Mark A and the 8th Bar of Rehearsal Mark B We will introduce rhythmic articulation ...

Page 24: ...24 ROCK 2 04 SCORE 146 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 25: ...25 04 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 26: ...rum with a triplet feel This rhythm pattern is based on triplets so the numbering goes up to 12 The main point here is playing 3 and 9 with a triplet feel Rhythm Patterns Rehearsal Mark A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 a 2 a 3 9 10 11 12 a 4 a Numbering Count Right hand hi hat Left hand snare Right foot bass drum Rehearsal Mark B Rehearsal Mark A 7th Bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 a 2 a 3 Numbering Count Right hand rid...

Page 27: ...a Numbering Count Right hand snare Left hand snare Stick Control Triplets The timing of quarter note triplets in two beats is 1 3 and 5 in the sequence chart In other words use the pattern of the left hand taken from Stick Control page 27 Practice by swinging in the air with the left hand at 2 4 and 6 in the sequence chart until you get the precise timing down Rhythmic Articulation 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 a...

Page 28: ...28 METAL 05 SCORE 110 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 29: ...29 05 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 30: ...th feet 3 Practice using the right hand along with both feet 4 Practice all together This sequence chart starts from the right foot but you can also start from the left foot Pay attention to keeping the beat at 3 7 11 and 15 where three strokes right hand left hand right foot occur simultaneously Rehearsal Mark A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 e a 2 e a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 e a 4 e a Numbering Count Right ...

Page 31: ...31 05 SCORE MEMO ...

Page 32: ...32 FUNK 06 SCORE 120 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 33: ...33 06 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 34: ...at Left hand snare Right foot bass drum Playing 13 14 15 13 14 15 4 e Numbering Count Right hand hi hat Left hand snare Right foot bass drum This is the same combination as in 5 6 7 13 14 15 in Rehearsal Mark A of ROCK1 The timing can easily slip at the following two points if the right hand ends up matching the foot so focus your attention on these two points Start out with a slow tempo and gradu...

Page 35: ...performer generally matches that rhythm In this song the 8th notes are divided up into groups of three using the rhythmic articulation described by the score below Rhythmic Articulation Rehearsal Mark B 8th Bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 e a 2 e a Numbering Count Right hand snare Left hand snare Right foot bass drum 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 e a 4 e a ...

Page 36: ...36 HIP HOP 07 SCORE 130 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 37: ...37 07 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 38: ...ring Count Right hand ride Left hand snare Right foot bass drum Rehearsal Mark B 1st Bar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 Numbering Count Right hand hi hat Left hand snare Right foot bass drum The right foot at 8 is in the 4th bar of Rehearsal Mark A The right hand left foot and right foot are all played simultaneously at 5 so be sure to keep them in sync Practice with a metronome so you don t lose the tem...

Page 39: ... switches from tom 1 to tom 2 The score below shows 16th notes divided up into threes This 16th note group of three page 35 is one kind of rhythm often used for rhythmic articulation within a tune Fill 07 SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 e a 2 e a Numbering Count Right hand Left hand 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 e a 4 e a snare hi hat hi hat hi hat snare tom1 tom1 tom2 ...

Page 40: ...40 EDM 08 SCORE 124 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 41: ...41 08 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 42: ...t hand hi hat Left hand snare Right foot bass drum The hi hat plays 8th notes as back beats This phrase leaves out the 2nd and 3rd beats from page 13 EDM is short for Electronic Dance Music 1 e a Count Right hand snare Left hand snare Stick Control 16th note variation Rhythmic Articulation ...

Page 43: ...he 1st and 3rd beat from page 13 This phrase uses only the 2nd beat from page 13 1 e a Count Right hand snare Left hand snare 1 e a Count Right hand snare Left hand snare Stick Control 16th note variation Stick Control 16th note variation ...

Page 44: ...44 JAZZ 09 SCORE 132 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 45: ...45 09 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 46: ...ng the heel down technique Add an accent with the ride cymbal at 4 and 10 This song uses two basic swing patterns Swing resembles shuffle but the differences can be seen in the score below Rehearsal Mark A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 a 2 a 3 Numbering Count Right hand hi hat Left foot hi hat close 9 10 11 12 a 4 a Rehearsal Mark B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 a 2 a 3 Numbering Count Right hand ride Left foot hi hat cl...

Page 47: ...47 Refer to Stick Control Triplets page 27 There is some degree of difficulty but keep the triplet timing tight when practicing Fill 09 SCORE ...

Page 48: ...48 LATIN 10 SCORE 90 8th Note Tempo Feel ...

Page 49: ...49 10 SCORE Lesson phrases ...

Page 50: ...fit within the length of one 8th note Rehearsal Mark A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 e a 2 e a Numbering Count Right hand hi hat Left hand hi hat Right foot bass drum 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 e a 4 e a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 e a 2 e a Numbering Count Left hand crash Right hand snare 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 e a 4 e a tom3 Rehearsal Mark B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 e a 2 e a Numbering Count Right hand ride cowbell Left han...

Page 51: ...member of the teaching staff at the Yamaha Music Foundation responsible for teacher training and textbook development Trains key teachers and instructors in 18 countries including Japan the United States the United Kingdom Germany Italy France Mexico Australia and the UAE and has worked to establish music schools internationally As a drum teacher works to train the next generation and promote musi...

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