how to do a snare roll?

[jeremyrozario]

like dey do in the military band, i wanna learn for fun, i'm a guitarist btw and i dun haf a snare to practice on

 

[Marlb0r0]

Those rolls are called press/buzz rolls.

Best Using traditonal grip. The trick is, hard fast bouncy sounds but in a relax manner on the wrist. Takes practise to do it. Then from there, play with dynamics.... Loud to Soft and vice versa. By hitting at the different positions on the snare... you can achieve different tonal variants.

If you don't have a snare, you can practise it on a table or on any hard surface.

All the best.

 

[turbochicken]

actually

i was taught snaredrum bounce rolls aren't just about pressing.

personally,

match grip with palms side would be more favourable for beginners or the equivalent, coz then you wouldn't have to learn the bounce roll from 2 different stickholding angles (or whatever you call it).

try holding the stick in your hand and letting it just drop onto the snare / table. don't use books for this. watch it as it bounces off the surface; first hit hardest, then second and third the lightest - almost with no bounce (some may get fourths, depending on the weight of your stick).

then apply some pressure between your thumb and index as you drop the stick and try to get the bounces to be more obvious and balanced.

when you can do that, try applying more pressure. this should enable you to control the bounce of the stick - afterwhich you can try getting 2 strokes per hit (bounced of course) or even 3.

this way, you'd learn better versatility in producing dynamics with your snareroll - instead of just pressing damn hard and harder when you want it louder. you'd only kill the bounce that way but perhaps some don't realise.

hope it helps.