Golden Empire Drum & Bugle Corps 2018 Battery Audition Packet

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1 Goden Empie Dum & Buge Cops 201 Battey Audition Packet Photo Steve yan

2 Dea Appicant, Congatuations on taking you fist step towads being a pat of the Goden Empie Dum & Buge Cops! I m vey excited that you want to join the cops, and I hope you audition expeience is one that is infomative, chaenging, and utimatey positive! What this packet IS: The foowing audition packet wi povide you with some peiminay info ando execises that wi hep you pepae fo the wokshopauditions that wi take pace soon. Some of these execises wi be used a season, and othes may ony be used as suppementa mateia. You shoud become famiia with the mateia but be eady fo additiona info at the wokshop. What this packet is NOT: This packet is not a compehensive coection of the technique pogam you wi be eaning this season. We wi suppement this with moe advanced execises and of couse a weath of pactica hands-on taining thoughout the season. We don t expect you to be abe to pefom this mateia pefecty at auditions. Dum cops is a about woking had to be the best we can be and that is an ongoing pocess. Next steps: Fi out the inteest fom at gepefomingats.ogjoin if you haven t aeady. Downoad & eview the audition packet beow fo you section and stat to pepae fo auditions. egiste fo camp at gepefomingats.ogegiste Check gepefomingats.og fo additiona info, FAQs, and any updates. Pepae to bing you $0 audition fee to camp. Attend camp eady to ean, wok had, and have fun! Thanks again fo taking the fist step towads a chaenging and ewading expeience! I ook fowad to meeting you in peson at auditions. If you have any questions at a pease contact me pesonay at theasey@gepefomingats.og o ca Sinceey, Tim Heasey Diecto, Goden Empie Dum & Buge Cops

3 Thank you fo you inteest in the Goden Empie Dum & Buge Cops! This audition packet wi contain a unified technique beakdown and basic wam-ups that you wi need to be successfu fo you audition. Once again, thanks fo you inteest and BEST OF UCK! - GE Pecussion Staff Things to have eadybing fo auditions: Audition Packet Sticksmaets unning Shoes (NO Skate Shoes) Wate Jug OPEN MIND ecommended mateias: Dum pads Thee ing binde w sheet potectos What we ae ooking fo in a pospective membe of Goden Empie: Sound Quaity Timing Technique Musicianship Attitude Atheticism esponsibiity Not ony do we ook fo amazing dummes and athetes, but most impotanty we ook fo geat peope to be aound who ae eady to ean, wok had, and have an open mind to what the activity may entai. You position in this ensembe wi be evauated by how we you ae pepaed with the mateia in this packet in addition to you abiity to mach and pick up new mateia in a timey fashion. If you have questions about any of the content in this packet, o if thee is anything that you need to make the staff awae of befoe auditions, pease do not hesitate to contact: Dave Eis daviddums@ao.com Efen Gutieez efen.gutieez92@hotmai.com

4 The Pocess The audition wi be boken down into thee pats: 1. Individua evauation You wi be evauated individuay on udimenta dumming and basic ski set on you paticua instument. Bass dums might be sighty diffeent. 2. Ensembe pefomance In the ensembe envionment, we wi be ooking fo you abiity to bend, baance, and adapt.. Visua pefomance You wi be evauated on you basics skis sets of maching and othe visua eated subjects. Suggestions: Pepaation Wok unti you ae famiia and comfotabe with a of the audition mateia. Use a metonome. Be abe to mak time to a the audition mateia. Audition Keep in mind that you ae auditioning at a times. Be pofessiona. Be sue to ask questions if you ae confused about anything you ae being asked to pay. Stay mentay engaged thoughout the ENTIE pocess.

5 Dynamics: This wi be the dynamic specifications and height system that we as a staff have estabished and wi be impementing this season at GE: pp = 1 (gace notes) p = mp = 6 mf = 9 f = ff = 15 (vetica) NOTE: Bass dums wi use a sighty diffeent system but SHOUD sti be famiia with this system.

6 TECHNIQUE Snae Dum: When stiking the dum, aways ead with the bead of the stick; impementing finges, wist, AND foeam.! They shoud a wok equay and efficienty. ight am shoud be comfotabe to whee the ight hand is neithe too fat (Geman gip) no too vetica (Fench gip). A the finges in the ight hand shoud be in contact at a times. eft thumb, index and ing finges shoud be in contact at a times. Midde and pinky finges maintain eaxed thoughout. eft foeam shoud be paae to the gound o cose to paae. And eft ebow shoud be about a fist away fom side of body. Teno Dums: ead fist thee buet points of the snae dum technique, and appy to both hands. You shoud have a sighty downwad ange to the dumheads. Beads shoud not but above the wists. Set position shoud be ove dum 1 and dum 2. Sighty outside of cente. When moving to the outside dums, pivot fom ebow NOT the wist. Maintain the same hand shape no matte what dum you ae going to stike. Pu back SIGHTY to stike the spock dums. Check zone diagam beow:

7 Bass Dums: ead buet points 1 and of the snae dum technique. And appy to BOTH hands. Foeam shoud be paae to the gound. Wist shoud maintain a neuta position. Sighty inwad ange to the dumhead. You shoud appoach stiking the dum as if the wist wee knocking on a doo. NOTE: This is a bief oveview of technique. A moe detaied Technique wi be futhe discussed and defined in peson at the auditions by each individua tech staff.

8 Tenos- ean a on dum 2 Bass- ean snae pat Vaiations: #1-As is #2-Accent vaiation (See next page) Eights Efen Gutieez Snae Dum Maching Teno Dums Maching Bass Dum œ œ O V V V V V V V V V V V V œ œ œ œ O œ œ O œ œ V V V V V V V V œ œ œ V V V V œ œ V V V œ œ O œ œ œ O œ œ œ œ œ œ O œ œ œ œ V V V œ œ Copyight EG V V œ œ V V V œ Œ Ó O œ œ œ O œ œ Œ Ó œ œ V V V œ œ V V V Œ Ó

9 Cygnus Stokes BC Staff Snae Dum Maching Teno Dums 2x x œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ q = x x œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ x 2x 2x œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœ x 2x 2x œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœ œ œ œœœœœœœ œ œ œ œ O œ œœœœœœœ œ 9 1-d time ending th time ending œœœœœœœœœœœœ 2 9 œœœœœœœœ16 œœœœœœœœœ œœœ œ j œ j œ œ œ 2 9 œœœœœ œœœ œœœ œ œœœœœ œœœ œ 16 œœœœ œœœ œ œ œœœ œ j œ j œ œ Copyight EG

10 Cygnus Stoke Maching Bass Dum V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœœ œœœœœœ œœ œœœœ œ œœ œœœ 2 9 V œ œ V V 16 V œ œ GE Staff V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V œ œ V V V V V V V V œ œ VVVVVVVV œ œœœœœœœœœ VVVVVVVVœ œœœœœœ V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V VVVV œ œvvvvœœœœœœœœ VVVV œ œ VVVV œ œœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœœœœœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ 1- times th time ending ^ œ f V V

11 Scoe BC DOUBE BEAT Dave Eis [Aange] Snae Tenos œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ o o Basses œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Cymba ine 5 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Tn. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Cym. 5 Tn. 9 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ x^ œ x^ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ x^ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ x ^ œ œ B B B B œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ x œ œ œ œ œ œ x œ œ Cym. 9

12 Tn. 2 1 ^j x œ œ x^ œ œ x^ œ œ ^j x x^ x^ œ œ œ œ œ œ B j x œ œ œ œ œ [Tite] œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ B B œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ B B œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Cym. 1 7 Tn. 17 œ œ œ œ œ œ x^ x^ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ x^ œ œ œ x^ œ B B œ œ œ œœœ œ Œ Œ Œ œ Œ Œ Œ B œ Œ Œ Œ Cym. 17 2

13 Paadiddes SnaeTeno Dums Maching Bass Dum œ œœœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ q. = V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ epeat:fip the bass spits. Unisons off the eft. V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V 6 œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœœ œ Œ Œ Œ V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Œ Œ Œ Copyight CDEG

14 Backbeat SnaeTenos Bass Dums ST ST ST œœœœœœœœœœœœ œ æ œ æ œœ æ œœœ æ œ æ œœ æ œœ œœœœœœœœœœœœœ æ œ æ œœ æ œœœ æ œ æ œ æ VVVVVVVVVVVV VVVV VVVV VVVVVVVVVVVV V VVVV V VV ^ ^ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ V V V V V V V V ^ ^ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ œ œ æ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ V V V V V V V j V ^ œœœœœœ œœœœœ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œœœœœœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œœ Œ V V V j V œœœœ œœ œœœœ œœœœ œœ œœ œœ œœœ œœ œ œœ œ œ œœ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœœœ œœœœ œœ œœ œœ œœœœ œ Œ Œ GE Staff

15 Snae & Teno Fams With and without dags Dave Eis [Aange] 7 œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ 9 9 œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ 7 œ œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 5 œ œ! œ œ œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ œ œ œ! œ œ 10 œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ œ œ œ! œ œ œ! œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ Ó

16 BASSic Execises Snae Dum ff-p q = GE Staff œ œ Œ Ó q = 150 q = 150 q = 150 f... œœœœœœœ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œœœœœœœ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œœœœœœœœœœœœ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ p... Shot-Shot-ong (Dupe) Shot-Shot-ong (Tipe) f (2x thu) œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ æ œ Tipet Timing (2x thu) œœœœœœœœœœœ œ œœœœœœœœœœœœ œœ œ j œ j œ j œ j œ j œœœœœœ œœœœœœœœ œ j œ j œœœœœœ œœœœœœœœ œ j œ j œ œ œ j œ j œ Œ Œ Œ q = 150 "ama taps" œœ œœœ œœœ œœ œ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ f œœœœœœœœ œœœœœœœœœœœœ œ j œ j œ j œ j œœ œœ œœ œœ œ Œ Ó Copyight GE

17 Cymba Auditions Basic Timing 16th Timing Maching Cymbas œœœœ œ œ œ œ œ j œ j œ j œ j œ œ œ œ th note spits - A œ th note spits - B œ Tipet Timing œ j œ j œ j œ j œ j œ j œ j œ j œ j œ j œ j œ j Tipet Spits Notes: -Cash types wi be specified as pe instucto's discetion. -Spit pats wi be assigned on the spot. Be pepaed fo any patias assigned to you. -Mak time. Copyight BCGE