Links for Students
"My goal is to teach students to teach themselves."
Marc D. Mangino
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Links for Percussionists
Vicfirth.com
For percussionists, this is the leading drumstick company and educational website that links professional and amateur musicians together. The site creates a community of drummers from all percussion specialties; drum set, marching, concert and world percussion.
Evansdrumheads.com
This site features many opportunities for percussionists to explore and learn. Look into their videos for a wide array of short lessons.
Freedrumlessons.com
There many short video lessons on this site for students to watch. The categorizes range from beginner lessons to dynamic drumming and from drum set rudiments to jazz drum lessons.
YouTube.com
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel (SuperMANgino) to watch videos of my teaching and performing. Here you will have access to my teaching materials and a library of video tutorials explaining the pieces.
Snarescience.com
The premiere location for an in-depth look at the art of snare drumming. Here you can find dci transcriptions, exercises, articles and a forum with a large community of drum corps advocates.
Onlinedrummer.com
This website features video lessons teamed with videos examples to explore the many different styles of drumming. Also there are tremendous amounts of sheet music, charts and videos to explore contemporary drum set playing.
Pas.org
The "Percussive Arts Society" is an organization designed to unify the greatest percussion minds and achievements.
Steveweissmusic.com
Steve Weiss Music is your source for percussion, percussion instruments, drums, drum set, drumsticks, cymbals, sheet music and more. They have everything you could ever imagine for great, great prices!
Thelessonroom.com
A resource for all instruments with videos and articles on a wide vary of topics.
Webmetronome.com
A free metronome with a practice timer.
Drumbot.com/projects/sequence/#.UNBz8Y6Dg20
A free drum machine! This is an exciting practice tool that will help increase your timing skills and liven up your practice sessions.
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Links for Pianists
Youtube.com
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel (SuperMANgino) to watch videos of my teaching and performing. Here you will have access to my teaching materials and a library of video tutorials explaining the pieces.
Musictechteacher.com
This is a website I encourage my students to explore frequently. It features lessons, student compositions and over one hundred musical games.
Pianoadventures.com
The website for the piano method books I use for students. There a video guide for every song in the first book (use this link). http://pianoadventures.com/guide/index.html
Pianostreet.com
This is an online resource for classical sheet music. With a membership you will have access to thousands of piano pieces, recordings and forums.
Take-a-piano-sheet-music-break.com
A website with hundreds of pages of free piano sheet music. There is music in a range of styles from Classical to Christmas to Popular.
Pianoramic.blogspot.com
Hundreds of free songs by today's popular artists.
Wikifonia.org
Free lead sheets by today's popular artists.
Piano-play-it.com
An in-depth resource covering major areas of piano education. You can read tutorials or view videos on the basics of piano playing and music theory.
Gmajormusictheory.org
A collection of supplemental material organized into seven progressive levels, from 1st pieces to Keyboard Classics.
Vicfirth.com/education/keyboard/speednotereading.html
A note naming game for the treble clef.
Trainer.thetamusic.com/en/content/music-training-games
Features games for music theory training.
Agame.com/games/music/music.html
Features games (for the younger student) to aid with musical understanding.
Webpianoteacher.com
A membership based website featuring hundreds of video lessons on popular piano music.
Webmetronome.com
A free metronome with a practice timer.
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Links for Drum Lines
Marching Percussion 101
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/percussion101-marching.php
Vic Firth's Education Resource Center
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/
Snare Science
http://www.snarescience.com/index.php
Obsessive Compulsive Percussion Disorder
http://www.jaredoleary.com/Drumline_Sheet_Music.html
http://www.jaredoleary.com/MRHS.html
http://www.jaredoleary.com/MRHS.html
Rudiments
http://www.vicfirth.com/exchange/2011/03/18/rudiments-single-stroke-roll/
Hybrid Rudiments
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/hybrid_rudiments.php
Drum Line Videos
http://www.youtube.com
Search: Supermangino.
On my page I have several playlists:
Drum Corps - Drumlines
Drum Corps - Shows
Drum Corps - Tutorials
Search: Supermangino.
On my page I have several playlists:
Drum Corps - Drumlines
Drum Corps - Shows
Drum Corps - Tutorials
Metronome
http://www.webmetronome.com/
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Links for Pit Percussionists
General
Vic Firth's Education Resource Center
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/
Marching Percussion 101
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/percussion101-marching.php
Percussive Arts Society
http://www.pas.org/TEACH/teach.aspx
Metronome
http://www.webmetronome.com/
Mallets
Percussion 101
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/percussion101-concertKeyboard.php
Note Reading
Vicfirth.com/education/keyboard/speednotereading.html
4 Mallet Video Lessons
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/keyboard/howarth.php
Auxiliary Percussion
Rudiments
http://www.vicfirth.com/exchange/2011/03/18/rudiments-single-stroke-roll/
Percussion 101
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/percussion101.php
Timpani
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/keyboard/mallet/Timpani.pdf
Drum Set Groove Essentials
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/drumset/GrooveEssentials.php