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Snare Drum Cross-Sticking

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Learn To Play The Snare Drum With Cross-Sticking

In this video lesson, you are going to learn how to take any regular drum beat, and change it up by playing the snare shots with cross-sticking. This is a simple and effective way to dramatically change the dynamics of any drum beat. You'll learn the technique, and four simple beats that make use of it.

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Cross Sticking #1
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Cross Sticking #2
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Cross Sticking #3
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Cross Sticking #4

Once you've mastered cross-sticking, you can move on to the crescendo & decrescendo lesson.
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