14 Modern Contest Solos: For Snare Drum

My high school son's percussion instructor directed my son to purchase this for practice. Since my son is an orchestral percussionist, I was a bit surprised that he was directed to use practice material that was apparently composed for a drummer in a marching band. However, there is no question that the skill requirements are quite high for doing these and my son is showing improvements with performing each composition.

I briefly served with Jack Pratt in the USMA Hellcats. I had a Conservatory background but could not match his knowledge and command of the American and Swiss Rudiments. I studied with Jack just before his retirement. I also played one of these solos in this book for my West Point audition. They are masterfully written and respected amongst the percussion community throughout the nation! After 50 years, my old copy was worn out. I searched Amazon and was very fortunate to find it in print!

5 starsThese snare drum solos are AWESOME! Challenging, MUSICAL (yes all caps), and FUN to play. Each solo contains many rudiments which are listed at the bottom of each piece. The phrasing used is great, alot of "over the bar" phrases, and sweet sticking patterns. GREAT book, if you do not own it and want to work on your chops this book will help tremendously. One of the best things about this book is that the solos sound awesome, are musical, and are FUN to play.These are not boring rudimental exercises like so many other snare drum solos, these are (again) VERY well written, musical, fun sounding and fun to play.One of the BEST books ever written for snare drum solos. A GREAT price, for what it is actually worth it is practically free.

Really challenging and musical snare drum solos. To play these cleanly at the recommended tempos is not easy. Each piece has one of two moves that are very challenging, at least for me, and really identify weak spots. For example, I found that my left drag at the beginning of a right ratamacue is a little too long at higher tempos, so I had to focus on that to play one of the pieces smoothly. Working diligently on these really pays of on strengthening your rudiments and putting them together in different combinations

The product is great for learning simple "marching" type solos with lots of rudiments to practice and build chops. I ordered it in very good condition, however it was in more of a ok condition. Lots of bent pages and crumpled pages, but good for price.

This was recommended by my granddaughter's drum tutor, as he was working with her on her acceptance auditions for several colleges. It is an invaluable tool for any student in marching band or symphony.

I like all of the solos, and will be playing them for school and auditions. However, I don’t like the picture quality of the scans that were made for the kindle edition. The notes are a little fuzzy and harder to read than the print edition.

If you are looking for traditional pieces to develop your rudamental chops, this book is ideal. Solos are challenging but also fun to play. A true classic that is very helpful if you want to master the fundamentals.

I have been a fan of John Pratt's scores for many years, and if you are interested in rudimental / field drumming then this book is a must.Great content and a challenge for any drummer. It's also beneficial if you have any footage of the "Hellcats" or other drummers playing thisstuff, as a play along.

Un clásico en el estudio de la caja y los rudimentos. Los solos están perfectamente concebidos para desarrollar un lenguaje fluido en el uso de los 26 rudimentos standart del PAS.

Every drummer should have this book. Rudiments like you have never seen before...musically pleasing!

I have loved this book for over 40 years. I learned to read from it, at least rudimentally. This e-version is simply an appallingly poor photocopy. The images are inconsistent, some under exposed, some over, done seemingly carelessly. The poor quality might be excusable if it was usable but on either Kindle or I-pad I found it impossible to use, as there is no facility to make page turns without resizing the image. Let me be clear this is a review of the shoddy e-version, not the original paper version which is beautifully presented and a classic collection of progressive rudimental snare solos. This e-book is a waste of money IMO. I highly recommend the paper version instead until this pathetic attempt to cash in on a classic is updated, improved or otherwise replaced sympathetically.

Il testo è ottimo, la spedizione veloce e il costo davvero contenuto. Consigliato a tutti gli appassionati delle marce old style.