Snare Essentials

Master the Marching Snare Drum
Snare Essentials is the perfect companion to Geoff Fry’s Snare Essentials course, designed to help you master marching snare drum exercises. The app includes all the exercises from the course, plus a growing collection of bonus exercises exclusive to the app. You can also view full sheet music for each exercise to make it easier to learn. Geoff Fry—who has over 20 years of teaching experience, marched with The Blue Devils and The Cadets, and served on the Bluecoats staff—curated these exercises to help you refine your technique, timing, and control.
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Explore all features with a free 7-day trial. See how Snare Essentials enhances your practice, and then choose the subscription or purchase option that suits you best.
70 Snare Drum Exercises—and growing!
Snare Essentials includes all 34 exercises from the Snare Essentials course:
8 On A Hand
Cat Coffee
Stick Control
Accents And Taps
Double Beat
Chicken Roll
Chicken And A Roll Triplet
Paradiddle Nightmare
Flam Flam
Gallop
Pugada Dudupa
Flam Tap Builder
Flam Accent Builder
16th Timing
Float Flam Drags
Para Pug
Paradiddle 6 4 2
Triplet Grid
Triplet Diddle
Down Up Flams
Down Up Flams - Flam Drags
7 8 Singles
Drip
Drip Flam Drags
Drip Cheese
Poof
7 8 Inverts
7 8 Invert Cheese
Mill Time
Fubarz
Herta Builder Grid
16th Note Grid
Tap 5s
WD 40 Rolls
Bonus exercises:
BD 8s
BD Flams
Buc A Dic’s
Cheesy Poofs
Chucky Diddles
Chucky Flams
Chucky Flam Taps
Chucky Rolls
Decay
Deejay Diddles
Double Beat V2
Double Beat V3
Drip Choo Choo
Flammus
Four Five
Four Five Rolls
Four Five Tap Rolls
Irish Spring
Mutha Trucker
Mutha Trucker Cheese
Mutha Trucker Drags
Pantera
16th Note Diddle
16th Note Diddle V2
16th Note Grid Swung
Suzi
Suzi Cheese
Triplet Partials
Two Camps
Two Camps Rolls
12 On A Hand
Who Put The Suvin In The Queso
Dartmouth Marching Band 2024:
Double Beat
Flam Thing
Roll Exercise
Single Beats
Authentic Drum Sounds and Perfect Playback
Practice along with flawless performances of each exercise, enhanced by lifelike drum sounds—including a custom HTS snare drum. It’s like having a mentor play along with you, ensuring each part is executed perfectly every time.
Dynamic Metronome with Advanced Controls
Fast-track your progress with a fully customizable metronome. Choose continuous or auto-increasing tempos, set custom ramps, and adjust repetitions to suit your needs.
Track Your Progress
Monitor your improvement, set goals, and stay motivated with practice plans and session logs, all securely synced across your Apple devices via iCloud.
Built for Apple Devices
Designed to take full advantage of Apple’s hardware and software capabilities, Snare Essentials provides a smooth, immersive drumming experience for drummers of all levels.
Trusted by Dedicated Drummers
From beginners to experienced players, Snare Essentials is trusted by drummers who value precision and quality in their practice routines.
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