An intensive exploration of Snare Drum Rudiments
and their manifold variations. The development of a flexible and
substantial sticking technique is facilitated by the use of phonetic
notation. |
Rudimental ChoomBoonk
by Jack Van der Wyk
Rudimental
drumming is a difficult art form to learn. Most students are willing
to agree with the above statement. A second assertion that few
teachers would dispute is that rudimental drumming is a difficult art to
teach.
The author has
written this handbook of rudimental drumming in ChoomBoonk notation
for one selfish reason: He finds it wasteful to teach rudiments using only
traditional notation when it is known to him that there is an easier way,
both for the teacher and the learner. The author's own experience
has confirmed that fact in most cases. It is expected that many
rudimental teachers will be unwilling to change a method of teaching that
they have worked hard to perfect. This is very understandable and
the author would quite probably be among this group if Rudimental
ChoomBoonk had been written by someone else. We are all human,
are we not? However, it must be a truism that some initial effort is
required to make any task easier.
Happily, it will
be seen that the effort required to teach or learn in this new method is
minimal, the syllables being few and easy to remember. Also, the
precedent for learning rudiments with vocalizable syllables is ancient, as
many traditional drumming schools in various countries have had such
syllables of their own in use, not to mention the fact that many of the
rudiments themselves have been named with words formed of such syllables
that approximate the rhythm of the rudiment when spoken.
Rudimental
ChoomBoonk has been organized in accordance with the author's own bias
as to the sequence in which rudiments ought to be learned. Since
there is not a great deal of agreement among teachers on this issue, a
detailed Table of Contents is provided for those who prefer to
teach or study the rudiments in a different sequence.
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