Below you will find links to the videos that accompany the snare drum/hand technqiue lessons given during lessons both at schools and privately. The videos are the same ones watched during the lessons. Just click on each link to watch the video or go to the accompanying page for the excercises to practice. The pages will tell you how to practice each excercise.  You can also subscribe to these videos as podcasts via the Vic Firth website or through itunes - just search for Mark Wessels' A Fresh Approach to the Snare Drum Video Lessons. The rudiments poster referred to in some of the lessons is available to buy through my online shop.

INTRODUCTION :-

Gripping the Sticks - click here and select Video Topic 5.

Learn the REBOUND Stroke - click here and select Video Topic 6.

LESSON 1:-

Technique Excercise 1 - 8 on a hand - click here and select Video Topic 1. Make sure you also download the pdf chart showing this and other excercises by clicking on the link above the video list.

Single Stroke Roll - click here and choose Video Topic 2

Double Stroke Roll - click here and choose Video Topic 3

Stick Control Excercises - click here and choose Video Topic 4

Essential Musical Terms and Symbols - click here and choose Video Topic 5