Tread lightly into this comment section, for there are many high schoolers who can't get over the fact that the professional musicians in this video aren't using the same technique taught by their drumline instructor.
The comments critiquing the snare players technique pain me, a lot of them don’t understand that orchestral drumming is waaay different from highschool drumming, or that these people have been mastering their craft for years and know what they’re doing.
i’m sure that the percussionists of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra have waited their entire careers of probably 15-20+ years of training and perfecting their craft and sound to hear this life changing comment about their technique. Thanks, Daulton!
I knowwwww. Hard to believe that such poor technique is present in a major orchestra like that. He's the one with that job and not me so I gotta respect that but it just looks and sounds so tense to me.
Amazing! You know I hate about a lot of people? They always think percussion is easy, but the way they visualize makes it seem easy. They think it’s only hitting and smashing thinks together. Non-percussionists should should see what they are missing out on
@@matthewpaluch777 The best model of cannon that you can get is the Vic Firth Heavy Hitter Civil War Model, but it weighs like 3.2 tons, so you're going to have to get some of your buddies to help you getting it onstage. However, if you're too broke to afford a cannon or too weak to carry it in (shame on you), you could use a wooden beater or a hard felt beater on a bass drum. Doesn't have the same effect though.
Heads up: 1. Orchestral technique and marching technique are stark opposites. 2. Tension is not always bad. The snare drum was doing upstrokes to get a staccato sound out of the drum. 3. Orchestra rolls are about getting a sustained sound. This is often done by keeping your hands and fingers still and using your arms to manipulate the bounce.
Before Band: Me: "Ew! Percussion? Woodwinds sound way more fun!" A Month After Band Starts: Me: "Okay, I like being a percussionist. Not worrying about when to breathe, not having to put your instrument together. This is amazing!"
1 time I had to be the percussionist and after the concert, all my friends were like did you actually play anything and I was like are you serious? cuz like I was the only percussionist and so I had to play cowbell, symbols, snare, Tamborine, the big kong and other stuff and now I know that there is way more job being a percussionist than being a simple trumpet tube or so on XD
Joe Smith his technique is horrid. He’s way to stiff, having pretty much zero wrist movement. If he played anything at a faster pace it would just fall apart.
You seriously think he didn’t have to play anything faster on snare drum when he auditioned? Do you have any idea how rigorous the audition process is / how many people he beat to win his job? His technique works perfectly fine for him.
The tradition is to play loud and random notes in that spot. That’s Josh Jones - he just won Principal Percussion of the Kansas City Symphony, and is one of the best players in the field at the moment. Trust me - he wasn’t “off”.
Exactly what I was thinking. But i like to say that technique doesn’t need to be correct, he is able to play cleanly so it must be work8mg out for him.
Some of the only people still basically mandated to wear formal clothing to work and they can't even iron their shirts or tuck them in properly? Jesus.
