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Audition Basics

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This course covers each area of the audition process for Berklee College of Music. Rudiments, snare drum and chart reading, and technique are all important aspects you will be asked to demonstrate your level of mastery over.

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Course Lessons

1 - Song Form

16 minutes

2 - The 13 Essential Rudiments

13 minutes

3 - The Prepared Piece

15 minutes

4 - The Drum Set Audition

4 minutes

5 - Snare Reading

6 minutes

6 - Chart Reading Interpretation

31 minutes

7 - Advanced Syncopation

13 minutes

About the Artist

John Ramsay

John Ramsay is famously known as the former head of percussion at The Berklee College Of Music. As an educator, John has also written two books, Art Blakey's Jazz Messages, and The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as Taught by Alan Dawson, published by Alfred Publishing. His Performances include Art Blakey, Gregory Hines, Wynton Marsalis, James Williams, Wallace Roney, James Moody, and many others. He has also recorded with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band, Andy McGhee, Kenny Barron, and Cecil McBee.

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