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Free Drumline Warmups & Free Drumline Cadences!
Download and use these free drumline warm-ups, exercises, and music with your group!
🔔 Patrick R. F. Blakley is DrumlineWarmups.com – Here are the free drumline warmups and free drumline cadences you’ve been looking for! These creative and fun drumline exercises, sheet music, snare warmups, songs, music, drumline cadences, and street beats are composed for all skill levels (elementary, beginner, intermediate, and advanced) and even include audio examples! Download the PDF and use these exercises with your group at no cost, nothing, nada, zilch, etc! Each warmup and exercise builds upon the previous one and they’re great learning tools to progress through and develop your skills and technique. This is an entirely free drumline warmup routine and exercise program! New warmups and drumline cadences are added fairly often. Currently, you can find 250+ drumline warmups, exercises, sight-reading passages, and pit/drumset exercises on this site, all for free!
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Below are each of the free drumline warmups, exercises, drumline cadences, and street beats divided into three separate skill levels which let you find the right amount of difficulty for the application you need. This will improve percussion performance and confidence! Also included is an on-field warmup to prepare for the marching band show or indoor competition. There’s even a warmdown that slowly loosens your muscles at the end of a long day! This music is based on history and tradition as well as modern drumming styles that create the best of both percussive worlds! Some of the drumline warmups are even compatible with the pit warmups as well (as noted below). If you’re short on time and need to warm up the entire percussion ensemble at once, you have all the necessary tools right here for free! Whether you’re looking for snare warmups, drumline exercises, or a pre-built percussion instructional packet, we got you covered! Print them out and use each of these free drumline warmups with your group!
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▶️ You’ll also be eligible for a free drum book giveaway each quarter called The Quarterly Note! ◀️
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Don’t miss the FREE pit warmups and the FREE drumset exercises too!
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‼️ Use these warmups and exercises with the Performance-Ready Method: Learn about this efficient method here!
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1. Elementary Exercise Pack:
Eighths, Sixteenths, Doubles, Paradiddles 🎵
(All four of these exercises are compatible with each other,
meaning they can be played at the same time, if needed.)
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2. Eighths:
(All compatible with pit Eighths)
(Beginner) Tenor Crossover Symmetry 🎵
(Intermediate) Tenor Crossover Asymmetry 🎵
(Advanced) Tenor Crossover B Symmetry 🎵
(Chaos version) Tenor Crossover C SymmemmyS 🎵
Exhibit B (Eighths Variation) 🎵
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3a. Stand-Alone Variations:
PACKET EXCLUSIVE: Beginner Off Blast 🎵
PACKET EXCLUSIVE: Intermediate Off Blast 🎵
PACKET EXCLUSIVE: Advanced Off Blast 🎵
PACKET EXCLUSIVE: Off Blast Bucks 🎵
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3b. Rudimental Evidence Locker:
“Where Similar Sounds Stand Trial!”
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GET A PHYSICAL COPY OF ALL THESE EXHIBITS AND MORE HERE!
Exhibit A (Triplets vs. Dotted Eighths) 🎵
Exhibit B (Sixteenth Singles vs. Diddles) 🎵
Exhibit C (Diddles vs. Padatas) 🎵
Exhibit D (PHYSICAL COPY EXCLUSIVE!) 🎵
Exhibit E (Swiss Triplets vs. Inverted Rolls) 🎵
Exhibit F (Hertas vs. Diddles) 🎵
Exhibit G (Flam Taps vs. Inverted Flam Taps) 🎵
Exhibit H (PHYSICAL COPY EXCLUSIVE!) 🎵
Exhibit I (Floppies vs. Diddles) 🎵
Exhibit J (Accented Sixteenths vs. Accented Triplets) 🎵
Exhibit K (PHYSICAL COPY EXCLUSIVE!) 🎵
Exhibit L (Paradiddle Taps vs. Fivelets) 🎵
(Submit your own “Exhibit” suggestions here!)
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4. Singles Placement Control:
Intermediate – Work Placement 🎵
Intermediate – Alternate Work Placement (Single Stroke Rolls) 🎵
Advanced – Alternate Work Placement (Single Stroke Rolls) 🎵
(Compatible with Beginner Roll Program)
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5. Heights / Accents:
Beginner – New Heights 🎵
(Compatible with pit New Heights)
Intermediate – New Heights 🎵
(Compatible with pit New Heights)
Advanced – New Heights 🎵
(Compatible with pit New Heights)
New Heights (Flam On One) 🎵
(Compatible with pit New Heights)
I Know What You Grid Last Summer 🎵
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These warmups are free to use. If you find them useful,
buying me a coffee is a great way to say thanks. ☕
6. Multiples / Doubles:
Intermediate – Double Action 🎵
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7. Paradiddles:
Tony, Think Of A Clever Title For This Paradiddle One 🎵
Tony, I Need You To Name This Paradiddle Version Too 🎵
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8. Rolls:
Advanced – Roll Program (Alternate) 🎵
Tenor Roll Patterns 🎵
(Use with any roll exercises)
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9. Flams:
Beginner – Flams (Alternate) 🎵
Intermediate – Flåm Norway 🎵
(Compatible with pit Flåm Norway)
Advanced – Flåm Norway 🎵
(Compatible with pit Flåm Norway)
I Know What You Grid Last Summer (Flam on One) 🎵
I Still Know What You Grid Last Summer 🎵
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10. Longform Drumline Warmups:
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11. On-Field:
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12. Warmdown:
Sixteenths
(Compatible with pit Sixteenths)
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13. Overall Assessments:
Torque Test (Full Score) 🎵
(A tractor-pull-style drumline assessment.)
Torque Test (Snare Drum Part) 🎵
(A tractor-pull-style snareline assessment.)
Torque Test (Tenor Drum Part) 🎵
(A tractor-pull-style tenorline assessment.)
Torque Test (Bass Drum Part) 🎵
(A tractor-pull-style bassline assessment.)
Sight Reading Level Assessments
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Check out my favorite warmups and exercises above on the DRUMR app! Learn them faster and drum better!
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Pay what you want for a 326-page drumline warmup pack!
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Don’t forget to check out all the above warmups, plus much, MUCH more in the pre-build pit and drumline warmup packet! You can pay whatever you want for this 326-page book consisting of multiple ability level exercises, a technique outline, and strategic learning guides. It even includes several fun and groovy drum cadences too! Pit, this book also includes numerous songs that can be played as a full section as warmups as well! There are even exercises that combine the drumline and pit together to save time in short rehearsals! Physical copies are available too, so check out this fantastic drumline tool and don’t start your marching band season without it! Need warmups really soon? You can download it instantly right now!
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FREE drumming sight reading level assessment booklet!
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This handy free drumming sight reading assessment booklet will help teachers and parents evaluate their percussionist’s ability level in order to provide an appropriate starting point for lessons, or choosing a solo. This booklet will also assist in the audition process when choosing a performer’s placement in your ensemble. The drum sight reading booklet is 12 pages and includes 6 sight reading passages for each level 1-6. The booklet also includes levels “6+1” and “6+2” which are geared toward the most advanced percussionists in order to provide assessments beyond the standard 6 levels. This means there are a total of 48 sight reading assessments in this booklet that can all be downloaded for free!
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Print your FREE sight reading booklet here!
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You know what goes great with playing snare drum rudiments?
Wearing them!
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Check out the drumline apparel section for tons of great shirts and accessories to wear to your next rehearsal. From things the whole band will understand, to things that only the drummers will understand, and even things straight out of snare warmups that nobody may understand!
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Get your paradiddle-diddle drumline shirt right now!
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If you teach percussion you can use all of the above free drumline warmups with your group at no cost! The work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
For instructors, this drumline warm-up packet pairs perfectly with The Field Percussion User Manual!
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Drumline warm-up side note:
Is the word “drumline warm ups” supposed to be one word or two? Originally, the correct spelling of the word uses a hyphen, as such “drumline warm-ups” was the most accepted spelling of the word. However, today most writers are skipping the hyphen as you’ll see throughout this page as the word is used by pushing the individual words together. So to answer the question, there is really no wrong way to spell it, although using two completely separate words seems to be out, “drumline warm ups.” Instead, both “drumline warm-ups” and “warmups” are interchangeable!
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Other drum books by Patrick R. F. Blakley:
Drummy Drum, Drummond Novel, Quadratics, User Manual, Info Packet, Drumline Exercises, Pit Warmups, Drumset Warmups, and Articles.
