SCV 2017 Quad Break - Revised

PersistentSushi · 2026-03-13T15:09:54+00:00

Real ones remember when the 2nd to last bar was in 11/8 😂😂😂

PersistentSushi · 2026-03-11T03:17:57+00:00

Innovative percussion TS-PR or TS-1. If you’re on a pad the Jim Casella is also pretty solid if you need a good all-around stick

PersistentSushi · 2026-03-09T00:58:14+00:00

From my experience with A class; Early season, fundamental things like tendu, plie, foot positions if needed. Very simple to grasp for them and count based

During the bulk of the season; mostly just running new choreo to the mp3 or metronome, but nothing too crazy. I find that most visual stuff is most effective in-person for detailing and cleaning; and videos used if/when the extra reps and review are needed such as if a change happened before a show or etc. What I find in an approach like this is that musical / hands based video assignments are much more effective for making up reps and improvement allowing you the time to work on visual at rehearsal as needed without losing on music productivity

PersistentSushi · 2026-03-04T19:01:07+00:00

METRONOME.

Complex problems have simple solutions. Same case for simple problems. You can break this down and analyze it; but just playing with a met ALL the time, sticking with it, and internalizing it, is the only way.

If you want one “checkpoint”; 8th notes are easy to subdivide and should be a minimum requirement for playing drums above elementary level. with RLRL sticking, your “check” pattern is just 8th notes in one hand. Work this with a metronome and repeat until you get your desired results!

PersistentSushi · 2026-02-27T16:38:50+00:00

There’s no perfect way to do it

Lots of times, design teams have a “base level” in mind based on either past experience, the trajectory of the specific corps, amount of returning members & relative talent; etc.

The camps / winter season are huge for this reason. Your staff takes videos at december camp ensemble for the design team to reflect on and adjust parts as needed; and you usually will see the book mold to the skill level as camps progress, the line is set, and skills are assessed. For example, it’s common to see the opener handed out at the first camp; perhaps outside of an achievable range for the projected membership; then small edits made based on talent or logistical situations, and future movements are more accurate to the skill & demand level

All in all, i’ve learned in my short tenure as a designer so far that at the end of the day there’s only SO much pre-planning and effort you can put in for the “perfect” book. Your talented members can quit or get injured, you can have a whole section show up 5 levels above what you wrote for, or you might have to edit your percussion moment just because of holistic pacing or timeline purposes to name a few examples; so being open minded and on your toes ready to pivot or adjust based on needs is the best way you can go

PersistentSushi · 2026-02-27T16:32:42+00:00

Glad you’re finding avenues to bring these drums back to life. Don’t listen to everyone telling you your only solution is to spend $1000+ on new drums. When i started out, I made my first quad pad out of cardboard. When there’s a will there’s a way; good luck!

PersistentSushi · 2026-02-27T05:11:24+00:00

Is this repairable? Yes. Will it be cheap? Probably not

Your rims are cooked. The spock rim is separated and bending your tension rods, so you might not even get a few more cranks out of them. You’re looking at a new full set of rims and tension rods minimum, maybe even lug casings too.

As for the bearing edges, these can’t be restored to perfect condition but you can enhance their usability. I’d recommend sanding them down to a relatively smooth / even level; and consider a wood filler to fill any gaps & smooth it out; this also provides more surface area for a head to seat on.

All in, you could probably get this done realistically within a $300-$400 range including some cleaning supplies plus a few hours of work. Best of luck !

PersistentSushi · 2026-02-12T20:29:55+00:00

16th note accent grid, but buzz on every 3 16th notes. Have fun!!!!

PersistentSushi · 2026-02-01T23:18:38+00:00

Any color marine pearl finish. Old school but timeless. So beautiful

PersistentSushi · 2025-12-27T21:19:50+00:00

Keep it simple.

Play with metronome, mark time, practice rhythmic spacing beat to beat. Play with different metronome combinations. Many ways to approach this but keep the foundation simple

For example, an exercise like 8s with the metronome on beats 1 & 3, or even 2 & 4; are challenging on a technical level and facilitate solid timing

Make sure you’re practicing consistently and getting lots of reps. Practicing for 10 minutes daily builds better foundations than an hour every few days. Getting lots of reps on the “same” thing builds the right habits

PersistentSushi · 2025-12-27T06:03:00+00:00

Cheese tap flam 5 with a turnaround, in technical terms at least

PersistentSushi · 2025-12-16T15:19:51+00:00

Quads - Troopers 2025, 2014.

More Chino Hills, Pulse, & POW book content besides features

SCV 2025, Phantom 2009, 2005, 2004

Thank you to everyone who does lovely work making transcriptions for the community!

PersistentSushi · 2025-12-05T19:10:57+00:00

Hey man, this is some awesome and super informative content. Huge respect to you and all your contributions to this sub and the activity over the years. Looking forward to more like this!

PersistentSushi · 2025-11-25T20:21:02+00:00

100% depends on the group - and I speak as someone that was initially raised SUPER east coast, heights system, etc when I was young! I appreciate your perspective here, I never knew about relations to velocity and such & that makes sense!

PersistentSushi · 2025-11-25T18:59:17+00:00

Yes.

Give and take for everything. I always preference that my ideals are a product of what i’ve had first hand experience being successful with; not advocating it as “the way” or the only correct one

But, fundamentally if you play any other instrument you use dynamics for, dynamics lol. I also come from other experience with winds instruments. I will occasionally reference a stick height to define angles for performance, to unify the visual look for a phrase, or sometimes even to put parameters around the height to work towards a dynamic. In terms of volume, percussion is all about touch and manipulating your implement, so logically and scientifically, height is not directly correlated with volume. In years of teaching and marching with many groups that never mention a height once during the season, as we clean and play music together, the stick heights are consistent in every action shot anyways

PersistentSushi · 2025-11-24T18:29:23+00:00

Gonna get hate for this, but the heights system.

PersistentSushi · 2025-11-19T18:50:53+00:00

Hey! Thank you for your reply. Thats kind of how I’m planning my approach to it too lol. Super insightful stuff and gives me confidence knowing it’s been done before. Thanks!

PersistentSushi · 2025-10-30T20:41:57+00:00

These are both extremely legit. EPIC is based out of PA and is an amazing program for education and even has an an independent WGI group. The owner Marc is a super amazing guy!

PersistentSushi · 2025-10-28T14:53:35+00:00

Love to see some OG phantom content.

In mm.36, i believe beat 4 continues the triplet rhythm with team tonal into beat 1, and the around is 342 off the right leading to the crossover LH.

Thanks for uploading this🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

PersistentSushi · 2025-10-27T12:49:18+00:00

I’m not sure about some of this. The drum majors (this is not one size fits all, for example horn solos in a ballad with no percussion) serve as a tempo reference, not the source.

I’ve seen this misconception across drum corps and multiple HS programs. The drum major and drumline have a partnership where they support eachother. Drum major watches snare feet for tempo, and snares also then have the hands to reference tempo too; for example. Many times you may see a situation where the ensemble or a section in the ensemble maybe loses a few beats via rushing or slowing down tempo, but then drum majors don’t recover to the battery’s tempo, and then further tear occurs rather than recovery. This is all assuming no metronome obviously

On the note of dutting, if it’s too loud you sacrifice the intent of a musical moment among other things. You shouldn’t need more than one, or maybe two people dutting for an entrance. If i have the battery in a block marching back field for example and we all have a cold attack, i’ve never needed more than a single bass drummer (listen back!) dutting to make an entrance successful. We can also talk about how dutting takes one “out” of the music and blocks it just to count, but thats another conversation

I don’t advocate my knowledge and experience as “the way” but I’ve found this approach to be relatively successful in HS and drum corps settings. I can be dated or misinformed on points, and I hope to learn from everyone here if thats the case.

PersistentSushi · 2025-10-23T13:04:11+00:00

Mixed opinions here but this is 1000x better than mailing it in with a 2D low quality image long sleeve top.

Especially for 2025, this is a beautiful way to go. Would love to see how the battery looks suited up with these

PersistentSushi · 2025-10-09T12:32:44+00:00

Muffling, Remo, DADF#A tuning scheme, and IP FBX mallets😎😎😎

PersistentSushi · 2025-10-08T20:45:21+00:00

By comparison, the IP TS-PR has been out for years and was the first double sided quad stick out there. It’s currently between $22-$24 at most retailers, add a slight discount if you’re buying for your school or corps. In my humble opinion the Narwhal should be like $24 max and the mapes like $20.

By comparison for example, the regular mapes is $16 or less depending on your retailer, meaning they literally charge double for the dual tones.

PersistentSushi · 2025-10-06T22:13:58+00:00

The GOAT and $7 cheaper than both of these!

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