Drummers'

Drummers'

To gain each award, Boys must be a regular member of the Band or B.B. class for at least 6 months and qualify as follows:

1st Stage: Play correctly: Long Roll (open and closed), four five-stroke or seven-stroke rolls, Paradiddle and beatings for two marches.

2nd Stage: Play correctly certain drum parts and selected exercises from the handbook, Flams and Drags, and understand certain musical terms.

3rd Stage: Read, and play at sight four different phrases of drum music. now how to care for and maintain a drum.

(N.B. Special regulations apply to Bass and Tenor Drummers.)

(Regulations as at 1968)

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