A Complete Drumline and Front Ensemble Instruction Resource!
The Pre-Built Drumline & Pit Instruction Packet
The Drum Packet is a ready-to-use digital and physical resource for marching percussion students, instructors, and school percussion programs. It provides more than 300 pages of drumline and front ensemble music and instructional material covering snare drum, tenor drums, bass drum, and front ensemble.
Used by over 350 percussion programs across 44 states, The Drum Packet gives instructors and students a large collection of practical material that can be used for individual practice, sectionals, rehearsals, warmups, and performance preparation.
(You will be directed to a digital download link once the payment is processed.)
Note: The physical book includes a few bonus exercises not found in the digital download.
Instead of purchasing separate books for different sections of your ensemble, The Drum Packet puts a large collection of marching percussion material in one resource. Instructors can select material based on the needs of their students and program. Students can use the exercises and music for individual practice, section work, or full-ensemble rehearsals.
The packet can also serve as a convenient source of drumline exercises, marching percussion warmups, cadences, and front ensemble material throughout the season.
My instruction books are not just a bunch of incredibly difficult "licks" that only a few people in DCI drumlines can play!
Built for real drummers, not just the top 1%.
Not a collection of impossible licks, these are roadmaps to real improvement.
Most drummers don’t need harder exercises, they need clearer ones!
Choose Your Format
Pay what you want for the digital version of The Drum Packet. After payment is processed, you will receive access to the digital download.
A printed copy is available for $29.99.
The physical edition also includes several bonus exercises that are not included in the digital download.
Pay What You Want for the Digital Download!
Buy the Physical Copy for $29.99
Who Is The Drum Packet For?
The Drum Packet can be used by:
Middle school and high school drumlines
Marching percussion programs
Indoor percussion ensembles
Front ensemble programs
Percussion instructors
Private percussion teachers
Students studying marching percussion
Directors looking for additional drumline teaching material
Whether you need snare drum exercises, tenor drum exercises, bass drum exercises, front ensemble material, or marching percussion warmups,
The Drum Packet provides a large library of material in one place.
What's Inside
The Drum Packet includes material for the major sections of a marching percussion ensemble:
Snare Drum
Tenor Drums
Bass Drum
Front Ensemble
Warmups
Technical Exercises
Cadences
Songs and Performance Material
Instructional Explanations
Performance Concepts
The material is designed for a wide range of experience levels, making the packet useful for beginning students as well as experienced marching percussion performers.
To explore the full packet, download materials, and learn more about how the system works,
visit the official DrumPacket website at DrumPacket.com
Want to Learn More About the Curriculum?
The Drum Packet is the practical resource. The Drumline Curriculum Book provides a deeper look at the instructional system, organization, and educational approach behind the material. Explore the complete Drumline Curriculum, including detailed information about the teaching system, exercises, warmups, and instructional approach.
If you teach a drumline or pit you can use all of the pit and drumline music at no additional cost with your group!
This work, and all my other work, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
For instructors, this packet pairs perfectly with The Field Percussion User Manual!
(*Pit warmups, exercises, and songs may be used freely for practice and warmups, but not as part of a show or paid performance.
For performance permission, contact the composer using the URL listed at the bottom of each PDF, or contact Patrick Blakley above.)
Do you know what goes great with playing drumline rudiments?
Wearing them!
Check out the drumline apparel and drumline clothes section for tons of great drumline shirts and accessories to wear to your next rehearsal. From things that the whole band will understand, to things that only the drumline will understand, and even things that nobody might understand!
