Snare Drum Duets offers a selection of 25 challenging duets that range in difficulty from relatively simple to more complex. A wide assortment of time signatures is used throughout the book, from 2/4 and common time to 5/8, 7/8 and 12/8, among others. This method can be used in several different ways:
- For those working with the book without the benefit of a second player, snare drum parts one and two can be practised as individual solos for improvement of basic reading skills.
- Two players may use the book as writtem in duet format, remembering to alternate parts.
- Finally, for those studying the material without a playing partner, the enclosed CD includes a separate recording of parts one and two of each duet, thus enabling the player to perform either part along with the other on the CD.