Working up to Wilcoxon (PDF)

Snare studies by Charles Wilcoxon are an absolute necessity for any drummer who wants to develop their dexterity, hand technique, and rhythmic concept. That said, those pieces are not easy and require many technical aspects to be developed before even beginning the book, including reading in 2/4 and in 6/8, syncopated accents, rolls of various densities, and more.

Unfortunately, very few resources exist for drummers to work up to the difficulty of pieces by Charles Wilcoxon if they’re not already capable of playing them. I often found my own students telling me that Wilcoxon is too difficult for them and they’re not sure what to work on — and I wasn’t sure what to recommend!

So, I created something to recommend. “Working up to Wilcoxon” is designed specifically to teach drummers all of the necessary skills needed to play pieces by Charles Wilcoxon, starting from an extremely basic level. The book is organized into 10 short pieces — five in 2/4 time and five in 6/8 time — with a clear, easy to read notation system that is extremely similar to the system used by Wilcoxon.

The book comes with complimentary videos of each of the 10 pieces -- the link is embedded in the PDF that you'll receive.

I sincerely hope that this book helps you to learn snare pieces by the likes of Wilcoxon and beyond, and to maximize your personal technique on the drums!

Jacob Wutzke