As percussionists, we normally are taught to play accents louder, legatos softer, and that’s about it. It wasn’t until I began studying with Marc Damoulakis, that that view was expanded to include exploiting stroke types to make articulations audible. After many years of experimentation, I came up with this sheet explaining the mechanics of all nine articulations, with 100 basic exercises to practice them in depth. If you can execute all articulations audibly on the snare drum, and understand the mechanics that separate them all, then it will be much easier on the other instruments, particularly ones that ring longer.