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Jam Jam is an exercise for floor mallets (page 1) or sticks on a drum pad (page 2). Students can practice this exercise while playing along with one of the two audio tracks provided.

Written for the 2020 Beavercreek Front Ensemble by Mo Longo and Jon Newlie (Newcomb)

Americano is an exercise designed to focus on a staccato stroke utilizing no preps or movement in the rests, as well as minor scales.

As an added layer of difficulty/independence, we utilized 3 variations of this exercise:

Variation A: Entire ensemble plays in unison.

Variation B: Side 1 starts the exercise as written on count 1; Side 2 rests for two beats then starts the exercise as written on count 3.

Variation C: The ensemble is split into three even groups from Side 1 to Side 2. First group plays as written; Second group rests for one beat then starts the exercise as written on count 2; Third group rests for two beats then starts the exercise as written on count 3.

Written for the Beavercreek Front Ensemble by Mo Longo

Baby Blue is a 4-mallet exercise/etude designed to focus on dotted rhythms, lateral permutations, and dynamic contrast.

Written for the Beavercreek Front Ensemble by Mo Longo

Breakable is a 2-mallet exercise designed to focus on counting and confidence in playing in a variety of time signatures.

Written for the Miamisburg Front Ensemble by Mo Longo

Chapstick is a 4-mallet exercise that was designed as a compositional exercise/experience, and was written as a collaboration with the ensemble members.

Written by Mo Longo & the 2016 Miamisburg Front Ensemble

Cornucopia is a 4-mallet exercise designed to focus on arpeggios and rhythmic spacing/accuracy in 16th note 5-lets at slower tempos.

Written for the Beavercreek Front Ensemble by Mo Longo

Fish Food is a 2-mallet exercise designed to focus on rhythmic variety in scale patterns.

Included are parts for Mallets, Synth 1, Synth 2, and Auxiliary (Drum Pad).

Submerged (a classic!) is a 4-mallet exercise/etude designed to focus on ensemble awareness, dynamic contrast, and double vertical and single alternating strokes. Included here are parts for Mallets, Bass Guitar, and Drum Set.

Try having the Glockenspiel player play only the top note of every chord change. And for an extra spice, try playing it in minor (credit to Matt Liu).

Written for the 2015 Beavercreek Front Ensemble by Mo Longo

Triple Quad is a combination of three exercises: Ascending/Descending (Major/minor), Chromatic Up Major Down, and Green Scales. Variations utilizing all 12 major keys as well as modes are encouraged! This version of Triple Quad includes 4 Auxiliary parts and a part for Practice Pad.

Written for the Beavercreek Front Ensemble by Mo Longo

Mo Modes is a supplement to explaining modes to a group of students, and a reference tool they can use for later.

Shoe Jam is a Battery exercise designed to focus on Flam Accents, Flam Drags, Flam Fives, Pataflafla variations, Single Stroke finesse at low end dynamics, and foot timing.

Parts included are for Snare, Tenors, Bass Drums (5), and Cymbals.

Mp3 recordings included:

-Full exercise (no click)

-Full exercise (with click)

-Practice Tracks for all 5 BDs

Written for the 2019 Beavercreek Battery by Mo Longo

I created this Battery Notation Guide to assist students in accurately interpreting my music. The guide includes short descriptions for each articulation and other technique markings you might see in the music, as well as tenor-specific notations.

Check out this corresponding video to see and hear musical examples of the notation in action!