Jared O'Leary //Multiplicity

Improve your tenor drumming speed and flow by adopting a 'shifting' technique originally used for marimba. This method focuses on timing your lateral movement with the stick rebound to prevent slicing and improve your playing zones. I also break down a drumline exercise called "Rebound" that helps you isolate and speed up your elbow motion for shifting between drums to help you execute cleaner movement around the tenor drums.

3 hours ago | [YT] | 1

Jared O'Leary //Multiplicity

This week's drumming tips:
0:00 How to practice listening in at home
2:13 Why it's hard to clean a drumline
3:55 Why did BD score low in drums in 2025?
4:53 What to get to get better on drumline
5:57 Traditional or matched grip for marching snare
Thousands more tips and play-alongs in my channel's home tab and in the link at the top of each video's description.

3 days ago | [YT] | 4

Jared O'Leary //Multiplicity

Struggling to find sheet music for quads? This video explains how to transform snare drum exercises into infinite tenor splits to expand your marching percussion vocabulary. Learn to adapt accent tap and flam exercises by isolating accents and taps to different drums to practice crossovers, improve your stick control moving around the drums with different patterns and shapes, or challenge yourself with different scrapes and sweeps while playing rolls. Whatever patterns you come up with, make sure you practice each pattern until it feels comfortable.

1 week ago | [YT] | 6

Jared O'Leary //Multiplicity

This week's drumming tips:
0:00 Tips for new drum instructors teaching new percussionists
3:22 If you're feeling imposter syndrome as an educator
6:01 Evolving your teaching over time
Thousands more tips and play-alongs in my channel's home tab and in the link at the top of each video's description.

1 week ago | [YT] | 2

Jared O'Leary //Multiplicity

In this tenor drumming tutorial, I break down the essential differences between snare and quad playing zones to help you increase your speed and efficiency when moving around the tenor drums. You will learn how to drastically shorten the distance between drums, while maintaining a resonant tone on quads. I also cover critical marching percussion techniques, including the windshield wiper motion for moving around the drums, changing the playing zones for smoother sweeps/scrapes between drums, as well as proper mechanics to prevent injury and ensure your tenor drumming sounds world-class.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 5

Jared O'Leary //Multiplicity

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2 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 8

Jared O'Leary //Multiplicity

This week's drumming tips:
0:00 Perfectionism is great, until it slows you down
1:46 Sometimes it's better to ignore the dirt when teaching a drumline
3:49 What's the best use of time and energy in rehearsal?
5:00 The most important thing to teach students
5:54 When perfectionism becomes a problem
Thousands more tips and play-alongs in my channel's home tab and in the link at the top of each video's description.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 4

Jared O'Leary //Multiplicity

Learn how to break through speed barriers and play rudiments faster by shifting your mental focus from individual stickings to note groupings, effectively "reading" drum rudiments and patterns like words instead of letters. This drum lesson explores the mechanics of speed, explaining why isolating hands can actually hinder your progress and how breaking down patterns like paradiddles into mechanical groups—such as alternating hertas—can drastically increase your BPM. You will also discover a drumming practice routine that's like progressive overload for drummers, starting with slow, relaxed technique at 40 BPM and gradually building up to your maximum tempo to ensure consistent sound quality and control for every drummer looking to master their hand speed. Check my channel's home tab or the following link for thousands more free exercises and drumming tips: jaredoleary.com/drum

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 9