The following are lists of suggested equipment for young aspiring percussionists of Middle School and High School age, as well as a suggested inventory for an active high school music program.
Middle School Student
- sticks (Firth SD1 or 5B)
- drum pad
- metronome
- method book (Stick Control, Whaley, Podemski)
- snare drum (buy or rent)
- music folder
- stick bag
Bonus
- 1 pair xylophone/bell mallets
- 1 pair yarn mallets
- 1 pair timpani mallets
High School Student
- 1 set of 4 vibe mallets
- 1 set of 4 medium mallets
- 1 pair hard marimba mallets
- 1 pair soft marimba mallets
- brass mallets
- hard plastic
- soft plastic (Becker Blues)
- 3 pairs timpani mallets (soft, med, hard)
- SD1, 5Bs, (7As)
- 3 black towels
Bonus
- triangle beaters
- tambourine
- BD beaters (one general, pair of rollers)
- triangle
High School Inventory
- drumset
- concert snare stand
- concert bass drum w/stand and beaters
- crash cymbals
- timpani (at least 29″ 26″, add 32″ good, add 23″ best)
- glockenspiel (w/stand)
- xylophone
- tambourine
- triangle w/beaters
- tam-tam w/stand and beater
- chimes
- vibraphone
- marimba
- timpani mallets
- keyboard mallets (suspended cymbal mallets)
- sleighbells
- cowbells
- woodblocks (templeblocks)
- slapstick
- castanets
- locked storage
- spare heads
- drumset carpet
- method books
- crash cymbal stand
- towels
- timpani covers, keyboard covers