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Charles Wilcoxon was born November 26, 1894, in Coshocton, Ohio, [1] or possibly Newark, Ohio. [2] He received his first drum in 1899 at the age of 5 and was taught basic music reading by his mother, a piano teacher. [3]
During the 1960s, he started the Henry Adler Music Publishing Company. His books include How to Play Latin American Rhythm Instruments, Hand Development Techniques, and 4-Way Coordination: A Method Book for the Development of Complete Independence on the Drum Set. He also published instruction books by countless other authors.
Samuel Potter's book, The Art of Beating the Drum from 1817 recommends that rudiments be played "until perfectly close," but there is no mention of opening them back up again. [6] It wasn't until 1862 that George Barrett Bruce recommended playing rudiments in the open, closed, open method. [ 7 ]
Gardner wrote several volumes of Progressive Studies for the Snare Drum, the first of which was published in 1928. [ 7 ] [ 12 ] Gardner was the program director for the Music Supervisor's National Band Conference Band Festival on Boston Common at least 4 times, the 4th being in 1928. [ 13 ]
The Moeller Method uses the whipping motion, described above, and applies it to the 4 basic strokes of drumming, the Full, Up, Down, and Tap strokes. [6] Using a combination of the basic strokes, in the whipping Moeller style it is possible to play extremely quickly with minimal effort, or to introduce a series of accents into a stream of notes with relative ease. [7]
The method involves not crossing the hands when playing the hi-hat (or ride-cymbal) and snare drum simultaneously as opposed to the more traditional way of playing drums which features crossed hands as the basic playing position. [1] Absolute beginners often choose this open-handed way of playing as their first and natural attempt at drumming.