Grateful for all the teaching, inspiration & love of music who brought these Studies for Snare Drum to life. Grateful for composers, teachers, colleagues, friends & most of all great musicians who have inspired them. The first ten of these studies are based upon classic snare drum parts from the symphonic repertoire whilst the latter two are free compositions. All the studies are meant to be studied as exercises. To strenghten as well as inspire the classical snare drum playing to new personal heights. Grateful for Hans-Erik Grandin, Lennnart Gruvstedt, Perry Dreiman, Joakim Berg, Martin Orraryd, Glenn Larsson, Bo Håkansson, Anders Nilsson, Andreas Påhlsson, David Kangasneimi, Jonas Blomqvist & Tom Nyby for your teaching, inspiration & all the wonderful musical memories. Gratefully, Andreas Eklöf