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A-PThe following exercises employ hand-to-hand and right-hand-lead stickings. Make sure to try both stickings
the other way around.
Chapter 1: Letters
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STICKING WORKOUTTernary
Q-XThe following exercises employ hand-to-hand and right-hand-lead stickings. Make sure to try both stickings
the other way around.
Chapter 1: Letters
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RUDIMENTS: DIDDLES 1Binary
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RUDIMENTS: DIDDLES 2Binary
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RUDIMENTS: FLAMSBinary
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RUDIMENTS: FLAMSTernary
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RUDIMENTS: DOUBLE NOTE SINGLESBinary
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RUDIMENTS: DOUBLE NOTE SINGLESTernary
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DRUMSET: BASS DRUM LETTERSBinary
A-PPlay the Bass Drum Alphabet over the following ostinato:
DRUMSET: BASS DRUM LETTERSTernary
Q-XPlay the Bass Drum Alphabet over the following ostinato:
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DRUMSET: HI-HAT LETTERSBinary
A-PPlay the Hi-Hat Alphabet over the following ostinato:
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DRUMSET: HI-HAT LETTERSTernary
Q-XPlay the Hi-Hat Alphabet over the following ostinato:
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DRUMSET: GHOSTING LETTERSBinary
A-PPlay the Ghosting Alphabet over the following ostinato:
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DRUMSET: GHOSTING LETTERSTernary
Q-XPlay the Ghosting Alphabet over the following ostinato:
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 71st Position
Sing the following words over the 3-, 5-, and 7-note groupings to help internalize the phrasing:
3 = “Radio”5 = “University”7 = “Listen to the Radio”
The following exercises are 1-bar loops over a 16th-note subdivision.
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 71st Position
Accent Patterns
Chapter 2: Words
ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 71st Position
Clapping the Accents
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 71st Position3 = Radio
Throughout the Rudiments
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 71st Position3 = Radio
On the Drumset
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Here the backbeat and ghosting pattern fall on the same
beat. When you play the ghostings on the snare, do play an
accent/backbeat here. When you play the ghostings as a pat-
tern with your left hand on another drum, play the backbeat
with your right hand on the snare at the same time.
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 71st Position
5 = UniversityThroughout the Rudiments
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 71st Position
5 = UniversityOn the Drumset
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Here the backbeat and ghosting pattern fall on the same
beat. When you play the ghostings on the snare, do play an
accent/backbeat here. When you play the ghostings as a pat-
tern with your left hand on another drum, play the backbeat
with your right hand on the snare at the same time.
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 71st Position
7 = Listen to the RadioThroughout the Rudiments
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 71st Position
7 = Listen to the RadioOn the Drumset
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Here the backbeat and ghosting pattern fall on the same
beat. When you play the ghostings on the snare, do play an
accent/backbeat here. When you play the ghostings as a pat-
tern with your left hand on another drum, play the backbeat
with your right hand on the snare at the same time.
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 72nd Position
3 = RadioThroughout the Rudiments
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 72nd Position
3 = RadioOn the Drumset
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 72nd Position5 = University
Throughout the Rudiments
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 72nd Position5 = University
On the Drumset
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 72nd Position
7 = Listen to the RadioThroughout the Rudiments
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 72nd Position
7 = Listen to the RadioOn the Drumset
Chapter 2: Words
Here the backbeat and ghosting pattern fall on the same
beat. When you play the ghostings on the snare, do play an
accent/backbeat here. When you play the ghostings as a pat-
tern with your left hand on another drum, play the backbeat
with your right hand on the snare at the same time.
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 73rd Position3 = Radio
Throughout the Rudiments
Chapter 2: Words
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ODD GROUPINGS: 3, 5 & 73rd Position3 = Radio
On the Drumset
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Chapter 2: WordsWORDS RECAP SHEETS
In the following exercises the larger number represents what grouping to play, while thesmaller number represents which position it should it appear in. You can practice these ex-ercises in the following ways:
1. Play as grooves, utilizing the three variations from this chapter.2. Play as snare exercises, going through the rudiments and stickings. 3. Play in 16th- as well as 8th-note subdivisions.4. Play as grooves, and every 4th bar s apply the snare & pad exercises.
WORDS RECAP SHEET 1
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WORDS RECAP SHEET 2
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WORDS RECAP SHEET 3
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INDEPENDENCE PATTERNS
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Ostinato with the feet:
Ostinato with the hands on top:
Also, try playing the foot patterns while improvising on top with the hands.
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Chapter 3: Syntax
3 5 7 3 5 7 (+2)
5 5 7 7 3 3 (+2)
7 7 7 3 5 3
3 5 7 7 3 7
7 5 7 3 3 7
3 5 3 5 7 3 3 3
5 3 7 3 5 7 (+2)
Play this exercise on a pad or snare, as well as the applications on the set.
SYNTAXBinary
Form: 2 Bars a PhraseSub Division =
SYNTAXTernary
Form: 2 Bars a PhraseSub Division =
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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
5 5 5 7 (+2)
7 3 7 3 3 (+1)
5 3 5 3 5 3
7 3 7 5 (+2)
7 5 7 3 (+2)
5 7 5 5 5 (+2)
7 5 7 5 5
Play this exercise on a pad or snare, as well as the applications on the set.
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IMPROVISATION EXERCISES
Chapter 4: Talking
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1. Improvise or simply play a groove while singing “chid” on the quarter-note downbeat.
2. Improvise or simply play a groove while singing “chid” on the eighth-note offbeat.
3. Improvise or simply play a groove while singing “chid” on the sixteenth-note offbeat.
“Chid”
Play a groove or improvise while hearing the click on: