COLLAPSED RUDIMENTS The Chapin Legacy SABIAN FACEBOOK LIVE MASTERCLASS APRIL 22 - A 30 min class, showcasing the basic principle of COLLAPSED RUDIMENTS and some exercises. - Feel free to ask /comment "on the way" in case some of my explanations need further clarification; I might squeeze answers in as we are on the go. Most of your questions will however make more sense in the Q&A section after the class. DEFINITION - Jim Chapin being the conceptual "father" > Change distances between the notes without changing sticking. - A number of technical prerequisites will be extremely helpful. Since this is not meant to be a "technique class" we will however not focus on those too much. … ULTIMATE ABILITY FOR DYNAMICS in any desired place: No matter if an accented stroke, a ghost note or something "in between" - no matter in what place and arrangement of notes. … ULTIMATE CONTROL OF RHYTHMIC DISTANCES of strokes to each other: On single strokes, double strokes and their combinations - which also includes any possible setting that may be looked at as kind of a "flam" (meaning to have to notes of whatever dynamic setting in a more or less "close" distance). COLLAPSED / EXPANDED RUDIMENTS WILL TEACH YOU … … deeper understanding even on simple rhythmic and coordinative structures hand to hand triplets > inverted flam tap / loud soft example LINK TO POSTER … to better understand underlying, fundamental structures hand to hand triplets > single paradiddle LINK TO DRUMMING KAIROS MOELLER TRIPLET CIRCLE … awareness of similarities between certain rudimental phrases flam tap > Swiss army triplet > single flammed mill - single drag > lesson 25 > double drag tap > ratamacue LINK TO OHP II … to widen your spectrum of creating modern drumset applications expanded double drag / expanded final of 7 / collapsed 8-stroke roll … SOME SELECTED GAME-CHANGING ASPECTS: All possible dimensions of flams - Pad and drumset demo © Claus Hessler 2020