Following up the “sticking experiment” from a few days ago, I’ve written some warmups for a more involved piece which will be coming in a few days. Here we’re applying the very useful right/left/bass sticking across a variety of rhythms:
The idea is for these to develop into solo ideas for a jazz context, so swing the 8th notes. Don’t swing beats containing both 8ths and 16ths, or 16th note triplets; play them straight, but legato. You can move the hand parts to any drums you want, but start with the right hand on the high tom and the left hand on the snare drum. You could also play the hihat with your foot in the place of the bass drum.
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