Syncopation rhythms in 5/4

Hey, who wants some practice rhythms in 5/4? Here are several pages of them. I’m working on a new book, Syncopation in 5/4— companion to my other book Syncopation in 3/4There are some formatting decisions to be made, mainly to reflect a 2+3 phrasing or a 3+2 phrasing, which I’m working out here. I want the same exercises to be usable in either phrasing, and I think there may not be an ideal solution. Let me know in the comments if there’s one version you like for that purpose.

Here’s a fresh link to my practice methods for this type of thing. for See also John Ramsay’s book The Complete Drummer’s Vocabulary.

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