9/30 UPDATE: Lots of updates these days! I caught some problems with the second page. I’ll detail the corrections below.
OK, I officially like this new system— adapting the format of the rudimental piece Three Camps for drumset. It does exactly what it’s supposed to do: trick you into practicing some common things longer. The format is 32 bars long, and for every basic idea there is a regular version and an inverted version, so you’re playing two standard choruses of each idea, with basic variations. That’s a good amount of time to do one thing.
My biggest concern, that the altered form on the inverted versions would be too much of a pain for easy practicing, is not a problem. Actually my biggest concern was that the whole thing would be pointless, but it isn’t. It makes sense, and I feel more together after having played through it.
In part 2 we’ll use triplets alternating between the snare drum and bass drum. The first page is the version I use; the second page is a slightly simplified version that is a little closer to the original piece.
You can add the hihat on 2/4 when playing it with snare drum and bass drum, and then run it again substituting the hihat for the bass drum part. Find a practice loop at the tempo you want— or make one— and hit it. Here’s a slow one, and a slow medium tempo, or a slightly brighter medium tempo.
Updates to the second page:
• Finale did something weird and the letters for each measure got screwed up.
• Made some changes so patterns would be consistent for each version.
• On the versions with the pattern starting on beat 2: on the AAAB and CCCB parts you have to make a small change on the last A or C. Read the note on the page and figure it out. It makes sense if you just play the piece.
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