Left handed rudiments

Collection of rudimental and quasi-rudimental patterns, starting and repeating with the left hand, that a student and I workshopped in a lesson recently. Good for strengthening your left hand, obviously; I find this orientation to be very agreeable to the drum set, for reasons unclear to me.

Fairly straightforward, is it not? You can try doing the 5/8 patterns “in 1”— one beat per measure— to goose the tempo along.

See also my same handed flam accents page, and this left hand oriented rudimental solo. And this left hand lead developer. Hey, and this 7/8 left handed flam accents page. I’ve written a lot of stuff like this.

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