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The natural sticking / fill lesson

  • September 10, 2022
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These are some steps I was running through with an adult beginner, to get oriented with some normal things you do on the drums, and to practice counting 16th notes. There are a number of […]

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Basic drum set coordination – 01 – alternating

  • August 20, 2019
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A page for teachers, for beginning through intermediate level students. I want them to have total clarity on what it feels like to play all the major limbs, and unisons between limbs, and the basic […]

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All about rolls

  • August 21, 2018
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Some examples. This is more or less the complete practical theory of drum rolls as I know it, as gleaned from about 38 years as a student, player, and teacher in a community of professionals […]

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