Quickly sketching an idea to be developed at the drums here. We do a lot with right hand lead type stickings here— the right hand playing a mixed rhythm, accented, with the left hand filling […]
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Paradiddlea
One of my stupidly-named rudiment variations from 2011 here, without the original superfluous hyphen. In this spelling it might entice some people to say para-DID-lee-ah, of which I approve. It’s a five note paradiddle, RLRRL. […]
Filling long spaces – 01
First companion to the late very spaced-out syncopation exercise— playing the written part as accents on a cymbal, with bass drum in unison, and filling the space in between with continuous 8th notes, triplets (swinging […]
Paradiddle-diddle phrases – 01
A page of paradiddle-diddle phrases, like some six stroke roll pages from last year. A couple of my students are eating these up. This is how you learn these things, you don’t just go down […]
Syncopation exercise – space – 01
For my own practicing, this week— all of this is for my own practicing, this week. I plow through a lot of material, keeping my eye on the overall. This is a full page reading […]
Jazz comping warm ups – triplets / SD-BD
A page of warmups for one of my students, connecting the right hand lead triplet system (which he knows well) into a triplet comping system (which he does not). They’re both major ways of working […]
More short rolls and drags
Following up the page from the other day, here are some more short open roll and drag combinations. I’ve also rewritten the other page in normal notation— download that and compare it with the first […]
Samba warmups – RH move
Continuing this little samba unit, here are some warmups for a samba groove with a right hand move to the floor tom on 2, for a surdo effect. It’s another place to go, it’s nice […]
Beginning open drags and rolls
UPDATE: I’ve rewritten this page in standard roll/drag notation— in 16th notes in 2/4. You can use the page here as a key if there’s any question of how to interpret it. Basic page of […]
Reed interpretation: paradiddle inversion in triplet 16ths
I’m hitting the practice pad a good amount lately, so we’ll be seeing more of these. Here we’re filling in triplet 16ths, in our favored paradiddle sticking, RLLR-LRRL. Or use whatever inferior sticking substitute you […]
Transcription: Ben Dixon fours
Please forgive this clickbait, the kids do love a good Ben Dixon transcription. Here he is trading fours on Come Sunrise, from Grant Green’s album Sunday Mornin’. The record came to me through YouTube, I […]
