Something I was playing around with yesterday, substituting bass drum for some notes of the extremely useful RLLR-LRRL paradiddle inversion. These are good for playing fast. The last three patterns don’t follow the exact sticking […]
Category: linear
Linear 8ths in 9/8 – 02
We’re doing a lot with triplets and compound-meter 8th notes these days— here with a linear pattern in 9/8, with inversions. See this last similar page, and my page of linear double paradiddles/paradiddle-diddles— still one of […]
Linear 8ths in 9/8 – 01
This is how it is, I get busy teaching, doing my taxes, preoccupied with other stuff, and not able to hit the drums for a week, and everything dries up. No ideas and I feel […]
Stone flam beats as independence patterns
I like doing this once in awhile: converting familiar materials into another format. Rhythm patterns (plus filler) can be converted to sticking patterns, accent patterns can be converted to rhythm patterns, sticking patterns can be […]
Double-paradiddle / paradiddle-diddle inversions – linear, all on one page
I wrote this up for myself, maybe you’ll use it, too. These are the 6/8 linear versions of the double paradiddle and paradiddle-diddle inversions page, written for snare drum and bass drum— that’s easier for […]
Three voice / four note patterns
Continuing in the vein of the recent three voice/three note patterns item. Let’s call this series “things I have always been against writing that I am now writing.” I’ve been playing around with an online […]
EZ Hemiola Funk beats with RLB
Just an easy page of hemiola funk-type beats including the RLB pattern as a fill, that I wrote for my students, who have been having a lot of fun with this series. Write in the […]
RLB intro page
This is based on a page I wrote in 2012— I was using that with a younger student, and marked it up so heavily that it was unreadable. So here’s a clean version of what we […]
Reed method: 32nd note linear lick
Another easy little practice method, for playing soloistic stuff, using Progressive Steps to Syncopation, which you can play in conjunction with this other recent item. This one uses a favorite Gary Chaffee linear lick that sounds […]
3/16 Control – 01
BOPWORKS STICKS NEWS: For those of you who asked about getting some free Bopworks sticks, I’ll be sending them out this week. I’ll email everyone who will be receiving them. While I finish doing my taxes, […]
Tyshawn Sorey linear lick
I did something I don’t usually do— transcribe a lick for a stranger on the internet with no context and no information about the player or music. I have no idea where the person got […]
Linear tweak
Here’s a minor tweak for the Gary Chaffee linear system, which we’ve been using a lot lately. I have never had a truly satisfactory way of teaching fills— there are lots of different materials for […]