Another Haskell Harr etude transcribed into 5/8, this time one of the flamacue studies on p. 79 of book 2— I only use book 2: As in the original, the number 5 or 7 next […]
Category: snare drum
Odd meter Harr: flamadiddle study in 5/8
I’ve said before, I practice out of Haskell Harr’s Drum Method a lot. It’s the stodgiest traditional rudimental snare drum book available this side of the Moeller book, but it uses accurate modern notation— many […]
Three Camps in 5s
Another variation on the very famous old rudimental piece Three Camps, this time based on five-note groupings. We’re in 10/8, counted in 2— 5+5/8: All forms of this piece are excellent for working on endurance […]
Getting your practice pad time in
Just copy every detail of this photograph and you’ll be fine— KIDDING!!! I see this question on line pretty often: “How do I get my snare drum chops together? Which system do I use?” I have a […]
Snare drum etude in 2/4 with 8th notes and triplets – 01
I’ve been interested in modulating rhythms lately, so here’s a little snare drum etude derived from my previous etude in 5/8. It’s actually the same piece— I’ve just changed the meter to 2/4, and changed […]
Snare drum etude in 5/8
This week I’ve been working out of Odd Meter Calisthenics, a very good book by Mitchell Peters, which covers a lot of stuff in */8 meters. Which led me to write out a little study […]
Inverted paradiddle exercises
A page of paradiddle exercises, using the fun and hip RLLR/LRRL inversion. These are written in cut time, and can be played blazingly fast. You’ll notice that the 8th notes are all alternating, except most […]
Flam accent #2
NOTE: Blogger is doing one of its occasional bloggery things, and the download is not working, despite me typing the link in correctly. Also the same handed flam accents in 7/8 isn’t working. Older downloads […]
Stick Control exercises in 7/8
I was going to try to spread these 7/8 things out a little more, but I’ve been so occupied with other stuff— like, I’m getting married in a couple of weeks— I’m getting a little […]
Natural sticking timing exercise
This is something I’m working on with some students: a timing exercise using natural sticking, modified slightly from something we used to play in drum corps. Natural sticking, briefly, is a method of sticking hand-to-hand […]
Snare drum workout in 4/4
Working out of Buster Bailey’s snare drum book Wrist Twisters— one of the great books of technical snare drum studies, by the way— I came across a simple pattern I liked, and I wrote up […]
Snare drum workout in 6/8 — 01
I thought I posted this weeks ago, but, if Blogger’s kind-of sucky search engine is to be trusted, it seems I haven’t. Best to find what you’re looking for using the labels at the bottom of […]