Polyrhythmic Exercises (Incorprating Sticking).
These Exercises help you develop Polyrhythmic phrases and patterns for playing around the drums.
Play all the Exercisese as written, then start again, with Right Hand on Floor Tom and Left Hand on Snare Drum. Then Right Hand on Snare, and Left Hand on Small Tom. Make up your own combinations, you will be amazed at the different color tones, and sounds you can create.
In this Lesson, you will find a sign like this: T when you see this sign over a note, it means BOTH hands are played together, or play as a flam.
T = Both hands play together, or play as a flam.
Try these exercises by keeping the right hand on floor tom or ride cymbal and left hand on snare drum.
Class Sessions
1- Paradiddles and Sixteenth Notes Incorporating the Bass Drum.
2- LESSON TWENTY-ONE
3- Different Styles
4- Different Beats
5- Polyrhythmic Exercises (Incorprating Sticking).
6- Two Against Three.
7- Different Cymbal Styles (As Applied to the Ride Cymbal)
8- Ride Cymbal Patterns as Applied to Jazz (Swing).
9- A Study in Triplets for Ride Cymbal, Snare and Bass.
10- A Study in Triplets for Ride Cymbal and Snare.
11- Further Studies in Independence: Swing
12- Rock and Funk Independence
13- INTRODUCTION
14- The Para Diddle-Diddle Incorporating the Bass Drum.
15- Rudiments Around the Drums Incorporating the Bass Drum.
16- The Single Paradiddle and Paradiddle - Diddle Around the Drums
17- Around the Drums With Paradiddles
18- Around the Drums With Triplets
19- Groups of Five and Seven, Plus Combinations
20- Sixteenth Notes Combined With Sixteenth Note Triplets and Paradiddle - Diddles.
21- Eight Notes and Triplets Combined With Bass and Hi - Hat.
22- Sticking
23- Combinations in Sixteenth Notes
24- Explanation of Notation