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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 1 through 5
Exercise 1 - Singles
Half / Double time
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Exercise 2 - Groups of 8 / Alternating singles
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Exercise 4 - Groups of 3 / Alternating singles
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Exercise 5 - Combinations! Improvisations using groups of 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, and 1's, i.e. :
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 6
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Exercise 6 - Groups of 3 "on the beat"
Note: play right hand on tom
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 7
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Exercise 7 - Groups of 4 "on the beat"
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 8
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Exercise 8
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 9 through 12
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Exercise 9
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Exercise 10
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Exercise 11
...then, also change phrasing and meter.
Feet
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Exercise 12
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AND BACK!
Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 14 and 15
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Hands
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Exercise 14 - Alternating 3-strokes
Hands & Feet
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Kick Pattern
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Start slow, play unison pattern 3-strokes with hands, then add crashes and groove.
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Exercise 15 - Alternating 5-strokes
Kick Pattern & Hand Pattern
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Exercise 15.1 Non-alternating 5-strokes
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 16 and 17
Thomas Lang: Creative Control
Exercise 16 - 7-stroke rolls
Hand Pattern
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Exercise 17 - 3-stroke groove
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 18 through 20
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Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
Exercise 18 Inverted
Exercise 20 - Alternating shuffle pattern
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Groove:
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 21 through 23
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Exercise 21 - Flam taps / Hands & Feet
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Exercise 22 - Flam accents / Hands & Feet
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Hands: flam-taps
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Exercise 23 - Flam accent foot ostinato with various hand patterns, starting with flam taps on top!
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Exercise 23.1 - Flam tap foot ostinato with various hand patterns, starting with flam accents.
Hands: flam-accents
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 24
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Exercise 24 - Overlapping singles/Unison strokes
Hand pattern (warmup):
Foot pattern:
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 24.1
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Exercise 24.1 - Inverted Foot Pattern
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 25
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Exercise 25 - Flam tap overlaps
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 26
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Exercise 26 - Flam tap ostinato - right hand/left foot
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 27
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Exercise 27 - Left foot ostinato variation
Play grooves on top of ostinato
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 28
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Exercise 28 - Right hand/left foot 16th's alternating
Play grooves on top of ostinato
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 29
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Exercise 29 - Right hand/left foot 32nd's alternating
Play grooves on top of ostinato
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 30
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Exercise 30 - Right hand/left foot 16th-note triplets alternating
Play grooves on top of ostinato
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Chapter 2: "Doubles" - Exercises 31 through 33
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Exercise 31 - Doubles: Left hand "warmup"
Play 16th-note triplets with left hand and foot hat. Play groove and improvise with right hand.
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Then, turn around: switch hand and foot, play groove:
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Exercise 32 - Groups of three 16th notes with groove on top
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Exercise 33 - Left foot shuffle
Don't consider foot technique and control to be solely bass drum technique. Foot control means technique to be applied
on all pedals; 50% and more is hat playing.
1) Slow: Heel down
2) Fast: Heel up
...Play super fast, play left foot also on kick, right foot on right hat.
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Chapter 2: "Doubles" - Exercises 34 through 37
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q = 135
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Exercise 34 - Unison 3 over 4 foot shuffle
Same kick part, but played as 16th notes, left foot on kick,
super fast. Accelerate. Heel down:
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Same, only unison foot part. Then fill "gaps" with right foot
on kick + hat. Heel up:
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Exercise 35 - RLL foot ostinato
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(Check hand pattern!)
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Heel down! Improvise on top. Do rudiments: singles, doubles, flams...
Exercise 36 - Doubles between left hand and left foot
Variation:
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Exercise 37 - "Doubles" on 3 hats / left hand / left foot
Improvise over groove. Play left hand/left foot ostinato. Use 2 hats, splash.
Next, switch to left foot kick, right foot right hat.
Chapter 2: "Doubles" - Exercises 38 and 39
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Exercise 38 - Double-stroke double-kick grooves
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Exercise 39 - Double-strokes, various "backbeats"
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Chapter 2: "Doubles" - Exercises 40 through 42
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Exercise 40 - Double-strokes in a 16th-note triplet feel
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Exercise 41 - Double-strokes in a 16th-note triplet feel with right-hand variation
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Exercise 42 - Pushing the tempo, 200 - 220 bpm
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Chapter 2: "Doubles" - Exercises 43 through 49
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q = 210
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Exercise 43 - Double-stroke rolls with accents var. 1
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Doubles: with these exercises you'll be able to develop total freedom and control
to play accents in double kick drum rolls.
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Exercise 44 - Double-stroke rolls with accents var. 2
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Exercise 45 - Double-stroke rolls with accents var. 3
Do both right and left lead, groove on top.
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Exercise 46 - Double-stroke rolls with accents var. 4
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Exercise 47 - Double-stroke rolls with accents var. 5
Play 4/4 time on top.
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Exercise 48 - Double-stroke rolls with accents var. 6
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Exercise 49 - Double-stroke rolls with accents var. 7
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Chapter 3: "Combinations" - Exercise 50
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Exercise 50
A very simple pattern, play shuffle on top (with left hand lead).
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Turn pattern around, now right hand lead.
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Now play as 16th's. Now the pattern is taking shape. Also left lead!
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I'll be doing this with a few very simple patterns. Remeber to always combine everything with everything! Switch
hands and feet at will, that is the principle. Free your mind! Start thinking fast and multidimensionally!
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Chapter 3: "Combinations" - Exercise 51
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Exercise 51
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Foot ostinatos
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Hand ostinatos
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Chapter 4: "M.P.O.'s" - Exercises 52 through 57
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Exercise 52 - 6/16 M.P.O cycle
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Exercise 55 - Paradiddle M.P.O
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Exercise 56 - Double paradiddle M.P.O.
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Exercise 57 - 16th- and 32nd-note combo
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Chapter 4: "M.P.O.'s" - Exercises 58 through 60
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Exercise 58 - Flam accent M.P.O.
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Exercise 60 - M.P.O. Combinations
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china, ...)
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Chapter 4: "M.P.O.'s" - Exercises 61 and 62
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Exercise 61 - Improvise 16th-note M.P.O.
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Improvise alternating 16th-note M.P.O.'s
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Exercise 62 - Linear alternating singles M.P.O.
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercises 63 through 69
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Exercise 63 - Triplet mechanics Accents on same crash
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Exercise 64
Exercises 65 through 69 are are all variations of this triplet pattern, orchestrated using different instruments
and different sides of the kit.
Fill in subdivisions on different drums, switch every bar.
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercises 70 through 72
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Exercise 70
Play repetitive phrases, string them together! Do not play random patterns,
play structures and patterns that are repetitive! (rhythms!)
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Exercise 71
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Exercise 72
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercise 73
q = 100 (max)
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Exercise 73 - Part I
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercises 74 through 76
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Exercise 74 - Flam taps
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercise 77
Thomas Lang: Creative Control
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Exercise 77 - Paradiddle orchestration
Play string/cycle of 4 bars or 8 bars. Play kick drum with crash cymbals.
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 78
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 79
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 80
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 81
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 82
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Thomas Lang: Creative Control
Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercises 83 through 88
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Exercise 83 - Singles 1 + 1
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 89
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 90
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 91
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 92
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Exercise 92
Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 93
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 94
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Exercise 94
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Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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