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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 1 through 5 Exercise 1 - Singles
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Exercise 3 - Groups of 4 / Alternating singles R
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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 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 6 - Groups of 3 "on the beat"
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 7 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 7 - Groups of 4 "on the beat"
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 8 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 8
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 9 through 12 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 9
Note: play left hand on toms
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Exercise 10
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Exercise 11 R.H. L.H. Feet
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...then, also change phrasing and meter. Exercise 12 R.H. L.H.
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 14 and 15 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 14 - Alternating 3-strokes
Hands & Feet
Hands Feet
Kick Pattern
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Start slow, play unison pattern 3-strokes with hands, then add crashes and groove.
Exercise 15 - Alternating 5-strokes
Kick Pattern & Hand Pattern
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 16 and 17 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
Exercise 18 Inverted
Exercise 20 - Alternating shuffle pattern
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercises 21 through 23 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 21 - Flam taps / Hands & Feet
Exercise 22 - Flam accents / Hands & Feet
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Exercise 23 - Flam accent foot ostinato with various hand patterns, starting with flam taps on top!
Hands: flam-taps
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 24 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 24 - Overlapping singles/Unison strokes
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Foot pattern:
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 24.1 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 24.1 - Inverted Foot Pattern
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 25 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 25 - Flam tap overlaps
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 26 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 26 - Flam tap ostinato - right hand/left foot
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 27 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 27 - Left foot ostinato variation
Play grooves on top of ostinato
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 28 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 28 - Right hand/left foot 16th's alternating
Play grooves on top of ostinato
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 29 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 29 - Right hand/left foot 32nd's alternating
Play grooves on top of ostinato
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Chapter 1: "Singles" - Exercise 30 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 31 - Doubles: Left hand "warmup" Play 16th-note triplets with left hand and foot hat. Play groove and improvise with right hand. 6
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Exercise 32 - Groups of three 16th notes with groove on top
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Play groups of three 16th notes over groove, improvise...
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Exercise 33 - Left foot shuffle 3
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6 6 6 6 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 q = 130 2) Fast: Heel up q = 170 ...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 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 34 - Unison 3 over 4 foot shuffle
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Exercise 35 - RLL foot ostinato
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Exercise 36 - Doubles between left hand and left foot Heel down! Improvise on top. Do rudiments: singles, doubles, flams... L.H.
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Exercise 37 - "Doubles" on 3 hats / left hand / left foot
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Chapter 2: "Doubles" - Exercises 38 and 39 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 38 - Double-stroke double-kick grooves
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Exercise 39 - Double-strokes, various "backbeats"
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Chapter 2: "Doubles" - Exercises 40 through 42 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 40 - Double-strokes in a 16th-note triplet feel 6
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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 Doubles: with these exercises you'll be able to develop total freedom and control to play accents in double kick drum rolls.
Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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Exercise 43 - Double-stroke rolls with accents var. 1
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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
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Exercise 49 - Double-stroke rolls with accents var. 7
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Chapter 3: "Combinations" - Exercise 50 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 50
q = 110 (slow)
A very simple pattern, play shuffle on top (with left hand 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 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 51
Foot ostinatos
Hand ostinatos
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Chapter 4: "M.P.O.'s" - Exercises 52 through 57 Exercise 52 - 6/16 M.P.O cycle
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Exercise 54 - 10/16 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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Chapter 4: "M.P.O.'s" - Exercises 58 through 60 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 58 - Flam accent M.P.O.
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Exercise 59 Flam accent M.P.O. variation
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Exercise 60 - M.P.O. Combinations
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Chapter 4: "M.P.O.'s" - Exercises 61 and 62 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 61 - Improvise 16th-note M.P.O.
Improvise alternating 16th-note M.P.O.'s
Exercise 62 - Linear alternating singles M.P.O. R
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercises 63 through 69 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 63 - Triplet mechanics Accents on same crash
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Exercise 64
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Exercises 65 through 69 are are all variations of this triplet pattern, orchestrated using different instruments and different sides of the kit.
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercises 70 through 72 Exercise 70
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Exercise 72 2nd snare
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Play repetitive phrases, string them together! Do not play random patterns, play structures and patterns that are repetitive! (rhythms!)
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercise 73 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
left snare left snare left snare left snare q = 100 (max)
Exercise 73 - Part I
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercises 74 through 76 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 74 - Flam taps
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Exercise 75 - Flam taps, with cymbals
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Exercise 76 - Flam accents
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Chapter 5: "Movement & Mechanics" - Exercise 77 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
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 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 78 - Straight 16th's
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 79 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 79 - 16th-note triplets 3
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 80 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 80 - 32nd notes
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 81 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 81
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 82 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 82 - 10/16 kick drum pattern
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercises 83 through 88
Linear Patterns: Exercise 83 - Singles 1 + 1
Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 84 - Singles 1 + 2
( No heel )
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Exercise 85 - Singles 3 + 3
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Exercise 86 - Singles 4 + 4
Exercise 87 - Singles 6 + 6
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 89 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 89 - Flam + 5-stroke ostinato
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 90
Exercise 90
Bars 1 - 8
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 91 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 91
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 92 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 92
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 93 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 93 - 5-stroke + 16th
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Chapter 6: "twin FX" - Exercise 94 Music engraving by Steve Ferraro
Exercise 94
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