Break down every beat into 16th-notes to make sight reading and understanding rhythms easier. Overlay a 16th-note count to grooves and fills.
Category: Drumming Exercises
Munky Fusic Rock School Grade 1
Heres a Demo of Munky Fusic for Grade 1 Rock School. Hope it helps.
Deep Trouble Rock School Grade 1
Heres a demo of Deep Trouble for Grade 1 Rock School. the Base Drum sounds a bit beefy but it will do for a Demo. Hope it helps
The Buzz stroke
Learning how to hold a stick and make it operate the way you want it to is quite tricky. Younger, less experienced drummers just tend to hammer the hi-hat as hard and as fast as they can, when really it's all about technique. Suddenly the stick just comes alive 😉
Drum Drills
Prior to exams, I get my students to do an exercise which is quite intense and requires stamina and concentration. Starting from the beginning of the piece we select sections and repeatedly play them with a 1 bar rest in between. I found this technique really useful when learning new parts in short periods of [...]
Drop Stick Exercise
Here's a great way to get students laughing and start coordinating dropping a stick. The idea is to just go straight for another stick and not worry about the one you drop. I keep my spares under my legs. 😉
