This lesson is a continuation of our our Standard Paradiddle Sticking and Paradiddle 8ths With Feet lessons, the content will be much more straight forward if you have covered these previously.
The exercises in this lesson will be very similar to our previous lesson on adding feet but this time the note values will be doubled. Through all exercises the hands will be playing sixteenth notes and in the first set of exercises the feet will play quarter notes and the second set eighth notes. The hands will use a standard paradiddle sticking at all points and a note is included to describe what is going on with the feet.
The aim with these patterns is to improve your hand - foot syncronization and co ordination whilst further developing your hand technique.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
In this exercise you will play alternating bass drums and hi hats with the feet:
Exercise 4
And finally, the same as the previous exercise but starting with a hi hat:
TASKS
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all 4 exercises up to a tempo of at least 125bpm.
- Take two of the exercises above and turn them into a 2 bar long repeated pattern.
In the next set of exercises you will continue to use Semi Quavers for the hands but now there will be Quavers played on the feet.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
TASKS
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all 6 exercises up to a tempo of at least 125bpm.
- Take two of the exercises above and turn them into a 2 bar long repeated pattern.