• '4 5 6' Exercise

    A broken down version of the '1234568' exercise to focus on hand speed and quintuplet use.

  • '4 6 8' Exercises

    A broken down version of the '1234568' exercise to focus more on pushing hand speed.

  • Quintuplets

    A note value that splits the beat into 5 equal parts, similar to the the triplet and sextuplet.

  • Rudiment Workout: 17-07-2020 (Single Stroke Quintuplet)

    In this level 4 rudiment workout lesson you will be pushing your co-ordination with a single stroke exercise played in blocks of five. This is built up over several steps starting with the straight snare version of the rudiment. This allows you focus on one element of the exercise at a time without things getting too complicated which is useful with this unusual timing. While you are mostly focusing on the odd grouping, you will actually be developing all areas of playing making it a very useful all round exercise.

    The pack contains a PDF and 12 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos and a version of the fully constructed exercise.

    The size of this pack is 9.6MB.

  • Rudiment Workout: 22-09-2022 (Quintuplet Using Odd Sticking)

    In this level 3 rudiment workout lesson you will be developing your ability to play in odd timings with odd stickings. This is built up over several steps starting with the straight snare version of the rudiment. This allows you focus on one element of the exercise at a time without things getting too complicated which is useful when using fast double strokes. While you are mostly focusing on the hands, you will actually be developing all areas of playing making it a very useful all round exercise.

    The pack contains a PDF and 12 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos and a version of the fully constructed exercise.

    The size of this pack is 9MB.

  • Rudiment Workout: 26-02-2021 (Two Bar 3/4 Quintuplets)

    In this level 3 rudiment workout lesson you will be learning a difficult exercise where blocks of five strokes are played as singles in the time signature of 3/4. This is built up over several steps starting with the straight snare version of the rudiment. This allows you focus on one element of the exercise at a time without things getting too complicated, giving you time to get your head around the unusual rhythm. The exercise allows you to develop all areas of playing making it a very useful all round exercise.

    The pack contains a PDF and 12 MP3s in a .zip file. This includes two MP3s of each step at multiple tempos and a version of the fully constructed exercise.

    The size of this pack is 8.1MB.