The Single Stroke Roll With Eighth Note Cymbals

The orchestration concepts presented in this lesson follow an almost identical idea to the Single Stroke Roll With 8th Note Toms concept but instead of playing all right hands on toms you will now be using cymbals. Various different movements are shown on this page, some using just one cymbal and some moving around many. The main purpose is to get you comfortable with splitting a part between drums and cymbals whilst maininting a constant sticking.

As always, feet have been included in all exercises but experiment with different patterns to those shown If you are finding an exercise difficult it would be worth removing the feet until you are comfortable with the hands. I always think cymbals sound better with a bass drum underneath so all of these patterns have a constant eighth note kick with various different hi hat movements.


Exercise 1

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 2

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 3

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 4

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 5

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 6

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Tasks

Use the 2 minute rule to aim for the following target tempos. This list covers from a beginner to an experienced player so potentially represents several years worth of practice.

  • Level 0: 60bpm
  • Level 1: 90bpm
  • Level 2: 120bpm
  • Level 3: 140bpm
  • Level 4: 160bpm & Demi Semi Quavers at 80bpm
  • Level 5: 180bpm & Demi Semi Quavers at 90bpm
  • Level 5+: 200+bpm & Demi Semi Quavers at 100+bpm
  • Create your own orchestrations using this concept.
  • Use as many different feet patterns as you can think of with each exercise.
  • Apply the orchestration concept to the rudiment in various other time signatures and note values.
  • Apply the concept as a fill in your general playing.

Up Next

I recomend covering our lesson on the Single Stroke Roll With Quarter And Eight Note Toms next.


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