The Ratamacue With Each Hand On A Different Drum

In this lesson you will just be taking the ratamacue and splitting the hands between two different voices. This is a useful step in the learning process as it can give the rudiment a slightly more melodic feel to it. It is also a good lesson in starting to get your hands moving around the kit as they are moving, but not too much.

Listed below are various orchestrations of the ratamacue, in each the two hands are split over two different drums. For example in the first exercise the right hand stays on the floor tom whilst the left stays on the high tom. The notation can look a little cluttered but once you get how the concept is working they should be quite easy to figure out. Feet are included in all exercises but feel free to remove them while you get familiar with the hand movements. All exercises follow the standard sticking where you start on the right hand.


Exercise 1

Ratamacue with each hand playing a different drum


Exercise 2

Ratamacue with each hand playing a different drum


Exercise 3

Ratamacue with each hand playing a different drum


Exercise 4

Ratamacue with each hand playing a different drum


Exercise 5

Ratamacue with each hand playing a different drum


TASKS

  • Using the 2 minute rule, get all exercises up to a tempo of at least 110bpm.
  • Create your own orchestrations using this concept.
  • Use as many different feet patterns as you can think of with each exercise.

Lessons

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