In this rudiment lesson you will be taking the quarter note four stroke ruff on the snare. Underneath this you will play various level 0 kick movements with the right foot and imitate a back beat snare with the left foot on the hi hat pedal. This creates some really interesting sounding parts and is a great co ordination challenge.
Listed below are five versions of this, use this as a starting point to create your own versions of the exercise. At the bottom of the page you will find a collection of links to lessons you may find useful when learning the given parts.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
TASKS
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all exercises up to a tempo of 160bpm with good hand technique.
- Use all three sticking patterns with each exercise.
- Create your own versions of the given exercises.
- Orchestrate the hands to create further patterns.
- Play all 5 exercises as a continuous 5 bar pattern, then repeat.
