In this lesson you will be taking the Single Stroke 5 in its standard 'on the beat' form and playing it on the snare drum. Then any time a numbered count or an '+' count is played, these will be orchestrated to another part of the kit. The same idea has been applied to many rudiments and you can find a collection of links to some of these at the bottom of the page.
I have shown several versions of this orchestration concept below. Feet and sticking have been included in each.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
TASK
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all 6 exercises up to a tempo of at least 135bpm.
- Create your own versions of these exercises by mixing up the orchestration and feet patterns.
