In this lesson I will show another hand to foot pattern that is very useful as an exercise in separating your hands and feet and is also a great building block for fill construction. This time you will be using a six note pattern that is a straight run of single stroke roll with the last two notes played on the feet.
As with the similar lessons on this topic, there isn't a lot to the exercises presented on this page, you will just be learning it in various forms in preparation to apply the part to fill construction. Spend a lot of time making sure the kick is falling exactly in place then work on pushing the tempo. The important thing to remember is that when you replace a hand stroke with a foot stroke, the foot should be playing as loud and confidantly as the hand would have. At the bottom of the page you will find a collection of links to exercises you may find useful.
This sticking pattern is quite versatile and can be applied over many different rhythms and time signatures easily. It is show below are both eighth and sixteenth note triplets.
Example 1
The pattern played in 4/4 as eighth note triplets.
Example 2
The pattern played in 4/4 as sextuplets.
TASK
- Using the 2 minute rule, get the exercises up to a tempo of at least 110bpm.
- Experiment with orchestrating the parts.
- Try adding a left foot count. This will increase the co ordination challenge drastically.
- Add this short pattern into your fills.
