In this lesson you will be learning an inverted version of the 'F H H F' Grouping Exercise covered in a previous lesson. The intention here is to give you another 'building block' for fill construction whilst also giving a handy exercise in foot control. As with the lesson linked above, the idea is very simple but may take a little work to get the limbs moving correctly. This time you will be playing a hand followed by two feet then another hand, all played as 16th notes. There will be two quick kicks which I have notated as both a single and double kick part. To preserve natural single stroke sticking the two hands would be played 'L R'.
Eighth Note Versions
As with most exercises, I'll start by showing a slowed down version of the pattern. Both of the examples shown below are the full pattern written as eighth notes, on the left you have a single footed version and on the right a double kick version. As eighth notes each grouping fills half a bar, so it is played twice in a full bar.
In the double kick version the feet are shown are going left to right. This can also be reversed.
TASK
- Using the 2 minute rule, get the exercise up to a tempo of at least 150bpm.
- Experiment with different stickings for the hands
- Orchestrate the hands.
Sixteenth Note Versions
Here is the full speed versions. Each block now fills one beat so there are four occurances in each 4/4 bar.
As in the previous exercise, in the double kick version the feet are shown are going left to right. This can also be reversed.
TASK
- Using the 2 minute rule, get the exercise up to a tempo of at least 130bpm.
- Experiment with different stickings for the hands
- Orchestrate the hands.
