Linear Drumming Pattern
Aaron Spears
A good warm up exercise. Focus on clean strokes with good time at lower tempos. Accents can be alternated between hand and foot.
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Drum Solo Triplets
Buddy Rich
Blistering singles and doubles between the hands and feet in a triplet pattern.
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Moscow Groove
Eric Moore
Practise the first 8 notes of this pattern on a practise pad only. Use it in daily playing. Gradually introduce the bass drum hits.
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Solo Groove
John Blackwell
Try this on the practise pad first. Get comfortable with the right hand sticking as much of the bass drum pattern copies this.
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Songo-inspired halftime
Kev O'Shea
Play R,L,F,L with accents in different places. Keep right hand on Hihat and left hand on the snare.
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Linear-Type Beat
Vinnie Colaiuta
Practise cross-handed sticking between splashes and cymbals.
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