Tag: Practice Materials
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Linear Drumming Building Blocks
Warning: this might be a really bad idea. Be careful. Alright, got that out of the way — anyhoo, linear drumming. It’s a hot item in the 21st century drumming world, often referred to by the hipper phrase “gospel chops,” which… whatever. I wanted to include some linear ideas for my “quintuplets 101” article, and…
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Quintuplets on the Drums
Quintuplets (specifically 16th note quintuplets) and broader patterns of five are used pretty regularly in my playing, but I often see the sentiment online that quintuplets are not good for “normal” drumming, which is to say music that isn’t math rock or prog or something. I think that’s a little unfair to the poor quintuplet,…
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Mastering Tuplets on Dotted Notes (X:3 Rhythms in 4/4)
Let’s have another quick look at the new Sungazer album, jumping to a later part of the record: track 7, “Cool 7,” the majority of which is in 7. This tune is actually the reason I even knew this LP came out, as I stumbled across a video the band shared explaining some of the…
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A Packet of Triplet Accent Grids
So there I was, a couple of weeks ago, with a free night to practice but not much bandwidth to slog through a book. (I also didn’t want to hop on the kit that late and annoy my neighbors even more than I probably already do.) I figured I would get on the practice pad…
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Drum Rudiments — The Inversions
Here’s the thing: I regard myself as having a… complicated relationship with most of the rudiments, and I think the incessant priority drum set players give them in the 21st century can be unjustified. But I will concede that there is a neat exercise hiding in many of the rudiments. Well, it’s actually something that…
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