The Importance Of Learning Hybrid Rudiments
After spending the past four years studying Hybrid Rudiments I have found many improvements in my playing, touch, and feel behind the drum set. It’s been a journey that came […]
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Lesson Of The Week: Hybrid Rudiment – Shirley Murphy (Breakdown)
Shirley Murphy The Shirley Murphy is an easy hybrid that’s more of just a sticking pattern. The challenge lies in the fact that it’s based around bounce control, or the […]
Lesson Of The Week: Doubles Or Singles?
View this post on Instagram This is an exercise I wrote out a week ago and I've been working on it everyday since. I'm seeing improvement in the evenness of […]
Movement Drum Co. UPP Pad Demo
Website: movementdrumco Instagram: movementdrumco Had this UPP pad sent to me by @movementdrumco and I’m in love with it! The pad is small enough to take anywhere and the back adheres […]
Lesson Of The Week: Inverted Paradiddle Combination #1
This weeks lesson deals with the Inverted Paradiddle and the Single Paradiddle. When practicing this exercise remember to keep all non accented notes low so that you can distinguish the […]
Lesson Of The Week: Practice Rudiments To A Song. Meshuggah – Bleed (Rudimental Improv)
Was looking for a track the other day to use for practice. Something that I could work on diddles and doubles…. What better track than “Bleed” by Meshuggah?! The main […]
Lesson Of The Week – Hybrid Rudiment: Swiss Drag (Breakdown)
Swiss Drag The Swiss Drag is another hybrid rudiment that you can learn in two easy steps. Step 1: Play a Swiss triplet, or “Swiss Army Triplet”. Step 2: Place the note […]
Lesson Of The Week – Hybrid Rudiment: Flam 5 (Breakdown)
Flam 5 The flam 5 is a flam accent with a 5 stroke roll feel. Imagine either playing a flam accent with cheese on the first note, and a […]
Lesson Of The Week – Hybrid Rudiment: Double Flam Drag
Double Flam Drag The Double Flam Drag is just a standard Flam Drag with an additional drag. In this case it’s basically a group of 5 with added partials on […]
Lesson Of The Week – Hybrid Rudiment: Book Report (Breakdown)
Book Report The Book Report is an accented single paradiddle with added partials (diddles/flams). Step 1: We need to know what a paradiddle is first. Learn the hand pattern RLRR LRLL. Once you […]
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