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Table of contents Introduction The drumset ……………………………............................................................................ The drumstick ………………………………………………………………………………… The basic grip………………………………………………………………………………….
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Part i The staff, notes, rest………………..…...………………………………………………..…. Music key ……………………………...………………………………………………………. Counting ………………………………...…………………………………………………….. Sticking exercise………………………………………………………………………………. Note combination……………………………………………………………………………… The triplet…………………………………………………………………………………….. Rest……………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Part ii Two way coordination hihat and bass……………………………………………………………… Two way coordination hihat and snare……………………………………………………….……. Three way coordination................................................................................................... Two way coordination eighth note bass………………………………………………………….. Rock beats…………………………………………………………………………………….. Rock beats with syncopation……………………………………………………………………….. Rock beats snare drum variation…………………………………………………………………….. Rock beats two bar exercises………………………………………………………………………... Rock beats eighth bar exercise……………………………………………………………………….
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Part iii Rolling around the set…………………………………………………………………...…... Triplet around the set………………………………………………………………………… Fill ins…………………………………………………………………………………………. Short fill ins…………………………………………………………………………………. Long fill ins…………………………………………………………………………………… Cross stick……………………………………………………………………………………..
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The drumset
The drumstick
The basic grip How to hold the drumstick
STAFF
a group of horizontal lines with spaces in between, with each line and each space
signifying a specific pitch or (in the case of drumset staff) a specific instrument.
NOTES
a musical sound a tone or tune. Every time you hit a drum, you’re playing a note.
rest In music, when you’re not playing, you’re resting. Any note you don’t play is called rest.
Technical Symbols
MUSIC KEY
Counting
STICKING EXERCISEs
Note combination
Eighths AND Sixteenths
The triplet Eighth note triplet
Rest Quarter rest
Eighth rest
Two way coordination hihat and bass
Two way coordination hihat and snare
Three way coordination
Two way coordination eighth note bass drum
Rock beats bass drum variation
Rock beats with syncopation
Rock beats snare drum variation
Rock beats two bar exercises
Rock beats 8 bar exercise with crash
ROCK BEAT 8 bar exercise With crash and ride
Rolling around the set
EIGhTHS AND SIXTEENthS
Triplet around the set
Fill INS
Fill ins
Short fill INS
Long fill INS, Crescendo and Flams
Cross stick
Crross stick exercise with crash and fill ins
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