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Lesson One:
How to hold the sticks, The Mighty Two and Preparation For A Rock and Roll Backbeat

Lesson Two: The Single Paradiddle and the Five Stroke Roll

The 7 Essential Rudiments

34 Additional Rudiments: More Advanced Rudiments

Upbeats and Downbeats: Playing with Three Limbs!

Combinations

Wrists Of Fury

Deep Fried Drums

Drum Tuning Tips

Setting Up Your Drums

Making Practice Count

 

Wrists of Fury

Use these examples as a warm-up and a 10 minute daily exercise for developing speed and control. They include the most commonly used rhythms in ROCK , JAZZ and other pop music styles. We will use them extensively in all future lessons.

MEMORIZE THEM!!!



Suggested Tempo begin at 60 bpm and increase daily until approx. 80, then increase 4 bpm weekly. In one month you'll be at 96, in two months 112 bpm!







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