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goofing around,

some snare diddles, flams, triplets, sixtuplets.

Double paradiddle Beat I learned from onlinedrummer.com

Three-Note Accents 2

Bsuds at it again

Igor Willcox and his Yamaha Drums

Drum exercise: diddles with single-stroke accents

Try this exercise to help you play accents during drum solos. The idea is to play a flow of 32nd-note diddles, but interrupt them with accents. The accents   more...are single strokes, and they are counted as dotted 8th-notes. The exercise repeats every three measures. First, I play all three measures. Then I play each measure separately, four times each. I'm playing this at quarter-note equals 100 bpm.
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Drum exercise: paradiddles and displaced paradiddles

Try this one out! I'm playing these at quarter note equals 150 beats per minute, with each stroke counted as a 16th note.

Regular paradiddles RLRRLRLL   more...(4x)
Displaced paradiddles RLLRLRRL (4x)
Different displaced paradiddles RRLRLLRL (4x)

Then string all three patterns together. Now you'll be in 3/4 time:

RLRRLRLLRLLRLRRLRRLRLLRL (4x)

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Drum warm-up: displaced double strokes

Here is a good drum warm-up involving displaced double strokes:

RRLLRRLLRRLLRRLL (repeat)
RLLRRLLRRLLRRLLR (repeat)
LLRRLLRRLLRRLLRR (repeat)
LRRLLRRLLRRLLRRL (repeat)
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I am playing these as sixteenth notes, at a tempo of quarter note equals 120 beats per minute.

Thank you, from Dave Moadel
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A funky drum ride pattern exercise

This simple exercise will mess with your brain a little bit, and could help you create some funky ride patterns on the hi-hat or ride cymbal.

Throughout the entire exercise,   more...play a strong backbeat on 2 and 4 with the left hand.

4/4 time, quarter-note equals 112 bpm, play it in this order without stopping:

( R means 16th note with the right hand, - means 16th note rest )

RRR- RRR- RRR- RRR- (repeat)
-RRR -RRR -RRR -RRR (repeat)
R-RR R-RR R-RR R-RR (repeat)
RR-R RR-R RR-R RR-R (repeat)

(repeat entire pattern)

Have fun with it!
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Double-stroke drum warm-up challenge!

All double strokes (RRLL), quarter note equals 100 bpm:

2 measures of 8th notes, 2 measures of 8th note triplets, 2 measures of 16th notes, 2 measures of 16th note   more...triplets, 2 measures of 32nd notes, 2 measures of 16th note triplets, 2 measures of 16th notes, 2 measures of 8th note triplets, 2 measures of 8th notes

Good luck!
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Drum warm-up: triplets with accents

Thanks to Alan "vyacheslav" from drum-talk.com for this drumming warm-up triplets exercise, which I am playing at 120 bpm in the video. Here it is:

Start with   more...4/4 Time, RLRL sticking

A. (Accented notes are surrounded by stars) Play each phrase once. The total length of Part A is 3 measures.

Phrase 1: *1* trip let *2* trip let *3* trip let *4* trip let
Phrase 2: 1 *trip* let 2 *trip* let 3 *trip* let 4 *trip* let
Phrase 3: 1 trip *let* 2 trip *let* 3 trip *let* 4 trip *let*

B. (Time signature changes to 2/4 time) Play the first six notes of each phrase, then repeat once. Total length of Part B is 3 measures.

*1* trip let *2* trip let
1 *trip* let 2 *trip* let
1 trip *let* 2 trip *let*
(Repeat)

C. (Time signature changes to 3/4 time) Finally, play the first three notes of each phrase, then repeat 4 times. Total length of Part C is 4 measures.

*1* trip let 2 *trip* let 3 trip *let*
(Repeat 4 times)

This gets into some really cool polyrhythmic stuff, and REALLY helps your timing with a metronome. Even though the time signature changes from 4/4 to 2/4 to 3/4, you can still use a metronome because the meter doesn't change (quarter note is still the downbeat). To really make this a challenge use different stickings, like RRLL or RLRR LRLL or RLLR LRRL etc. Have fun!
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Drum warm-up: 16th notes with accents

Thanks to Alan "vyacheslav" from drum-talk.com for this drumming warm-up 16th note exercise, which I am playing at 120 bpm in the video. Here it is:

4/4 Time,   more...RLRL sticking

A. Start by playing each of the following phrases once. (Accented notes are surrounded by stars). The total length of Part A is 4 measures.

Phrase 1: *1*e&a *2*e&a *3*e&a *4*e&a
Phrase 2: 1*e*&a 2*e*&a 3*e*&a 4*e*&a
Phrase 3: 1e*&*a 2e*&*a 3e*&*a 4e*&*a
Phrase 4: 1e&*a* 2e&*a* 3e&*a* 4e&*a*

B. Now play only the first eight notes of each phrase, then repeat. The total length of Part B is 4 measures.

*1*e&a *2*e&a
3*e*&a 4*e*&a
1e*&*a 2e*&*a
3e&*a* 4e&*a*
(Repeat)

C. Finally, play the first four notes of each phrase once, but repeat four times. The total length of Part C is 4 measures.

*1*e&a 2*e*&a 3e*&*a 4e&*a*
(Repeat 4 times)

The idea is to do the whole "cycle" (A, B and C) without stopping in between. Doing this exercise with a metronome will really help your timing!
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Paradiddlediddle drum warm-up

doing doubles on single bass, heel up

playing some hi-hat stuff.

Fills using Three-note accents 1

Timbaleslab2, excerpt from the intermediate timbales drumming video lesson. Video focuses on teaching practical timbales rhythms. Traditional cuban and caribbean rhytms, as well as pop, funk, samba!

Timbaleslab1, excerpt from the basic timbales drumming video lesson. Includes basic timbales patterns, basic tones, stick-technique, cuban rhythms and reading timbales notes. more at: www.drumrhythms.com

African djembe workshop, excerpt from the djembe drumming video lessons. Practical approach to playing traditional djembe rhythms. Includes rhythms for 3 djembes, djundjun, talking drum and congas.