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Drum Pattterns
Drum Pattterns
tonight.
Now work on orchestrating that sticking around the drumset. Play singles on toms,
doubles on snare. Singles on snare, doubles on toms. Sweep the doubles across two
toms or from snare to tom tom. Play some of the notes on cymbals or hi-hat. Re-
inforce cymbal crashes with bass drum (or not). Substitute bass drum or hi-hat with
foot for one hand or for any of the accented notes in the patterns above.
Play them over different subdivisions. 8th note triplets for example:
When you are done with that, work on the same exercises with all of the paradiddle
inversions:
RLLR LRRL
RRLR LLRL
RLRL LRLL
When you are done with that, do the same thing with double paradiddles and
paradiddle-diddles.
When you are done with that, move on to other sticking patterns such as:
RLRLL
RLRLRLL
RLLR LLRR LRRL RRLL
RLLR RLRR LLRL LRRL
RLLR RLLR LLRR LLRL
By the time your are fluent with all of these stickings including accents and
orchestrations, over practically any subdivision, you'll be able to execute on-the-
fly the linear drum fills that you hear Gospel drummer play.
It takes a while...