Most drummers have a desire to become faster

and structure to achieve their speed goals.

SPEED CHART
around the drum set but lack the strict regime

This poster will help you to focus on specific

The main purpose of this poster is to give you
a chart so that you can keep track of your
progress. Go through this chart once a week
and circle your speed for each exercise. You will
workout such as this. Even though your speed
will be increasing at a rapid pace be aware that
you will hit plateaus on all of these exercises.
Don’t be alarmed, keep practicing and over
Directions: Set your metronome at 60 b.p.m.
Play each exercise 4 X’s through before moving
on to the next tempo.

speed building exercises for both your hands be surprised how quickly your speed increases time you will be able to push through those
and your feet. once you put yourself on a strict speed building speed plateaus. By Mike Johnston
Notation Key Tip Of The Day Practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes PERMANENT.
So practice playing these exercises perfectly and you’ll be permanently perfect!

Educator and Author Mike Johnston has spent the

past 10 years teaching and performing drum clinics
all over the world. His educational website (www.
mikeslessons.com) hosts LIVE online drum lessons
as well as offering download-able lessons for your
iPod. He hosts 7 day International Drum Camps twice
a month at the mikeslessons.com facility in Folsom
CA. Mike also became an author in 2009 when he
published his first book “Linear Drumming”.

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