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I t s e e m st h a t d r u m m e r s , m o r e t h a n a n y o t h e r i n s t r u m e n t a l i s t ,
do the poorest iob when it comes to reading music. This is
e s p e c i a l l yf r u e o f t h e d a n c e d r u m m e r .

T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l r e a s o n sw h v h e h a s h a d t r o u b l e r e a d i n g h i s
p a r t . F i r s to f a l l , t h e r e a r e n o t e n o u g h e x e r c i s e so n s y n c o p a t i o n
a v a i l a b l ef o r h i m t o s t u d y . S e c o n d l y ,m a n y d r u m m e r s h a v e n o t
b e e n t a k e n p r o g r e s s i v e l yu p t o a n d t h r o u g h s y n c o p a t i o n .l t w a s
with this in mind that this book was written.

S u g g e s t i o n so n h o w t o p r a c t i c e t h e f o l l o w i n g r h y t h m s a n d
exercises.

"must"
l. Count aloud. This is a in order to become a good
reaoer.

2. Startwith the riqht stick and alternate.

3 . P r a c t i c ea t v a r i o u s t e m p o s f r o m s l o w t o f a s t .

4. Devote some of your practicetime to playing with the

melronome.

T h e h e l p o f a g o o d i e a c h e ri s a l w a y s a d v i s a b l e .

T h i s b o o k d o e s n o t c o n t a i n a n y s h o r t r o l l s t u d i e s .F o r t h e s e
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