Part 3 · Rudiments · Chapter 44

Rudiments Around the Kit

Rudiments become music when you move them around the drum set. Keep the sticking exactly the same; only the drums change.

EXAMPLE 44.1Singles, snare to toms
TEMPO

Four sixteenths on each drum, from high to low.

EXAMPLE 44.2Paradiddle split
TEMPO

Right hand on the floor tom, left on the snare.

EXAMPLE 44.3Flam accents on the toms
TEMPO

Flams on the toms, taps on the snare.

Stay relaxed movingTIP

Moving between drums makes your strokes stiffer. Move from the shoulder and elbow, and let the wrists keep playing the same stroke.

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