Mini lessons
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Paradiddle Rock
This is an excerpt I created for young/beginning drummers. The paradiddle is used in a groove to address fundamental coordination.
3 Against 4
This page explores the concept of playing 3 and 4 concurrently and expands it to the drum set.
Kind of Seven and a Modulation Illusion
This is an advanced concept for playing with the feeling of modulating time using seven note groupings. One can remain in the base time or modulate using the ideas as a launch pad.
Fives and a Modulation Illusion
A continuation of the time modulation concept introduced in Kind of Seven using groups of 5 in a jazz/swing feel.
Single or Double? + Bossa Nova Feet
For young/beginning drummers. This page takes three fundamental rudiments and help to develop important first steps connecting hands and feet.