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                 Title: 1/8 Note Beat Studies #2 - Focus on Snare Drum

                    Recommended For: Beginners, Intermediate revision
                   
                                   By: Kevin Picone

                              Email: picone@giant.net.au

                          URL: www.thedrummachine.50megs.com

                Copyright: (c) Kevin Picone 2000, All Rights Reserved.

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Intro:


   For our second lesson in this series, were going to keep the hihat pattern the same,
 but this time, change the bass drum pattern slightly.  Using this new 'form' we'll
 reapply the previous snare drum exercises from the first lesson.  While this might
 seem simple on the surface, via doing this, we're introducing various layers of
 coordination between our right hand, our left hand and finally our bass drum foot,
 3 layers to be precise, which is why this can be a deceptive study.   

  These types of studies are infinite and are generally 'label' as a progressive
 approach.  


Aim #1: Try to get comfortable playing each rhythm through once, with & without the
        counting, if you can co this, try playing it twice, three, four times through
        or more without stopping. 


Aim #2: Try for a range of tempos, Start out slowly, (around 80/90 bpm's) then medium
        (120bpm) and fast up to (150/160 bpm's or higher). The objective is make all
        the notes sound even. 


Aim #3: Try playing each line of exercises without stopping, keeping it evenly spaced
        the entire time. Next, Try 2 lines, then 3 lines and ultimately the entire
        lesson from top to bottom. To take this another step further, you can try
        playing the exercises randomly, this will help your reading and visualization
        skills greatly.


 Exercise
 
      #1                 #2                  #3                  #4

Count:  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X

Snare:  - - o - - - o - - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o o - - o - - - - - o o - - o o 

BassD:  o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - -


 Exercise
 
      #5                 #6                  #7                  #8

Count:  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X

Snare:  - - o - - o - - - - - - o - - - - o - - - - o - - o - o - - - - o o - o - o 

BassD:  o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - -


 Exercise
 
      #9                #10                 #11                 #12

Count:  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X

Snare:  - - o o - - - o - - - - o o - o - - - - - - - o - - o o - - - o - - - - o o 

BassD:  o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - -


 Exercise
 
      #13               #14                 #15                 #16

Count:  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X

Snare:  - o o - - - o - - - - o o - - o - - - - - o o - - o - - - - - - - o - o o - 

BassD:  o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - -


 Exercise
 
      #17               #18                 #19                 #20

Count:  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

HighH:  X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X - - X X X X X X X X

Snare:  - o - o - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - o - o - o - - o - o - o - o - 

BassD:  o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - - - - o - - - o o - -


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                (c) copyright 2000, By Kevin Picone, All Rights reserved.

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