8th  N o t e    R h y t h m   S t u d i e s    ( Snare & Bass Drum Focus) By Kevin Picone


   

 

  Since 8th note rhythms make up such a large proportion of what we play, I've laid out a series of 10 progressive lessons in order to help you really get started.  Each lesson, contains 20 exercises all written in TAB format.  Each lesson has a common theme, where the hi hat and bass drum patterns remain the same, while the snare drum part is playing a variety of different patterns.  You can somewhat think of this as a basic independence exercise, as we are trying to build the ability to independently play a variety of snare and bass drum patterns against the constant 8note hi hat pulse.

  These are only a brief look at the potential of this kind of study, to take this further you are encouraged to make up your own bass drum, and snare patterns, change the drum voicing, add dynamics, go crazy !.. Have fun!

 If you would like to submit a lesson please feel free to contact me.

 

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Lesson #1 | Lesson #2 | Lesson #3 | Lesson #4 | Lesson #5 | Lesson #6

Lesson #7 | Lesson #8 | Lesson #9 |Lesson #10

 All  lessons  By Kevin Picone (c) 2000

 

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