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              Title: 1/16 Note Layered Beat Studies #2   Focus on Snare Drum
 
                        Recommended For: Intermediate / Advanced
 
                                   By: Kevin Picone

                                Date: 27th, Aug, 2000

                              Email: picone@giant.net.au

                          URL: www.thedrummachine.50megs.com

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

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Intro:


  The following exercises let you focus on your weaker hand as an individual limb,
 This lets us keep the Hihat and Bass drum pattern constant. By doing this, we greatly
 simplify and build our coordination skills. These types of rhythms are commonly heard
 in most types of pop, rock, fusion, metal and even country music for example. 



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:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x 
Snare:      o       o           o       o o         o o     o           o o     o o 
BassD:  o       o           o       o           o       o           o       o      




 Exercise
 
      #5                 #6                  #7                  #8

Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x 
Snare:      o     o             o         o         o     o   o         o o   o   o 
BassD:  o       o           o       o           o       o           o       o      




 Exercise
 
      #9                #10                 #11                 #12

Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x 
Snare:      o o       o         o o   o               o     o o       o         o o 
BassD:  o       o           o       o           o       o           o       o      




 Exercise
 
      #13               #14                 #15                 #16


Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x 
Snare:    o o       o         o o     o           o o     o               o   o o   
BassD:  o       o           o       o           o       o           o       o      




 Exercise
 
      #17               #18                 #19                 #20


Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx 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      




 Exercise
 
      #21               #22                 #23                 #24


Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x 
Snare:      o       o  o        o  o    o           o  o    o  o        o o     o  o
BassD:  o       o           o       o           o       o           o       o      



 Exercise
 
      #25               #26                 #27                 #28


Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x 
Snare:      o  o  o    o        o    o  o        o  o       o        o  o    o  o   
BassD:  o       o           o       o           o       o           o       o      


 Exercise
 
      #29               #30                 #31                 #32


Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x 
Snare:      o o  o  o  o     o  o o  o  o        o  o    o   o       o  o  o o  o o 
BassD:  o       o           o       o           o       o           o       o      


 Exercise
 
      #33               #34                 #35                 #36


Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x 
Snare:   o  o o  o  o  o     o  O  o o  O  o        o oo    o oo        o    oo o   
BassD:  o       o           o       o           o       o           o       o      



 Exercise
 
      #37               #38                 #39                 #40


Count:  1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a    1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a
HighH:  xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x    xx xxx xxx xxx x 
Snare:   oo O o  oo o  o     o  O  o oo O oo      o O o   o O oo     oo O oo oo O oo  
BassD:  o       o           o       o           o       o           o       o      



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