Unofficial rockschool preperation ideas for improvisation part of the Grade 2 drum exam. Students should improvise (make up your own on the spot), but if you are stuck knowing what to do for bars 2-4 on the improvisation practice before the exam, then these should...
Here is a grade 1 level drum beats and fills exercise sheet. All Fills use the Snare and Floor Tom together at the same time. There are crescendos on the last two fills (volume build up). You will need a basic level of reading knowledge to try this without a teacher....
These exercises should be played on the snare drum or a practice pad. The counting is shown below the notes. Every exercise is based on the first one, with notes taken away. For example, on the second line, you can still coun’t the full “1 E + a”,...
You play 3 bars of groove then this drum fill using a 6 2 6 2 pattern that equals 16. By playing 16 x 16th notes, you get a fill that lasts one bar. More fills can be created by changing the numbers around. you could try 2 6 6 2 for example, or 4 4 6 2 –...
Before attempting these you will need to have a solid ability in the basic foundation Jazz drum groove, which involves the left foot hi hat on 2 and 4, and the right hand on 1 2 3 4. This sheet explores variations in the right hand ride cymbal over a constant 2 and 4...
Photo Credit: Dejan Krsmanovic A good drum kit can cost thousands so even if you have had one bought for you, look after it! Make sure to tell your band mates not to do destructive “rock moves” on it like smashing their instrument on it, standing on the...
These are metal grooves that use the double pedal in an interesting way. This sheet is ideal for a drummer that has been learning the double bass drum for a while, and has some reading knowledge. Hopefully this will give some people a few new ideas for creating their...
