This is an exercise that can be used in your practice schedule, and can be used as drum fills in your playing. This 6 Stroke Roll rudiment (played on the snare drum) is part of the technical exercises in Rockschool Grade 7 (Alternative paradiddle-diddle in sextuplet...
A 6/8 time signature is the same as a fraction. In music it means that there are 6 eigth notes in each bar. Normally in a bar of 4/4, we have 8 eigth notes in the bar. Just like in fractions, 4/4 = 8/8). In this 6/8 time signature, the emphasis is on beat 1 and...
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....
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 –...
