10 Double Stroke Rudamental style exercises

10 Double Stroke Rudamental style exercises

Video showing Exercise 1 & 2: There are quite a few double stroke rudiment exercises in the 40 official drum rudiments, but none of these are in them. While the ’40 drum rudiments’ cover many of a drummers needs, in terms of practicing, there are many...
Intermediate Drum Warm-Up – Part 1

Intermediate Drum Warm-Up – Part 1

You may also be interested in this drum book: Intermediate Beats Fills and Exercises, which focusses on Rock, Pop, Funk, and progressive styles. Following on from the Drum Lesson Warm Up posted a few days ago, this intermediate drum warm-up is for drummers that have...
Accent Practice Exercise for Snare Drum

Accent Practice Exercise for Snare Drum

This exercise was created to support the learning of playing paradiddles with accents along with a metronome at 70bpm in the Grade 2 Rockschool technical exercises 2012-18 syllabus. I have also suggested to try practicing the sheet between 60 and 120bpm, with or...
2 Snare Drum Sticking Exercise Sheets

2 Snare Drum Sticking Exercise Sheets

The first exercise sheet was written to help my drum students build up their coordination and sticking techniques for the snare drum. The second exercise sheet was transcribed directly from this excellent Hit Like A Girl 2017 entry video by Jenn Proos. The entire...
Sheet 2 – Drum Exercises for Beginners – Grade 1

Sheet 2 – Drum Exercises for Beginners – Grade 1

Welcome to the second in the series of ‘Drum Exercises for Beginners – Grade 1’. You may like to listen to the audio to help understand the sheet music. There are short repeated exercises in the following categories, which are ideal for practicing on...
Sheet 1 – Drum Exercises for Beginners – Grade 1

Sheet 1 – Drum Exercises for Beginners – Grade 1

Welcome to the first in the series of ‘Drum Exercises for Beginners – Grade 1’. There are short repeated exercises in the following categories, which are ideal for practicing on your own, or for using by drum teachers as part of a lesson plan. You...
Snare drum sheet music based around single stroke fours and sextuplets

Snare drum sheet music based around single stroke fours and sextuplets

This snare drum sheet is ideal for practicing the single stroke four drum rudiment and also for playing sextuplet rhythms within a piece. The piece could be played by a group of snare drums or other drums if the players are at an intermediate level of above (at least...
8 Technique Exercises for Accents and Ghost Notes

8 Technique Exercises for Accents and Ghost Notes

These snare drum or practice pad exercises are similar to drum rudiments. The drum exercises work on possible sticking and dynamic eventualities that you may encounter in drum beats and grooves, drum fills, and snare drum sheet music. The exercises also could be used...