Beginners Drum Book 2023

Beginners Drum Book 2023

To Drummers, I have a new drum book available for pre order, which includes some of the sheets that will be in the book when you pre order. I’m putting the price low, it’s only £1 to pre order and when it’s ready (by September this year),...
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...
Paradiddle Exercises Moving Accents To Toms and Cymbals

Paradiddle Exercises Moving Accents To Toms and Cymbals

The Paradiddle. The most popular drum rudiment. So dramatic! Could be the flam actually. I’ll never look at the paradiddle in the same way, after a student asked a sporadic question “who created the paradiddle?”. I replied quickly with “Jerry...
Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 2 – Grade 1-2

Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 2 – Grade 1-2

Free PDF Download: Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 2 – Grade 1-2 It’s still the summer holidays and most people are taking a well deserved break. I’ve been on holiday and I’m fully relaxed but I have a few lesson days coming up so...
Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 1 – Grade 1-2

Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 1 – Grade 1-2

Free PDF Download: Drum Practice Routines – Sheet 1 – Grade 1-2 It’s the summer holidays and most people are taking a well deserved break. I have made this sheet for some of my drum students to practice over the holidays, which can be done in 5...
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...