A blog to help with learning and teaching Drums. Written by Theo Lawrence / TL Music Books.
Put the metronome on at 60pm and try to play this sheet. Line 1 will be 1 note per click. Line 2 will be 2 hits per click (stricking R L R L). Line 3 will be 4 notes per click (again, R L R L sticking). Line 4 and 5 are duplicates of line 1 and 2, so follow the instructions for those.
Try the exercise at faster speeds when you have mastered 60bpm.
The feet are walking, right, left, right, left, on the bass drum and stepped hi hat all the way though, until the last line, where it’s left foot hi hat on every beat.
Follow the sticking (R L R L) for the hands on the snare drum.
Either play as seperate exercises with a metronome, or as one continuous exercise through the whole sheet, with repeats.
Related: 10 rock and pop drum beats with quarter note stepped hi hats – 4 way co ordination
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”, but don’t hit the drum when you count the “E”.
