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Pad Class - all | basic
Snare Drum
Basic-Intermediate
warm-ups
Triplet Warm-Up (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
Doubles Exercise - pdf | audio
Rudiments
Flam Sequence- pdf | audio
Timing/rhythm
Attacks - pdf | audio
16th-Note Timing Exercise (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
Triplet Timing Exercise (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Basic 6/8 Rhythms (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Accents
Triplet Accents - Mixed Stickings (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
Three Camps (updated 1/1/08) - pdf | audio
3- & 2 -stroke accents (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
8th note accents - pdf | audio
drags/rolls
Drags (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
5-Stroke Rolls (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
7-Stroke Rolls - pdf | audio
Long Rolls (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
Rolls - Medium Tempos (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Rolls - Slow Tempos (added 1/1/08) - pdf
singles
Sixtuplets (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
Advanced
Triplet Warm-Up (updated 1/1/08) - pdf | audio
Flams
Flam Taps (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Swiss Triplets (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Paradiddles
Paradiddle Variations - pdf | audio
Paradiddle Shift - pdf | audio
Paradiddle Breaks - pdf | audio
Paradiddle Modulation - pdf | audio
Double Paradiddle Variations - pdf | audio
Accents
Joel Rothman Triplet Accents - pdf | audio
Joel Rothman 8th Note Accents - pdf | audio
Triplet accents - pdf | audio
Triplet Accents - Mixed Stickings - Warm-Up (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Triplet Accents - Mixed Stickings Advanced (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Singles
32nd Note Singles - Drags (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
32nd Note Singles - Short (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
Timing/rhythm
Metronome Exercises - pdf | audio
3-Note Pattern Over A Variety Of Rhythms (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
Timing - 4-note groups - pdf
Singles
32nd Notes - Breaks - warm-up - pdf
Drum set
Basic
Quarter Note Rhythms - 2 bars (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Quarter/Eighth Note Mixed Rhythms - 1 bar (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Quarter/Eighth Note Mixed Rhythms - 2 bars (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Basic Rock Beats (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
Inserting fills (updated 1/1/08) - pdf
1-Beat Fills (added 1/1/08) - pdf
2-Beat Fills (added 1/1/08) - pdf
2-Beat Mixed Rhythm Fills (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Intermediate
Basic Jazz Coordination (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Basic Jazz Set-Ups - pdf
Triplet Solo Ideas - page 1 - page 2 (added 1/2/08)
How To Learn A Complicated Beat (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Double-Time Beats (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Intro To Bass Drum Doubles (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Adding "Ghost" Notes (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Fun Beats (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Paradiddle Funk Patterns - intro (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Exercises Derived From Ted Reed's Syncopation
Exercise 1 - with substituted quarter note triplets (added 1/2/08)
Exercise 1 - with substitued offbeat quarter note triplets (added 1/2/08)
Exercise 1 - with substituted inside triplets (added 1/2/08)
Exercise 2 (added 1/2/08)
Exercise 3 (added 1/2/08)
Exercise 4 (added 1/2/08)
8th Note Rhythms - 3 Hits, All Variations (added 1/2/08) - pdf
8th Note Rhythms - 4 Hits, All Variations (added 1/2/08) - pdf
8th Note Rhythms - 5 Hits, All Variations (addend 1/2/08) - pdf
8th Note Rhythms - 3/4 1-5 Hits, All Variations (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Advanced
Solo Ideas - Rhythmic Permutations (added 1/1/08) - pdf
Quarter Note Triplets in 3/4 (added 1/2/08) - pdf
Transcriptions/lead sheets - rock
Generic rock structure - pdf
"Drive My Car" - Ringo Starr/The Beatles- pdf
"Day Tripper" - Ringo Starr/The Beatles
- pdf
"Back In Black" - Phil Rudd/AC-DC - pdf
"Heartbreaker" - John Bonham/Led Zeppelin - pdf
"Communication Breakdown" - John Bonham/Led Zeppelin - pdf
Transcriptions - jazz
"Straight, No Chaser" - Frankie Dunlop - pdf
"Rhythm-a-ning" - Frankie Dunlop - pdf
"Big Nick" - Elvin Jones - pdf
"Big Nick" analysis - pdf
"Tunji" - Elvin Jones - pdf
Elvin Jones comping - pdf
"Fall" - Tony Williams - pdf
"Fall" analysis/warm-ups - pdf
"Soul Eyes" - Elvin Jones - pdf
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