Rudiments
Rudiments (also called sticking[s]) are sticking exercises which vary the combinations of left and right hand movements. They are designed to achieve the following:
- Improve stick control - and hence expand the possibilities of speed, dynamics and uniformity (evenness).
- Facilitate greater ease when playing. Potentially difficult ideas become easier when the correct sticking is chosen.
- Improve rhythmic possibilities. Different stickings create different rhythmic effects. Such rhythmic possibilities increase again when a sticking is played between two or more sound sources.
When playing rudiments:
- Use a metronome.
- Keep a continuous quarter note pulse by either tapping the right foot or playing the bass drum as written.
- Vary the dynamics (this is explained in detail at the start of the book.)
- Vary the tempo.
- Vary the sticking by starting with either the right or left hand.
- Play with and without written accents.
Practicing rudiments can become boring if you let it, so coming up with ideas to prevent this is a good policy. Practicing rudiments along with a recording is one such idea.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- The Sixteenth Note
3- The Eighth Note
4- Paradiddle Permutations
5- Triplets
6- The Quarter Note
7- Rudiments
8- How to Practice
9- Advanced Independence - Concept 1
10- Solo 33
11- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS
12- Method of Practice
13- Adapting Time Signatures
14- Eighth Note Triplets
15- Solo 30
16- Solo 17
17- Solo 34
18- Sight Reading Exercise 7
19- Explanation of Notation
20- Counting
21- Sight Reading Exercise 3
22- Solo 31
23- Solo 22
24- Thirty Second Notes
25- Solo 18
26- The Drum Fill
27- Open Hi-hat Exercises
28- Sixteenth Note Hi-hat Patterns
29- Sight Reading Exercise 4
30- Equipment
31- Solo 35
32- The Paradiddle
33- Solo 23
34- Sixty Fourth Notes
35- Solo 19
36- Solo 36
37- Solo 1
38- Holding the Drum Sticks
39- Ghost Notes
40- Solo 32
41- Solo 6
42- Solo 29
43- Solo 2
44- Rolls
45- Solo 36
46- Shuffle Rhythm
47- Triplet Accent Studies
48- 3 Steps to Stick Control
49- Solo 20
50- Solo 7
51- Solo 3
52- Fill-ins Featuring Bass Drum
53- Note Values
54- Stickings Around the Kit
55- Solo 21
56- Open and Closed Hi-hats
57- Solo 24
58- Solo 8
59- Paradiddle Partials
60- Syncopation
61- Swing Rhythm
62- Joining Stickings Together
63- Understanding Note Values
64- The Tie
65- The Flam
66- <span class="symbolA">%</span> Time
67- Advanced Syncopation
68- Repetition Counting
69- Solo 25
70- The Metronome
71- Sticking Interpretation
72- Solo 9
73- Solo 26
74- Solo 4
75- Triplet Sticking Interpretation
76- Linear Patterns
77- Rudiments of music
78- Creating a Drum Part
79- Time Signatures
80- Solo 27
81- Solo 5
82- The Dot
83- Polyrhythms
84- Repeat Signs
85- Solo 28
86- Solo 10
87- Dynamics