Stickings Around the Kit
- Practice a specific sticking on a practice pad or snare drum until comfortable.
- Play the sticking with the right and left hands on two different sound sources.
- Move the right and left hands randomly between two or more sound sources,experimenting with your own ideas.
- Use some of the resultant ideas as fills (an explanation of fills can be found in Section 1) and make them part of your vocabulary.
- Repeat steps 1-4 using a new sticking.
- Repeat steps 1-4 using combinations of two or more stickings.
The following examples demonstrate of some of the previously listed steps using the single stroke sticking.