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Eights And Sixes

We’re going to build upon the Eights and Sixes exercise that I introduced in Part 1 of this series by adding double strokes and rimshots into the routine.

by Bill Bachman
Feb 27, 2019

Music As A Game

In his book Effortless Mastery, jazz pianist, composer, and author Kenny Werner wrote, “Don’t forget: Music is something we just made up. It doesn’t actually exist as anything but a game for us.”

by Aaron Edgar
Feb 27, 2019

Five-A-Diddles

Throughout their careers, great drummers such as Zigaboo Modeliste, David Garibaldi, and Dave Weckl have opened our imaginations to the possibilities of paradiddles and their inversions.

by Jayson Brinkworth
Feb 27, 2019

Funk In Five

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by Chuck Kerrigan
Feb 5, 2019

More Questions And Some Answers

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by Roy Burns
Feb 5, 2019
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Dennis Chambers’ Half-Time Shuffle

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By Daniel Bédard
Jan 30, 2019

“Golden Measures” and Fibonacci Rhythms

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by Aaron Edgar
Jan 30, 2019

Eights and Sixes, Part 1

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by Bill Bachman
Jan 30, 2019

Contemporary Coordination Exercises

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by Mike Alfieri
Jan 30, 2019

16th-Note Triplets On Double Bass

In one bar of 4/4, a 16th-note triplet takes up one-half of a beat, which is the same amount of space as one 8th note or two 16th notes.

by Joey Franco
Jan 25, 2019

Perseverance

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by Roy Burns
Jan 25, 2019

Reggae 101: The Steppers Beat

Exploring One of the Genre’s Essential Grooves

by Tommy Benedetti
Dec 27, 2018
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Path Orchestration

A Unique Method for Developing Fills

by Jost Nickel
Dec 27, 2018

The Modern Drummer Guide to Reading Rhythms - Part 3

Part 3: 8th Notes and 8th-Note Rests

by Miguel Monroy
Dec 27, 2018
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