Hello sammy This was definitely the best way to motivate any rudiment. I only have one question: Should this exercise be practiced on a pad? It looks like you are running the moves without hitting a surface. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. My name is Marcos Paris from Carapicuíba / São Paulo / Brazil
Oi Marcos, :) Yes, majority of initial practice time on practice pad to learn they feel of rebound. Part of practice on surfaces that have little to no rebound to learn that feel too. I was hitting the floor in this video because my intended audience was for general music teachers who teach a lot of kids at once and can't afford practice pads or more ideal set ups. Thanks for the comment and kind words! I have several friends in Sao Paulo and plan on going there one day. Where I live, I play in one of the largest Samba Schools in North America. So I'm a fan of Brazil. :)
In response to google's translation of "Very cool, I'm going to use this form for my classes, lol, if I may. Sensational! Congratulations." Yay! thanks for the kind words. I'm glad to hear it's beneficial to you and your class. "Yay! Obrigado pelas palavras amáveis. Fico feliz em ouvir que é benéfico para você e sua classe."
This is only one exercise of many. I didn't want to overwhelm beginner students by having too many patterns. I have different exercises to work on groups of two. Yes, RRL, RLL, LLR & LRR can also be used if you want to build your double strokes.
How many repetitions of this whole set and how often do you recommend? Like, for example, 10 minutes every day? 20 minutes every other day? I'm a beginner so would appreciate if anyone could weigh in with some guidance in that way.
I don't know. This is only triplets right? It's a kinda incomplete exercise just by itself. I would mix several measures and a little syncopation. Cheers
They're not really triplets but they are grouped into threes. Yes, you're right this is only 1 exercise of many that can be used to develop stick control. Thanks for the comment.
16th triples with a 16th rest, it's a decent exercise as is, iterate the rests and time signature, and order of the patterns, and it'll get fairly complex quick. If you can't count it there's no way you're ready for syncopation that's not there already.
entertaining, BUT...demonstrating sitting Indian position is not a good model...you should spend less time on entertaining and more on functional practice demonstration...this will mislead younger students. demo on a pad showing proper stick dynamics, and discuss the three core stick positions; full, 1/2, 1/4
Thanks for your feedback. I agree with you that playing with different body positions, on different surfaces, and different stick dynamics is important. Practice while standing-up, sitting in a low, medium and high throne, then practice on a pillow, phone book, the floor, a practice pad, many different size drums that have different tensions, a counter, cymbals. Then Practice at different heights as well to increase your dynamic range: Full stroke, half way, as low as you can. Practice also at different tempos, etc... It's easy to overwhelm students with too much information, this video was focusing on sticking patterns so I kept it to that. Glad you found it entertaining too!
am i the only one who is shocked because of the way he actually holds his drumsticks? i mean this supposed to be about learning stick control not coordination.. so why you grib your sticks like a hammer?xD
I agree it's beneficial to play many types of grips. There are many amazing drummers playing lots of different techniques/grips. German and American grips are great for teaching a wide range of learners.
