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This is where you'll find all of the information that you'll need to help you with your Drum and Percussion studies.

All of the exercises and notations here should open up in full screen - perfect for your iphone, ipad, or laptop. Feel free to save the exercises to your computer or print them out.

On the right hand side you'll see links to exercises for the basics of drum technique, Rudiments and some essential grooves. There also separate sections for Mr Forryan's students and Mr Stevenson's students.

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

16th Note Grooves

Following on from the first two groove exercises we can now look at 16th note patterns. Click on the pages below for a list of grooves with your lead hand playing sixteen beats per bar. The count for this will be "1-E-and-a, 2-E-and-a, 3-E-and-a, 4-E-and-a" again with the following hand 'back-beat' on '2' and '4'.