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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.

Wednesday 26 August 2009

8th and 16th Note Grooves (4)

These grooves still have your lead hand on the hi hat, your following hand on the snare drum (playing a 'back-beat on '2' and '4'). However, your lead hand is playing a combination of 8th notes and 16th notes. The count for this will be 1-and-a, 2-and-a, 3-and-a, 4-and-a (think ... ham-burger, ham-burger etc if it helps!). We can now start to put the bass drum underneath this pattern.

REMEMBER : The count for all 4 of the 16th notes on each beat would be '1-E-and-a, 2-E-and-a etc.

Again, click on the sheets below to work through the exercises in your own time.