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Here's my take on
some very common types of exercises; I'm not a huge
fan of oversimplified exercises (as I call them,
"bread and butter" exercises) so I tried to add my
own touch to that approach, hopefully keeping the
same benefit, brevity, and to-the-point-ness. This
is pretty much a full exercise book -- there isn't
anything for flams... yet. As usual with
legatos exercises, the bass split should be
played as eighth notes, groups of two 16th notes,
and groups of three 16th note triplets. Bucks
exercises sound pretty cool for how easy it is to
write 'em -- just split up a bunch of accents. I
added a little something to the end just for fun.
It's good to play a
lot of sweet, low singles to get loose when
warming up; this one works on the fundamental
stroke and two important single-stroke roll
patterns. Strong
doubles are key to playing good rolls. I
think this one turned out alright. I can't seem to
write a triplet diddles exercise that I
like, but I guess this one works well enough.
Paradiddles
depend on the fundamentals of the other exercises;
a strong accent, an accent tap motion, and a strong
double beat, quick and low like the diddles in a
roll. It's the ideal rudiment.
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