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Music: Ensemble Exercises
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Notes:
A high-school
level doublestrokes exercise; it's basically a
mix-up of a bunch of double-beat patterns in
different contexts for each section. It's not as
good as I wanted, but I guess it's alright.
July
2007
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Type:
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Double-Beat
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Duration:
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1:15
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (732 KB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(5 Line)
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3
Pages: pdf (124 KB)
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Notes:
Here's a swingy
flams exercise that contains several different
applications and interpretations of the flam-drag
rudiment, as well as a bunch of rhythmic stuff --
not for the metrically challenged.
July
2007
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Type:
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Flams
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Duration:
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0:30
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (316 KB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(5 Line)
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2
Pages: pdf (104 KB)
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Notes:
Here's my
version of 8-8-16 -- split between the sections.
The mp3 is of the accent-tap variation, without the
tenor round pattern. The important concept is for
the sections to lock into the taps, regardless of
any accents. The eighth note remains constant, so,
for example, the snares' measure 10 is not played
at the same time as the tenors'.
June
2007
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Type:
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Legatos /
Accent-Tap
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Duration:
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0:60
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (582 KB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(Unison)
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3
Pages: pdf (92 KB)
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Notes:
I finally
worked some licks and groovishness into an exercise
in 5/8 time... high five! A lot of 4 against 3
stuff here... This will be my pride and joy until I
inevitably learn why it's not as cool as I think it
is.
June
2007
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Type:
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Onfield / 60
Second
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Duration:
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0:54
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (584 KB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(5 Line)
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4
Pages: pdf (144 KB)
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Notes:
This short
paradiddles exercise is loosely based on the intro
to a song from Rush's new album, Snakes and
Arrows. It's a great album, and you should buy
it.
May
2007
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Type:
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Paradiddles
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Duration:
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0:25
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (220 KB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(5 Line)
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2
Pages: pdf (84 KB)
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Notes:
Here's a
paradiddles exercise written in 3/4. It repeats the
same phrase, adding more diddles each time to the
snare and tenor parts. I'm sure it could be
modified so that the 4 sixteenth-note bass split at
the end of each phrase could be embellished
progressively.
April
2007
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Type:
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Paradiddles
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Duration:
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0:55 at 92
BPM
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (560 KB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(4 Line)
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3
Pages: pdf (116 KB)
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Notes:
An extended
doublestrokes exercise based on sixteenth note
triplets. I like it. Some of the parts on the
recording sound weird to me... measure 17 is a
tenor feature, and Finale made the tenor taps
inaudible. I'm not sure if the drum 3 crossovers
are possible. If not, those should be normal drum 4
diddles.
March
2007
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Type:
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Double-Beat
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Duration:
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About
1:30
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (840 KB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(5 Line)
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3
Pages: pdf (140 KB)
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Notes:
A triplet-based
double beat, like Kevin Murray's "Triplet Partial."
The end is similar to that exercise, but for the
written tempo change and "feel" change. It's
written to be repeated as necessary.
March
2007
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Type:
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Double-Beat
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Duration:
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About 0:35 without
repeating
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (656 MB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(5 Line)
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2
Pages: pdf (80 KB)
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Notes:
Here, I've
tried to combine the best elements of all the
triplet diddles exercises I've had to play. It
doesn't really flow or groove, but it should really
work those triplet diddles.
March
2007
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Type:
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Rolls
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Duration:
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About 4:00 (with
repeat)
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (2.4 MB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(5 Line)
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4
Pages: pdf (132 KB)
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Notes:
This was the
first full exercise I ever wrote. The licks are all
very basic, with a stock stick control pattern in
the middle. I recently touched it up a bit, but not
very much.
July
2006
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Type:
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Double-Beat
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Duration:
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0:40
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Recording:
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Finale
mp3 (440 KB)
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Arrangement:
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Snare, Tenor, Bass
(5 Line)
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3
Pages: pdf (92 KB)
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