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Paraddidle Accent Rate Changes
Work on chops and rhythm by moving paradiddle accent patterns through three different rates.
Further Double Paradiddle Solo Ideas
Some further solo ideas using double paradiddles in sixteenth-note phrases. This time working on two bar phrases.
Four-stroke ruff to a triplet upbeat
Four-stroke ruffs are useful rudiments. Here we look at playing them to a triplet up-beat.
More Sixteenth Note Triplets under Jazz Time Ideas
Further idea developments using triplet-sixteenth patterns under jazz time.
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A website of jazz drumming transcriptions, ideas and exercises, that charts my investigation into drumming and jazz, and provides resources for other aspiring jazz drummers. Focusing more on the interpretation and accompaniment of music through comping and grooves, rather than just solos and soloing.