Ideas and Exercises
For Jazz Drumming
In this section you will find a a lot of jazz drum exercises, looking at everything from applying jazz drum rudiments to jazz comping for drums. There are ideas for jazz drum fills as well as exercises for developing your creativity in playing jazz drum patterns and rhythms.
3 Essential Quarter Note Triplet Comping Patterns
A few simple ideas to get you started on quarter note triplet comping between the snare drum and the bass drum with three essential patterns.
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Playing Paradiddles with 3/4 Jazz Time
This idea applies a paradiddle between the kick and snare drum underneath 3/4 time.
Mixing Rolls
This idea combines 5 stroke, 7 stroke, and 9 stroke rolls into some interesting phrases.
Moving Triplets Between Snare and Kick
The simple exercise focuses on playing groups of three triplets between the snare drum and bass drum.
Using Inverted 9 Stroke Rolls as a Jazz Drumming Fill
Based on an inverted 9 stroke roll idea that was more for rock and funk drumming, this is an similar concept applied to jazz time.
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3 Mixed Grouping Fill Ideas To Add To Your Solos
Here are 3 ideas for mixed group fills with some ways to voice them around the kit.
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Triplet Hand Co-ordination
This set of exercises works on playing a different triplet pattern in each hand to build co-ordination...
7 Beat Jazz Drum Comping Ideas
A collection of some miscellaneous seven beat ideas and applications to jazz playing...
Triplet Flow with Jazz Time
A simple idea to work on moving from playing jazz time to solos with triplets...
5 Beat Jazz Drum Comping Ideas
A collection of some miscellaneous five beat ideas and applications to jazz playing...