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.
More Hand Co-ordination for Latin Playing
Here are some more ideas for working on hand co-ordination that focus on keeping an ostinato in the left hand while getting more creative with the right hand.
How to interpret eight-note comping figures
This is a simple set of exercises to give you some ideas to begin interpreting eight-note comping figures.
Hand Co-ordination for Latin Grooves
This is a set of exercises inspired by Antonio Sanchez for developing better hand co-ordination and independence...
Left Hand Strength and Co-ordination for Uptempo playing
Some simple exercises to develop strength and co-ordination in your left (comping hand) for uptempo jazz playing...
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Applying the Six Stroke Roll to Jazz Time
In this third part in exploring the six-stroke roll we look at some ideas for applying it to jazz time ...
Six-Stroke Rolls as Triplets
The second in a three-part series exploring the six-stroke roll, looks a triplet variations...
Placement of the 5 stroke roll
Some exercises for placing the five stroke rolls at medium to fast tempos...