Level One - Step Four
Legato/Free Stroke Doubles
Now that you have completed Level One - Step Three and have mastered the single Legato/Free Stoke... it is time to double it. This is a very important part of your development. Building a strong foundation and understand of double strokes will for a great foundation to build roll, drag and paradiddle rudiments to your vocabulary.
Spend time mastering this technique and work through the videos in order.
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Step 8 Free Stroke Doubles
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Irish Spring
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Inverted Diddles
Irish Spring 100bpm to 120bpm
Irish Spring 130bpm to 150bpm
Inverted Diddles 80bpm to 100bpm
Inverted Diddles 110bpm to 130bpm
Let's put your knowledge to work!
The exercise was taught to be by an Ontario drumline legend and one of the most humble and loving people I have every met... Jim McCaulley. This exercise was taught to him by the DCI Legend Tom Float back in the 70's in Toronto. This is a great example of exercises being handed down generation to generation.
Jimmy's 8's to 16th Transition
Snare
Quad
Bass
Make sure you are making sure you are following everything required in the Information and Check List
Jimmy's 8's to 16th Transition Information and
Check List
Legato/Free Stroke Triples
If you thought playing double strokes was fun... you just wait because here come triple strokes. Learn triple strokes will not only help play rudiments like triple stroke rolls and hybrid rudiments like Shirley Murphy's... but much more!!!
Spend time mastering this technique and work through the videos in order.
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Step 9 Free Stroke Triples
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Triple Beat
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Triple Stroke Roll
Triple Beat 80bpm to 90bpm
Triple Beat 100bpm to 110bpm
Triple Stroke Roll Lesson
Triple Stroke Roll 60bpm to 80bpm
Let's put your knowledge to work!
The exercise is the same structure at Jimmy's 8's to 16th Transition, only difference is instead of adding double strokes you are adding triple strokes. Remember slow and steady wins the race!
Jimmy's 8's to 3 Stroke Transition
Snare
Quad
Bass
Make sure you are making sure you are following everything required in the Information and Check List
Jimmy's 8's to 3 Strokes Transition Information and
Check List
Evaluation for Level One - Step Four
Level One - Step Four
Evaluation Sheet