Edited by Dan Dela Cruz

Transcriptions by Dan Dela Cruz

Lay-out and Photos by Monette Kaye Atractivo

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Table of contents

Introduction The drumset ............................................................................ 3 The drumstick 4 The basic grip. 5

Part i The staff, notes, rest........ 6 Music key .... 7 Counting ..... 8 Sticking exercise. 9 Note combination 10 The triplet.. 11 Rest.. 12

Part ii

Two way coordination hihat and bass 13 Two way coordination hihat and snare.. 14 Three way coordination................................................................................................... 14 Two way coordination eighth note bass.. 15 Rock beats.. 16 Rock beats with syncopation.. 17 Rock beats snare drum variation.. 18 Rock beats two bar exercises... 19 Rock beats eighth bar exercise. 20

Part iii

Rolling around the set...... 22 Triplet around the set 23 Fill ins. 24 Short fill ins. 26 Long fill ins 27 Cross stick.. 28

The drumset

The drumstick

The basic grip How to hold the drumstick

STAFF a group of horizontal lines with spaces in between, with each line and each space signifying a specific pitch or (in the case of drumset staff) a specific instrument.

NOTES a musical sound a tone or tune. Every time you hit a drum, youre playing a note.

rest In music, when youre not playing, youre resting. Any note you dont play is called rest.

Technical Symbols

MUSIC KEY

Counting

STICKING EXERCISEs

Note combination

Eighths AND Sixteenths

The triplet Eighth note triplet

Rest Quarter rest

Eighth rest

Two way coordination hihat and bass

Two way coordination hihat and snare

Three way coordination

Two way coordination eighth note bass drum

Rock beats bass drum variation

Rock beats with syncopation

Rock beats snare drum variation

Rock beats two bar exercises

Rock beats 8 bar exercise with crash

ROCK BEAT 8 bar exercise With crash and ride

Rolling around the set

EIGhTHS AND SIXTEENthS

Triplet around the set

Fill INS

Fill ins

Short fill INS

Long fill INS, Crescendo and Flams

Cross stick

Crross stick exercise with crash and fill ins

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