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Kick start your counting engine

1/13/2014

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When warming up I'll admit to really enjoying singles, doubles and paradiddles.
It's simple and predictable but never the less effective.
The only problem with an exercise as familiar to most drummers as two bars of singles two of doubles and two of paradiddles is that after a while one can almost suspend your brain and do it on autopilot. I've found that this can have a negative effect on the playing I do after warming up as haven't fully engaged the part of my brain that I want to use to create hip fills,grooves or phrases even though my hands are 'warm' enough to play them.

To add a little counting to this standard exercise try playing one bar of each rudiment as 16th notes in
4/4
3/4
5/4
7/4
Repeating each bar twice.This will cause you to have to count the exercise and have the added bonus of starting with the weaker hand every other time.

Give it a go I have to say I found it rather fun, and felt considerably more 'awake' when it was time to go to the job

You can find the sheet music on the
Articles page

Good luck
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