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The 1-2 Pattern

by King on 04/25/2008 | 13,957 Views | 5 Comments

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This exercise alternates between single and double strokes on the feet. This feels similar to the Marcus Williams pattern which is a staple of John Blackwell's warm up routine.

Tribal Flam Tom Pattern

by King on 04/24/2008 | 19,919 Views | 5 Comments

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When in the woodshed one can often come up with some really weird stuff. Here I'm keeping time with my feet while playing a flam pattern on top. It makes for a really cool tribal beat when the two finally come together.

Triplet Fill Variations Part 2

by King on 04/21/2008 | 10,851 Views | 0 Comments

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Triplet pattern starting a quarter note pulse with the hands and ending the triplet out with the feet. H-Hands F-Feet Start with HFF HFF HFF on the snare drum and then work around the toms slowly making sure all strokes are equal in height and volume.

Triplet Fill Variations Part 1

by King on 04/09/2008 | 16,142 Views | 1 Comments

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Here are just a few of the many different ways you can play triplet patterns by alternating your sticking, and moving around the kit. Explore all of the possibilities!

Double Bass Triplet Foot Pattern

by ThatDrummerKid on 04/07/2008 | 14,135 Views | 1 Comments

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Here is Keith Thomas performing a foot pattern to focus on odd time and independence. You start the triplet pattern LRR with your feet and eventually play the "&" on the hi-hat with your left foot as demonstrated.

Ray Luzier Fill

by King on 03/31/2008 | 21,002 Views | 3 Comments

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There are plenty of musicians out there that don't receive enough credit and Ray Luzier is certainly no exception. This is a fill alternating between the right and left hands,it almost has a swing feel to it as you speed it up.

Drum Pad Stick Juggle

by King on 03/31/2008 | 26,662 Views | 1 Comments

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Add some cool flash to your playing with this quick trick! The key to learning this quickly is to start SLOW and get the mechanics of the flip/toss correct. Just be patient and once you get comfortable with the sticks it's a lot easier than it seems.

Triple Beat Exercise

by King on 03/24/2008 | 26,439 Views | 1 Comments

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Triple Beat is simple the double beat exercise with one more tap added. You can also combine the warmups alternating between the two. I like triple beat because it sounds really cool as a hi-hat pattern. Play around and have some fun with it.

"Dogs" on the Drum Pad

by King on 02/18/2008 | 18,583 Views | 3 Comments

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Dogs is a warm up exercise passed down throughout many drumlines across the nation. I first learned this in "92" from Todd Hall (drummer for Edwin McCain) while in the marching band. Although it has many different names and variations Dogs is a great tap accent exercise to break up the monotany of 8 on a hand.

Korn Tom Pattern

by King on 02/16/2008 | 18,532 Views | 0 Comments

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Ok, so Korn didn't invent this drumlick but Dave Silveria was a huge influence of mine and he was the first drummer to bring it to my attention. Sounds just like the infamous "In the Air Tonight" fill, you're just adding diddles on your bass drum to fill in the rests.  