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For the regularity, speed and endurance we are going to work a serie
of exercises at the same time with the hands and the feet
and for doing this, we will begin to work the independence with the feet
for several reasons.
First of all exactly to keep the regularity.
Secondly to work on the independence. I prefer this kind of method
more than the use of a metronome
because it allows to cumulate the two advantages
of the independence and of the regularity.
So, first with the hands.
The idea is
to give a certain number of stick strokes
and to vary the number of stick strokes in each exercise because it is a series
and then to give the same number of stick strokes
with each hand
in a continuous flow
and the most possible
with the same strength
which is not easy knowing that we have often an arm less strong
than the other.
So we must think that the weak arm must hit hardest in fact
than in normal situation.
So I will do it first
with a wrist stroke
and after we will do it with a finger stroke.
So for the first exercise
it is three stick strokes.
One bass drum kick
on the first stick stroke
of the right hand
and one hi-hat kick
on the first stick stroke of the left hand.
Let's go!
For training yourself
a not bad trick is to accelerate
and to go to your maximum possible speed.
So this is what I will do.
So now the same thing with the fingers.
So now we will go to four stick strokes.
Same thing, same principle.
With the fingers.
Then with six stick strokes.
so here
we will play
the first stroke of a hand series
again with the right foot
and on the fourth stroke we will give a hi-hat kick
so in the middle, in fact.
So the same with the fingers.
Then with eight stick strokes.
So here it will be one kick per four.
With the fingers.
So now the idea is to retake all this same exercises
but with the feet. For that we will use the bass drum double pedal
but we could
use also two bass drums
and so we will exactly reverse
what the hands are doing
and what the feet are doing.
So first with three strokes
the heel rested down on the ground.
Start slowly.
Then with the heel up.
so with toe tense
so you lift all the leg
which gives obviously more sound power
So now with four strokes
heel on the ground (down).
So now with four strokes with heel lifted (up).
Now with six strokes
heel down.
then
heel up.
and finally, eight strokes.