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Musician, Teacher and Webmaster Pascal Lawrynowicz | language :
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Update July 2008
Now let's start with a big chapter of the drumset : independance. Independance is the ability to play simultaneaously different rhythm with each limbs. We've got faur limbs : two arms and two legs. Let's start easy with only two limbs. The two arms allow us to play two sounds : the ride cymbal and the snare drum. the right hand plays beats/pulses on the ride cymbal, so we draw a four beats bar. Let's count loud all the beats : 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 .Each digit is a beat in the bar and show it'd place in this bar : 1 for the first beat, 2 for the second beat, 3 for the third beat, 4 for the fourth beat. the left hand will paly one or many beats on the snare drum.
These exercices are written on a bunch of lines named a staff. This staff make easy the reading of the different parts af the drumset. Each note on the staff represents a sound from the drumset. The staff is made with five lines and so four inbetween lines. We count the lines down to up.
The cymbals are represented with crosses upon the staff. The snare drum is written in the third line and the bass drum below the first line. Instead of the other instruments we don't use a clef that give us the name of the notes (such as A, B, C, D, E, F, G). the differents sounds of the drumset have no height, so we can't give them a name, the notes on the staff just allow us to find wich part of the drumset should be use. So we use a special clef sort of a rectangle at the begining of the staff.
The two dots at the beginning and at the end of the bar are repeat sign and here indicates that the bar must be repeated many times.
Exercices for the snare drum :
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Tempo : 80bpm
TAB x = cymbal ; o = snare drum
CY |x...x...x...x...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |o...............|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |....o...........|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |........o.......|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |............o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |o...o...........|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |o.......o.......|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |o...........o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |....o...o.......|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |....o.......o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |........o...o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |....o...o...o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |o.......o...o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |o...o.......o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |o...o...o.......|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |o...o...o...o...|
Same kind of exercices played with the ride cymbal and the bass drum. The bass drum is played with your right foot (if you're right handed).
Tempo : 80bpm
TAB x = cymbal ; o = bass drum
CY |x...x...x...x...|
SD |................|
Tempo : 80bpm
CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |o...............|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |....o...........|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |........o.......|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |............o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |o...o...........|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |o.......o.......|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |o...........o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |....o...o.......|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |....o.......o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |........o...o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |....o...o...o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |o.......o...o...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
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CY |x...x...x...x...|
BD |o...o...o...o...|
