Coordination.
The coordination is the way to play limbs consecutively, one after each other.
The following exercises is for hands and bass drum (right foot). At first play really slow with a lot of attention to the sound you produce, hands and foot must be balanced.
Variation 1 : change the sound of the hand for the 1st tom-tom then 2nd tom-tom ans so on ... mix up all the different sonorities of your drum kit, try all possibilities.
Variation 2 : try different stickings.
Tempo : 96
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|1-+2-+3-+4-+|
SD |-oo-oo-oo-oo|
BD |o--o--o--o--|
Basic sticking : RL
Variations : RL ; RR ; LL ; RL-LR ; RR-LL
Tempo : 96
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|1-+2-+3-+4-+|
SD |oo-oo-oo-oo-|
BD |--o--o--o--o|
Basic sticking : RL
Variations : RL ; RR ; LL ; RL-LR ; RR-LL
Tempo : 96
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|1-+2-+3-+4-+|
SD |o-oo-oo-oo-o|
BD |-o--o--o--o-|
Basic sticking : RL
Variations : RL ; RR ; LL ; RL-LR ; RR-LL
Tempo : 116
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|1+2+3+4+|
SD |oo--oo--|
BD |--oo--oo|
Basic sticking : RL
Variations : RL ; RR ; LL ; RL-LR ; RR-LL
Tempo : 116
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|1+2+3+4+|
SD |--oo--oo|
BD |oo--oo--|
Basic sticking : RL
Variations : RL ; RR ; LL ; RL-LR ; RR-LL
Tempo : 96
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|1-+2-+3-+4-+|
SD |oo--oo--oo--|
BD |--oo--oo--oo|
Basic sticking : RL
Variations : RL ; RR ; LL ; RL-LR ; RR-LL
Tempo : 72
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|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-|
SD |oo--oo--oo--oo--|
BD |--oo--oo--oo--oo|
Basic sticking : RL
Variations : RL ; RR ; LL ; RL-LR ; RR-LL
Tempo : 72
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|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-|
SD |--oo--oo--oo--oo|
BD |oo--oo--oo--oo--|
Basic sticking : RL
Variations : RL ; RR ; LL ; RL-LR ; RR-LL
Tempo : 116
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|1+2+3+4+|
SD |o-o-o-o-|
BD |-o-o-o-o|
Basic sticking : RL
Variations : RL ; RR ; LL ; RL-LR ; RR-LL
Tempo : 116
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|1+2+3+4+|
SD |-o-o-o-o|
BD |o-o-o-o-|
Basic sticking : R
Variations : L ; R-L ; L-R
Tempo : 96
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|1-+2-+3-+4-+|
SD |o-o-o-o-o-o-|
BD |-o-o-o-o-o-o|
Basic sticking : R
Variations : L ; R-L ; L-R
Tempo : 96
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|1-+2-+3-+4-+|
SD |-o-o-o-o-o-o|
BD |o-o-o-o-o-o-|
Basic sticking : R
Variations : L ; R-L ; L-R
Tempo : 72
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|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-|
SD |o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
BD |-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o|
Basic sticking : R
Variations : L ; R-L ; L-R
Tempo : 72
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|1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-|
SD |-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o|
BD |o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-|
Basic sticking : R
Variations : L ; R-L ; L-R