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If you play with such high strokes on a drum youвЂ™re likely to go deaf because it will be too loud! I always have my students practice on a practice pad so that they can play with the high strokes that develop their technique. Practicing on a pillow is a good idea I think to build your wrist muscles. Practice with a metronome when you use this book and like I said before always avoid tension. You donвЂ™t have to do the whole book even the first page is wonderful.

If you havenвЂ™t heard of the book вЂњStick ControlвЂќ by George Stone I would suggest that you use that book to develop your chops. I use this exercise for a warm up and even though the lesson is about finger technique you can use it with wrists, too. Remember to avoid tension of any kind so only go as fast as you can while remaining loose and with your motions fluid. My advice is to pick a few rudiments like the Open Roll, 5 stroke, 7 and 9 the Paradiddle and the Flam and spend a few minutes with each going from slow to fast and back down to slow again.

Thank you for your comments and I appreciate the compliment. This will apparently help strengthen my hands/wrists and can be done quietly virtually anywhere (e.g. One suggestion I learned about recently, while researching one of my drumming heroes вЂ“ Buddy Rich, was the idea of practicing on pillows. I do enjoy this but it is difficult to make real progress.ДЇor now, I will explore your lessons and also seek other ideas as well. All I want to do is make steady progress and not вЂњwasteвЂќ time just fooling around on the set drumming to CDs. I still have my rudimentary books, many of them вЂњclassicsвЂќ. Ridiculously I have three drum sets, well two, since my daughter in Penticton has my Ludwig set from 1967 which I bought at Drum Village on Broadway in Vancouver. Judging by your retro CanuckвЂ™s jersey you may spend some time in BC where I live (Lake Cowichan). Any suggestions you may have will be welcome. To start I want to practice at least half an hour each day on вЂњrudimentsвЂќ (e.g. What I would like to know is what kind of routine to get into with my practicing. This wonвЂ™t be easy as I am now 62 and very active, but I am determined. So, I am looking at the best system of daily practice starting with the snare drum. I am looking to get back into my drumming somewhat seriously. Wow, what a great website! Now that I have retired. Watch me demonstrate these snare drum buzz rolls in the following video lesson Make sure to continue playing the rhythms but add buzzes to the notes when you see the Z on the note stem.Work on getting your buzzes to be as long as possible Keep your sticks on the drum until just before they play.Set the metronome at Quarter Note = 100.These roll exercises will now sound like buzz rolls Likewise a BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ TAP is 2+2+2+1=7 stroke roll and so on. Therefore if a roll has BUZZ BUZZ TAP it would be a 2+2+1=5 stroke roll. Each buzz stroke is worth 2 and each non buzzed note is worth 1. Watch me demonstrate in the video lesson before trying this exercise on your own:Дifferent length rolls are named for the number of strokes that are used to play them. Play each line 4 times before moving on to the next one.When you are buzzing keep your sticks on the drum until you are just about to play the next note.Listen to the buzz of each stick and try to make each buzz sound the same.Practice the following exercises with a metronome at first, but then try them while playing along to music that has a steady beat. Play this every day so that you will develop a nice smooth buzz roll that will eventually sound like paper being torn.Repeat each exercise several times before moving on to the next one.DonвЂ™t lift your stick off of the drum until just before you play the next note with that stick.ItвЂ™s not an exercise in fast playing, but an exercise to get your sticks to buzz for the right amount of time. The above exercise should be practiced with a metronome at the marked tempo.The Quarter Note Buzz Roll for Snare Drum Snare Drum Buzz Roll Exercise 1

Drum roll sound how to#

In this video IвЂ™ll talk about how to buzz your sticks and weвЂ™ll go through this exercise together. If there is too much pressure the buzz will be too short or nonexistent and if there isnвЂ™t enough pressure applied the buzz will be too open sounding. In order to play a buzz you have to control the stick so that it stays on the drum head with just enough pressure. The snare drum roll is created by playing alternating strokes R L R L etc, and letting the stick buzz on the drum head while you do this.