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Month: June 2016

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Quintuplets Drum Lesson 1

22 June 2016

Here’s the first part of a series of lessons on 16th-note quintuplets, a group of five notes in the space of a quarter note. We start with a warm-up playing quintuplets with an alternate sticking (RLRLR LRLRL) without accents, and the bass drum or left-foot hi-hat on quarter notes. The next step is to add accents, … More Quintuplets Drum Lesson 1

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Max Roach – Delilah (Trading Fours & Drum Solo Transcription)

8 June 2016

Another drum transcription from one of my favorite drummers. The tune is “Delilah” from the legendary studio album Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954) by the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Quintet. Here’s the transcription of the trading 4’s and drum solo. Keep on drumming! DOWNLOAD THE PDF

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