Here’s a workout to develop your left-hand reading exercises 1 to 8 of Ted Reed’s Syncopation. The exercise should be played in cut time: left-hand plays accents and right-hand fill-ins with ghost notes. Feel free also to incorporate foot patterns.
Here’s a demonstration of the exercise at 80 and 104 bpm.
Try the same concept in the other exercises of the book. You can also write your own rhythmic line using eight and quarter notes, and of course, rests. Here you can download the exercise, keep on drumming!
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