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Day: June 4, 2024

stick control swing feel exercise

Swinging with Stick Control

4 June 2024

With this lesson, we use the Stick Control Single Beat Combinations pages to develop our swing/shuffle feel. We start with the first 12 exercises, playing one bar in straight 8ths and then swinging in 8th-note triplets, keeping the same sticking. Repeat the bar at least eight times and then move to the next exercise, starting … More Swinging with Stick Control

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