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                                 Title: 5/4 Studies #1 

                         Recommended For: Intermediate & Advanced
                   
                                   By: Kevin Picone

                                 Date: 11, Nov, 2000

                              Email: picone@giant.net.au

                          URL: www.thedrummachine.50megs.com

                Copyright: (c) Kevin Picone 2000, All Rights Reserved.

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Intro:



  The following exercises are pretty funky (sorta smooth) 5/4 rhythms...   The Hand
 part is fixed while we explore some bass drum patterns....

 
 Well That's about it, Enjoy..



Aim #1: Try to get comfortable playing each rhythm first, with & without the counting.
        If you can do this, try playing it twice, three, four times through or more
        without stopping. 


Aim #2: Try for a range of tempos, Start out slowly, (around 80/90 bpm's) then medium
        (110 / 120bpm) and fast up to (140/160 bpm's or higher). The objective is
        make all the notes sound even.  Find a speed that makes each exercise musical !


Aim #3: Try playing each line of exercises, keeping it evenly spaced the entire time.
        Next, Try 2 lines, then 3 lines and ultimately the entire lesson from top to
        bottom. To take this another step further, you can try playing the exercises
        randomly, this will help your reading and visualization skills greatly.



 Exercise        
   
         #1                      #2                   #3

 Count:   1e+ 2e+a3 +a4e+a5e+a   1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a5e+a   1e+ 2e+a3 +a4e+a5e+a 
 HiHat: | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | 
 Snare: | -----o---------o---o | -----o---------o---o | -----o---------o---o | 
 BDrum: | o----------o-------- | o--o-----o-o-------- | o-o-----o--o-----o-- | 



 Exercise        
   
         #4                      #5                   #6

 Count:   1e+a2e+a3e+ 4e+a5e+a   1e+ 2e+a3 + 4e+a5e+a   1e+a2e+a3 +a4e+a5e+a 
 HiHat: | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | 
 Snare: | -----o---------o---o | -----o---------o---o | -----o---------o---o | 
 BDrum: | o--oo----oo--o--o-o- | o-----o---o--o------ | oo-oo---o--o--o----- | 



 Exercise        
   
         #7                      #8                   #9

 Count:   1e+a2e+a3 +a4e+a5e+a   1e+ 2e+a3 +a4e+a5e+a   1e+ 2e+a3 +a4e+a5e+a 
 HiHat: | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | 
 Snare: | -----o---------o---o | -----o---------o---o | -----o---------o---o | 
 BDrum: | o-oo---oo-oo----oo-- | o---o--oo--o-------- | o---o---o--o--o--o-- | 



 Exercise        
   
         #10                    #11

 Count:   1e+ 2e+a3 + 4e+a5e+a   1e+a2e+a3 +a4e+a5e+a 
 HiHat: | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | xxx-x-xxx-x-xxx-xxx- | 
 Snare: | -----o---------o---o | -----o---------o---o | 
 BDrum: | o-o-o--o--o--o--o--- | o--o--o-o--o--o---o- | 




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                (c) Copyright 2000, By Kevin Picone, All Rights reserved.

             If you would like more free drums lessons, just visit my site at

                           http://www5.50megs.com/drummachine

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