Fast right foot

[A.Barros]

Guys,
Thanks for helping me with your suggestions. It was great to hear from all of you. Navega, brazilian buddy, good to know someone from Brazil is here. How do you use Syncopation to work on foot technique??Valeu`.

[r_navega]

Originally posted by A.Barros:
Guys,
How do you use Syncopation to work on foot technique??Valeu`.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">A very simple but effective exercise (and difficult to play at fast tempos):
1. Play the 'melody' of Syncopation with your right foot.
2. Snare drum on 2 and 4
3. Any ostinato of your choice on ride cymbal
4. Hi-hat on downbeats and/or upbeats

Another exercise:
1. Play the 'melody' with your left hand (or, alternatively, your bass drum), swinging the notes (now you'll play triplets, specifically the first and the third partials of triplets)
2. Fill the spaces with your bass drum (or, alternatively, your left hand)
3. Keep an ostinato on ride cymbal
4. Hi-hat on downbeats or 2 and 4 (or 1 and 3...).

I hope that you enjoy these exercises.
'Valeu!'

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 15, 2005 03:24 PM: Message edited by: Navega ]</font>

[Andy Edwards]

I use this (from Terry Bozzio)

R F L F R F L F R L F F L R F F

[FuseU1]

Great excercise concepts, Navega. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

That TB thingy is cool too. [img]cool.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 16, 2005 08:27 PM: Message edited by: fuseU1 ]</font>