Volume 4
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Part 25 - Single Semiquavers
This part first looks at one beat fills in swing rhythms, and then we move on to playing groups of four semiquavers without a trailing note. Next, there are some semiquaver triplets around the kit before we look at the meaning of staccato and some single semiquavers. We then finish up with a study as usual.
25.1 - One Beat Swing Fills
25.2 - Four Semiquavers without Trailing Note
25.3 - Bell Tree
25.4 - Semiquaver Triplets Around The Kit
25.5 - Staccato
25.6 - Single Semiquavers
25.7 - Study
Part 26 - Bass Drum Semiquavers
This part covers basic semiquavers on bass drum in rock rhythms, and then looks at the flam paradiddle before playing quaver-semiqaver triplet rhythms around the kit, in reverse of those in the previous part. After a quick look at the bell tree, we then play some fills on two drums together.
26.1 - Advanced Rock : Bass Drum
26.2 - Flam Paradiddle
26.3 - Quaver-Semiquaver Triplet Around The Kit
26.4 - Fills On Two Drums Together
26.5 - Splash Cymbal
26.6 - Study
Part 27 - Crotchet Triplets
This part first looks at some rock type rhythms where the hi hat plays both crotchets and quavers instead of sticking to just eight quavers in the bar. Next we cover some semiquaver triplets that lead onto a bass drum note instead of a note played with sticks, before a look at the crotchet triplet. Finally, we take a look at one of the more simple instruments available, finger cymbals, and then move onto some alternate notation for tom tom parts.
27.1 - Rock HH Varying Length
27.2 - Semiquaver-Triplet Quaver with BD Last Note
27.3 - Crotchet Triplet
27.4 - Finger Cymbals
27.5 - Alternate Notation : Tom Lines
27.6 - Study
Part 28 - Cowbell as Ride
This part first looks at playing sixes around the drum kit, and then moves onto the drag paradiddle rudiment. We then look at some compound time rhythms with single quavers resting before looking at some kit rhythms featuring the right hand part being played on a cowbell. Next is some alternate notation where all notes are tails up, with the hi hat part still being portrayed by cross headed notes.
28.1 - Sixes Around The Kit
28.2 - Drag Paradiddle
28.3 - Single Quaver Missing in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
28.4 - Cowbell as Ride
28.5 - Alternate Notation: All Tails Up, Cross HH
28.6 - Study
Part 29 - Drag and Stroke
This part first looks at studies involving sixes and semiquaver triplet-quaver rhythms. We then cover the drag and stroke rudiment before looking at the dotted quaver-semiquaver triplet rhythm in 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 time. We then look at the ratchet, and how to splash the hi hat with your foot, and then finish up with a study.
29.1 - Sixes, Semiquaver-Triplet-Quaver with Bass Drum
29.2 - Drag and Stroke
29.3 - Dotted Quaver, Semiquaver Triplet in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
29.4 - Ratchet
29.5 - Spash Hi Hat with Foot
29.6 - Study
Part 30 - 5/4 Time
This part is entirely written in 5/4 time, where there are five crotchet beats in a bar. We first look at just the snare drum, then we add in the bass drum before looking at some kit rhythms. To get some more practice with this new time signature we then look at clicking sticks together and damping a drum with the hand.
30.1 - Snare Drum
30.2 - Snare Drum and Bass Drum
30.3 - Kit Rhythms
30.4 - Stick Click
30.5 - Damp Drums with Hand
30.6 - Study
Part 31 - Advanced Rock
This part first looks at advanced rock with both the snare drum and bass drum playing semiquavers, and then we cover the flam and drag rudiments with some exercises on the kit. We then move onto some quaver-four semiquaver groups, also around the kit, before looking at some kit rhythms in cut common time. We then do some triplet fills in swing rhythms where we play two drums at once before finishing with a study.
31.1 - Advanced Rock : Snare and Bass
31.2 - Flams and Drags Around The Kit
31.3 - Quaver-Four Semis in Six Around Kit
31.4 - Four Stroke Ruff
31.5 - Swing Fills with Two Drums Together
31.6 - Study
Part 32 - Two Beat Swing Fills
This part first looks at some two beat fills with the swing rhythm, and then we look at the Tango. Next up is the Flexatone before we cover rhythms consisting of four semiquavers and a quaver in a sextuplet, played on toms and the snare drum. Finally, we look at some exercises involving rolls and bass drum in 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 time before finishing up with a study.