Double Strokes For Your Grooves

This week, Patrick lays down some funky grooves doubling up the hats for embellishment. read more

This drumming music sheet is the second practice sheet designed to focus practice on quarter notes, eighth notes and... read more

This snare solo contains quarter notes and rests, eighth notes, sixteenth notes and rim playing. This is a... read more

This is the fifth beat sheet in a series designed to develop jazz drumming skills. Starting from simpler beats... read more

This week, Patrick takes exercises from the ubiquitous Stick Control drum book and moves them around the kit. This... read more

Patrick lays out a 4 step process to play an Elvin Jones style jazz groove in 6/4. read more

Patrick brings out the claves in 6/8 over 8th notes on the hi-hat in this week's exercise. Be sure to... read more

A snare drum warmup that focuses on diddles. The same general pattern throughout, each measure adds one more... read more

This sheet music accompanies Andy Zikers article on Free and Controlled Stroke Warm-Ups, techniques for warming up using selective... read more

This week Patrick mixes flams, the Swiss Army Triplet and flamacue to create some cool fills. read more

Patrick continues his coordination challenges and subdivisions in this part 2 exercise. read more

This week, Patrick shares another Afro-Funk Groove from his bag of slick drum grooves. Check Out PATRICK'S BOOKS read more

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Patrick shares some 4-stroke Coordination and Subdivision exercises to improve your coordination around the kit. read more

A stepping stone to playing full drum set rhyhms, this snare drum piece lays down some funky grooves between... read more