Makossa Groove

This week, Patrick lays out some 12/8 Afro grooves. Great for building coordination! read more

Practice patterns designed for the intermediate-advanced rock drummer to build rock coordination in his/her bass drum foot against 8th... read more

In this week's Thursday exercise by Patrick Marsepoil, explore sixteenth-note accent patterns and ideas for moving them around the... read more

Patrick lays down a great linear groove ... a perfect exercise to develop your linear coordination. read more

This week's installment of Patrick's rudiment mixology swishes the single drag tap and lesson 25 rudiments around the kit. read more

This is the fourth of a series of drumming sheet music designed to build coordination in playing rock beats... read more

Patrick delivers some Batucada exercises, a substyle of samba which refers to an African influenced Brazilian percussive style. read more

Patrick shares a linear pattern in 6/8. Get your groove on! read more

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

Patrick brings us another independence exercise, this time with double strokes on the feet. Take it slow at first,... read more

This is the third of a series of drumming sheet music titled "Dynamics." This beat sheet is designed... read more

This week, Patrick brings us some great independece exercises, giving a bass drum workout over paradiddle variations on the... read more

This week, Patrick lays out some quarter beat grooves with double strokes on the snare and bass drum. read more

Patrick lays down some sweet paradiddle exercises. These grooves are both challenging and sweet. read more

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