Mixing Rudiments – Exercise 3

Part 2 of Patrick's Latin grooves lays out more 6/4 grooves with a Latin vibe. read more

Try your hand at some flam rudiments around the kit. Flams and the pataflafla makes some interesting fills. read more

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

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

This drum sheet music was put together as a fun resource for learning and/or practicing eighth notes and eighth... read more

This is a short drum solo that places focus on developing fill-technique. Playing three measures of a beat... read more

Quintuplets (groups of 5 notes) can be tough to evenly space in a beat. This exercise focuses on the... read more

Patrick shares a great exercise from GL Stone's Stick control ex 1-13 RF-LH, Hi-hat on 2 and 4, tresillo... read more

Patrick demonstrates the popular West African rhythm, the Mangambeu. read more

This is the second beat sheet in the "Sixteenth Note Triplet" series designed to hone a drummer's reading/playing skills.... read more

The fourth edition of our The Pad exercises focuses on accenting while using alternating sticking. read more

This sheet music accompanies Alex Ribchester's video drum lesson about some great hand workouts for the practice pad. 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

Continuing with the rudiments on drum set series, Patrick shares some explosive, syncopated concepts for the double paradiddle and... read more

This week, Patrick slams some triplet paradiddle ideas to create a slick African groove feel. Check Out Patrick's Book! read more