Resty Testy (quarters, eighths, sixteenths)

By Nate Brown Exercises 16th notes

Realizing that in today's popular music, drummers don't see many rests or get much practice reading and playing around rests, this piece of sheet music is designed to hone the drummers rest reading and playing skills. Have fun with this piece!

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Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education at John Carroll University and Master of Arts in Education at the University of Findlay.

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Resty Testy (quarters, eighths, sixteenths)