Drumline Exercises
November 23rd, 2009 by James Voss Grumish
[photo by ND Strupler is shared]
As a student I spent many years in drumline and even more time at my drumset. Even though I studied both styles, my drumset lessons never really focused on rudiments.
I only wish the Drum Rudiment System had been available to me back then.
The Drum Rudiment System is all about applying rudiments on drumset.
What’s included? Drumset methods for beginner, intermediate, and advanced with exercises, grooves and fills from three workbooks demonstrated through six DVDs. Each level covers all 40 rudiments and gradually increases the demand and difficulty.
>> THERE’S MORE!!! Read on about applying your rudiments on drumset >>
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November 1st, 2009 by James Voss Grumish
[photo by J. Hill is shared]
Despite having played or written countless accent-tap exercises over the years, I can’t remember one that dealt specifically with multiple accent heights. This is an attempt to fill that void.
Multi-Height Tap Accent is a simple 5-7-10 exercise that uses two accent heights - one at 6″ (mezzo-piano) and one at 12″ (forte). There’s two quick versions that will hopefully inspire you to start assigning unique heights to your own accent tap exercises.
Enjoy, and be sure to print a few copies for friends. After all, free drumline sheet music makes a great (i.e. cheap, easy) holiday gift!
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September 1st, 2009 by James Voss Grumish
There’s a lot of Triplet Diddle drumline exercises out there, even here. Many of these fail to include relevant accent patterns, instead focusing on developing a consistent sound between taps and diddles.
This month’s free pdf for your collection of drumline exercises aims to change that by examining both isolated and consecutive accents among basic diddle patterns.
This is just a start. Try finding other Triplet Diddle exercises and adding your own accent patterns.
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August 1st, 2009 by James Voss Grumish
The DCI scores from this past weekend in Allentown start to show a top four group of Blue Devils, Cadets, Cavaliers, and Crown. You can look at the DCI rankings to see where things might end up, or just take your own guess. In any case, DCI Finals should be very interesting.
[photo by Justin Van Rheenen is shared]
It’s been fun meeting new people via Twitter over the past month and we’ve met a lot of bass drummers. For all of you who are marching bass, this month’s free pdf drumline exercise is for you.
Here’s a simple marching bass drum exercise. The focus of the exercises is to develop subdivision quality of 2’s, 3’s, and 4’s either as a solo player or in tandem with a friend. Simple exercises for simple improvements.
Simple Bass Drum Subdivision Exercises
Print out a few copies for your bass line.
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July 1st, 2009 by James Voss Grumish
It’s already July and the drum corps season is in full swing. Have you checked the DCI scores recently to see Carolina Crown ahead of Cavaliers and Phantom and Cadets?
Well since it’s mid-season and mid-summer, FreeDrum.Info would like to continue our series of full-ensemble drumline exercises.
This month is Paradiddle Flow. It’s somewhat similar to the Cavaliers’ Dee Jay Diddles - a.k.a. that Cavaliers’ paradiddle exercise, although this version was originally written for a university drumline back in 2004.
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June 4th, 2009 by James Voss Grumish
School is finished for the year so use the extra time and sign-up for some private drum lessons. Need to find a private drum instructor? Already have a private drum teacher? Well here’s a couple resources to get your summer lessons started.
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TakeLessons offers fun & affordable music and voice lessons for everyone.
Click here to find a lesson near you!
There’s a sweet practice routine generator available for a limited time!
Get the free pdf from the Drumming System!
That’s it. Have a great summer!
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