Rudiments on Drumset - Video of Derico Watson from PASIC 2008

Drumline Exercises & Rudiments, on Drumset

December 19th, 2008 by James Voss Grumish

Overhead View Drumset
[photo by Kamal Aboul-Hosn is shared]

Although FreeDrum.Info has yet to publish many drumset specific articles, here’s a good source of inspiration for applying any of the exercises available on FreeDrum.Info into something for your kit.

Derico Watson presented at the 2008 PASIC back in November. Check out the “Rudimental Rant” video on his Vic Firth video page from the event. Watson talks about the importance of rudimental drumming, how simple drumline exercises can be applied to the drumset, and why now is a good time to get started.

Now if you spent your summer on the [marching] snare drum, your hands are out-of-control, right? Right now, they’re just great. Now you have to take that to the drumset.

Simply converting exercises to drumset isn’t as thorough as something like Jared Falk’s complete Rock Drumming System or Jazz Drum Method, but it is a start.

Watson also touches on the importance of concert percussion for a drumset artist.

Learn as much as you can. Learn about the timpani. Learn about the marimba and the vibraphone. Those are all great things that are only going to help you to become more of a musical drumset player.

There’s also resources if you liked Watson’s ideas about rudiments on drumset.

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