Isolation of Stroke Types, for Battery Percussion
A stroke can be over-simplified as a single down/up motion of the wrist. Ways that the stick can contact the drumhead during that stroke can differ greatly. Of the near infinite detailed definitions of stroke, there’s two methods examined in the exercises below. In each, focus on matching the sound quality from right hand to left hand (and vice versa).
The first set of exercises isolate the number of rebound notes that occur during each individual stroke.
- Single, one note per stroke
- Diddle, two notes per stroke
- Buzz, many notes per stroke
The other exercise examines different rebound heights. This method uses four different strokes, all defined by the starting and ending heights of the stick. The exercise simply puts these strokes into sequence.
- Tap-to-Tap
- Tap-to-Accent
- Accent-to-Accent
- Accent-to-Tap
Like so many other percussion etudes, this one is deceptively easy when you set your standards high enough.
Isolation of Stroke Types, for Battery Percussion
- Percussion Stroke Types Sheet Music PDF
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