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Exercises
snare drum/pad class
Stick Control by George Lawrence Stone is a recommended book for anyone participating in the pad class. For a complete listing of rudiments, see Savage Rudimental Workshop (marching/corps) or The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary (jazz/drum set).
Contact Todd for current pad class exercises.
Warm-ups
"Savage" Warm-Up (beginning/intermediate)
John Riley Warm-Up (advanced)
John Riley Warm-Up in 5/4
Triplet Warm-Up
Also see: Stick Control, p. 5.
Single-strokes
16th note timing (beginner)
6/8 basic timing (intermediate)
Sixtuplet exercise(intermediate/advanced)
Sixtuplet exercise in 5/4
32nd note timing
32nd note drags
Mixed tuplets (advanced)
Also see: Stick Control, pp. 8, 10
Sticking patterns
Stick Control - first section - 6/8
Stick Control - first section - 5/8
Stick Control - first section - 7/8
Doubles
Accents
Three Camps (all levels)
Joel Rothman's triplet accents (intermediate)
Joel Rothman's 8th note accents (beginning/intermediate)
2 & 3 stroke triplet accents (intermediate)
Paradiddles
Paradiddle inversions
Double Paradiddles
Paradiddle developer
Rolls
Drags
5, 6, & 7 stroke rolls
Long rolls
Triplet rolls - drags
Triplet rolls - 5 stroke
Triplet rolls - long
Flam rudiments
Flam accents with inversions
Flam taps (advanced)
Swiss Triplets (advanced)
Windmills
Flam drags
Three Camps - four versions
Etudes
Relax And Roll With It - Matt Savage Buy the book!
drum set
rock/funk
beats
Basic beats
Beats with the SD off 2 & 4
Double-time feel beats
12/8 beats
Beats with bass drum doubles
Adding ghost notes
Ride patterns
Basic paradiddle funk patterns
How to learn a complicated beat
fills
1-beat fills
2-beat fills
2-beat fills, mixed rhythms
12/8 - adding 16th notes
Working on fills with Syncopation
jazz
Basic coordination
3/4 - basic coordination
Shuffle variations/basic fills
Kicks & set-ups using Ted Reed's Syncopation
Set-ups - basic ideas
Joel Rothman - '&' of 2 kicks and set-ups
Basic solo ideas using triplets
First 25 tunes for jazz drummers to learn.
Variations on Ted Reed's Syncopation exercises
Ex. 1 - original
Ex. 2 - original
Ex. 3 - original
Ex. 4 - original
Ex. 5 - original
Ex. 6 - original
Ex. 7 - original
Ex. 8 - original
Ex. 1 with quarter note triplets added
Ex. 1 with inverted quarter note triplets added
Ex. 1 with inside triplets added
Ex. 1 - 3/4
Ex. 2 - 3/4
Ex. 3 - 3/4
Ex. 4 - 3/4
Ex. 5 - 3/4 with quarter note triplets
Ex. 5 - 3/4 with triplets partials
Ex. 6 - 3/4
Ex. 2 - 5/4
Ex. 3 - 5/4
Ex. 4 - 5/4
Ex. 5 - 5/4
Further exercises for Syncopation-type applications
Quarter notes/rests - 2 measures
Quarter notes/rests - 3/4
Quarter notes/rests - 5/4
Simple quarter/eighth variations - 1 measure
Simple quarter/eighth variations - 2 measures
8th notes- 3 notes per measure
8th notes - 4 notes per measure
8th notes - 5 notes per measure
3/4 - all possible quarter/eighth note combinations
3/4 - quarter-note triplets
Musical supplements for jazz students
Tunes to learn - first 25
Tunes to learn - second 25
Tunes to learn - third 25
Tunes to learn - fourth 25
Tempos of famous tracks - learn these well!
latin
Basic mambo
Basic latin feels
Generic jazz latin variations
Generic jazz latin fills
Cascara variations
Afro-Cuban 6/8
Bossa Nova variations
transcriptions/lead sheets
rock
Generic song structure
Back In Black (Phil Rudd/AC-DC) - get mp3 | get CD
Communication Breakdown (John Bonham/Led Zeppelin) - get mp3 | get CD
Heartbreaker (John Bonham/Led Zeppelin) - exercises | get mp3 | get CD
Day Tripper (Ringo Starr/Beatles) - get mp3 | get CD
Drive My Car (Ringo Starr/Beatles) - get mp3 | get CD
Birthday (Ringo Starr/Beatles) - get mp3 | get CD
I Fought The Law (Mick Jones/The Clash) - get mp3 | get CD
Flash Gordon (Queen) - get mp3 | get CD
Suedehead (Morrisey) - get mp3 | get CD
jazz
Straight, No Chaser (Ben Riley/Thelonious Monk) - get mp3 | get CD
Straight, No Chaser - head only (Art Taylor/Thelonious Monk) - get mp3 | get CD
Rhythm-a-ning (Frankie Dunlop/Thelonious Monk) - get mp3 | get CD
Bolivar Blues (Frankie Dunlop/Thelonious Monk) - get mp3 | get CD
Big Nick - analysis (Elvin Jones/John Coltrane) - get mp3 | get CD
Tunji (Elvin Jones/John Coltrane) - get mp3 | get CD
Soul Eyes (Elvin Jones/John Coltrane - get mp3 | get CD
Fall (Tony Williams/Miles Davis) - analysis | get mp3 | get CD
God Bless The Child - solo (Jack DeJohnette/Keith Jarrett) - get mp3 | get CD
Since You Asked (Jack DeJohnette/John Scofield) - get mp3 | get CD
Long As You Know... (Jon Christiansen/Keith Jarrett) - get mp3 | get CD
r&b
Stay Away (Zigaboo Modeliste/Meters) - get mp3 | get CD
Africa (Zigaboo Modeliste/Meters) - get mp3 | get CD
audio
For more, visit my audio archive. To watch videos and listen to my latest project, Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4, visit our MySpace page.
Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4 - 69 Année Érotique Origin 82530 Buy this CD!
Todd Bishop - drums | Rich Cole - saxophones | Steve Moore - keyboards | Geoff Harper - bass
Ballade De Melody Nelson
Intoxicated Man
Flatland - Origin Of Species Origin 82374 Buy this CD!
Todd Bishop - drums | Saul Cline - sax | Matt Wayne - guitar | Don Corey - bass
New Gnawa
Malheur
The Secret Agent
Badwater
Sunrise
Flatland - The Satellite Origin 82362 Buy this CD!
Todd Bishop - drums | Matt Wayne - guitar | Don Corey - bass | Todd Smith - percussion
Tracks coming soon!
Iron John - Girl And A Gun TB97601 Buy this CD!
Todd Bishop - drums | Jeff Groves - guitar, vocals | Don Corey - bass
Lily White Boy
Seven Months Of Sundays
No Protest
With A Gun
Jonesin'
Roulston/Cline Project - unreleased
Todd Bishop - drums | Jay Roulston - trumpet | Saul Cline - saxophone | Paul Gabrielson - bass
Tracks coming soon!
The Notables - Play All The Hits! Buy this CD!
Todd Bishop - drums | Tim Willcox - sax | Reece Marshburn - piano | Bill Athens - bass
Sandu
Move
Jambalaya
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