Good Advice=Good Vibes This IS sounding good. I agree that learning rudiments can be extremely boring.
This approach may help get past most of the frustration of something that seems so stupid. As soon as you have the sticking pattern into your brain, try using the rudiment around the set. For example; A normal single paradiddle is played like this: R-L-R-R L-R-L-L R-L-R-R L-R-L-L
If you play them as 1/16 notes, counting= 1-e-&-uh, 2-e-&-uh, 3-e-&-uh, 4-e-&-uh. Play the paradiddles around the set. You will quickly see the value of that double stroke on the end of a paradiddle. IT GIVES YOU TIME TO MOVE YOUR HAND FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER.
If you invert one of them you would get; R-L-R-R L-R-R-L R-L-R-R L-R-R-L. Learn to play them that way & keep your right hand up on the hi-hat. The left hand shown in bold is an accent on the snare. What you get here is a cool little riff that fits into a lot of areas & styles of music.
Last edited by UPSTROKE : 03-16-2007 at 07:23 PM.
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