The Single Stroke Roll With Quarter Note Cymbals

As with the 'Triangle Pattern', this Single Stroke Roll Orchestration lesson will come away from the idea of moving in set groupings. In this lesson you will be playing all notes on the snare, except for those on a numbered count which will be played on a cymbal. This will be very similar to This Lesson which does the same using toms. This is a very simple idea but is a great for fill construction and can be applied in many different ways. In later lessons you will expand on this further by moving the cymbals at different note values and coming away from the snare drum for none quarter note counts.

As always, feet have been included in all exercises but experiment with different patterns to those shown. If you are finding an exercise difficult it would be worth removing the feet until you are comfortable with the hands.


Exercise 1

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 2

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 3

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 4

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 5

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Exercise 6

Single stroke roll played with simulated accents


Tasks

Use the 2 minute rule to aim for the following target tempos. This list covers from a beginner to an experienced player so potentially represents several years worth of practice.

  • Level 0: 60bpm
  • Level 1: 90bpm
  • Level 2: 120bpm
  • Level 3: 140bpm
  • Level 4: 160bpm & Demi Semi Quavers at 80bpm
  • Level 5: 180bpm & Demi Semi Quavers at 90bpm
  • Level 5+: 200+bpm & Demi Semi Quavers at 100+bpm
  • Create your own orchestrations using this concept.
  • Use as many different feet patterns as you can think of with each exercise.
  • Apply the orchestration concept to the rudiment in various other time signatures and note values.
  • Apply the concept as a fill in your general playing.

Up Next

I recomend covering our lesson on the Single Stroke Roll With Eighth Note Cymbals next.


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