This lesson is a continuation of our our 16th Note Nine Stroke Roll Sticking lesson, the content will be much more straight forward if you have covered this already.
The exercises on this page will focus on combining the nine stroke roll with simple feet ostinati similar to those learned in other rudiments. These exercises should be very simple but are useful for pushing the co ordination and syncronization of your limbs.
Each exercise is shown with the two different rhythmic versions of the rudiment with feet added as crotchets. At all points make sure you are using good hand and foot technique and that your timing is accurate. Don't let the second note of the double strokes drop in volume. Remember that this set of exercises is just a short collection of ideas for adding feet to this rudiment, there are many more combinations you can try. You should also remember to experiment with alternate stickings.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
TASKS
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all exercises up to a tempo of at least 130bpm.
- Take two of the exercises above and turn them into a 2 bar long repeated pattern.
- Create further variations with the feet.
- Orchestrate the given patterns.
