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A single stroke roll is one of the easiest techniques to learn, but one of the most difficult to master. Here’s how to make it sound smooth as silk.
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All drummers want to learn how to play a one-handed roll, and in this video lesson, Tiger Bill shares the technique he learned from Joe Morello.
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It doesn’t matter if you use traditional or matched grip, you should always make use of natural rebound when you strike a pad or drum. In these exercises, Tiger Bill shows you how to play with speed and finesse without feeling tension.
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Don't miss Tiger Bill's speed lesson drills on five-stroke rolls.
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Tiger Bill teaches backsticking tricks in Speed Lesson #78.
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Check out some neat backsticking tricks of the trade
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For the past
two lessons, we've been practicing the execution of a single and a double accent across single paradiddle sticking.
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This is a workout that's designed to help you improve your ability to place two accents anywhere within a given sticking pattern.
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In this concluding segment, we're taking the exercises you practiced from the previous two lessons and applying them to the drumset. If you haven't studied parts one and two yet, please do so before working on this one.
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These exercises are based on a lesson that I originally developed for a drum clinic and it has become one of my most popular clinics over the years. Drummers always have lots of fun comparing their chops to that of the legendary Buddy Rich, who was capable of maintaining his single stroke roll at speeds of up to about 950 beats per minute (bpm).