Coordination exercises for Jazz drumming - Lesson 4

Jazz Straight time coordination 4 - This drum lesson dedicated to coordination and independence in Jazz drumming, shows a series of exercises on the drum set, with steady playing on ride cymbal and hi-hat. Drum sheet

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Introduction to the drum lesson: Jazz Straight time 4

The exercises dealing with cymbal and hi-hat steady playing end with combinations of single and double strokes played by the left hand and by the bass drum. The understanding of the subtle differences between the various combinations in the drum sheet is fundamental.

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This drum lesson dedicated to Jazz coordination is a part of the published basic drum lessons.
The basic drum lessons, the first part of this method for drums, deal with the right posture, which is the basic condition to develop speed, endurance and precision with your playing. The style and the role of drumming have evolved with time, but the basic drums technique hasn't changed much, and all the great drummers still build their own style from the same basis of musical theory.

Topics in the basic drum lessons and in the online drum lessons published drum sheet music are: Rudiments & Fundamentals, Coordinated independence, Basic drum beats, Snare drum studies, Drums grooves, and Songs drum parts, with transcriptions of songs and grooves by John Bonham, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland, Steve Gadd, Ian Paice, Jeff Porcaro.