And rim of the drum simultaneously). Cross Stick—These are played by laying the stick across the drum head and over the rim. The part of the stick over the rim is raised and used to strike the rim. Ghost Notes—Ghost notes are played by striking the drum (or cymbal) very lightly. They are used to create feel rather than to be heard. The Single stroke is the basic stroke for al/ snare drum technique. As a drum is comprised of two vibrating heads, the drum must be struck in such way as to allow maxi- mum vibration from both heads. When striking the drum the tip 'Of the Stick travel in a semi-circular arc below. Both the right and, the left stick travel the same arc.
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Today I’d like to bring to your attention a new drum book written by Steve Forster, called 143 Binary Algorhythms Applied To Paradiddles.
Steve was a student of jazz drumming great, Joe Morello. Along with his fabulous performances with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Morello was widely respected as a drum teacher and author. Some of Joe’s other former students include Danny Gottlieb, Max Weinberg, and Jon Fishman.
In the intro of Steve’s new book, he describes some of his experiences studying with Morello. Joe Morello had very poor vision since birth, and therefore had a very difficult time writing. Because of this, Steve was given the task of transcribing the ideas for Joe’s famous book, Master Studies. He says he learned a great deal about Morello’s thinking in the process.
One of the books Joe used most with his students was Stick Control For The Snare Drummer by George Lawrence Stone. Morello expanded on Stone’s book in endless ways with his students, applying the exercises to the drum-set, adding accents and much more. Many of these became the material for his books Master Studies and Master Studies II.
Steve goes on to explain that many other ideas based on the Stick Control exercises that he and other students of Joe Morello used were never written down. Steve’s book 143 Binary Algorhythms Applied To Paradiddles presents some of these ideas in written form for the first time.
Steve also says the examples in the book will enable the reader to create thousands of interesting and useful exercises of their own.
The book also contains a unique set of 43 exercises based on the well know snare drum rhythm from Ravel’s Bolero. These exercises are helpful in developing control as well as becoming accustomed to a variety of different stickings within a constrained rhythmic format.
143 Binary Algorhythms Applied To Paradiddles is a book for advanced players. If you’ve ever wondered how drummers like Joe Morello played with such apparently effortless speed and technical mastery, the answers are in books like these. Joe spent his entire life studying the fine art of drum technique, and passing his wisdom along to his fortunate students. Steve Forster is a great example of one of these students.
There’s never been a book like this! This is an amazing collection! Steve has covered and presented everything you could ever want in your quest for total development of technical virtuosity. Every serious drummer/percussionist must, and should, invest and explore these unique and creative applications. Great! -Bill Wisch, Amazon.com customer
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Developing and mastering The Four Basic Strokes, that is Full, Down, Tap and Up, is an essential ingredient to playing relaxed, developing speed, and playing hand-to-hand accent patterns. The reason I reference these strokes with the Moeller Method is because they are the cornerstones to Moeller technique. The Four Basic Strokes can be used with numerous other techniques, such as the Gladstone/Free-Stroke, simply because the concept behind these strokes is to work with the natural rebound and pre-stroke placement of the drumstick.
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There are other stroke types and names out there. For example, some say that the Full Stroke is only played using the highest position; half that height is called a Half Stroke, and lower to the drum is a Low Stroke. While I agree with the terms, I consider all three of these strokes (Full/Half/Low) to be types of Full Strokes; the Half and Low strokes are just subcategories of the Full Stroke. Why? Because the motion of the Full, Half, Low Strokes are essentially the same, but at different stick heights. It is for this reason that I say you can play a Full Stroke at different heights. Stick height, along with velocity, is what controls a stroke's volume and intensity; sounding louder or softer. So if you are going to study the Moeller Method or Gladstone/Free-Stroke, yes, you'll need to learn and use these other strokes/terms. This lesson, however, is on the Four Basic Strokes, the essential building blocks to all drumming, which I believe every drummer and percussionist should learn and master. These same four strokes happen to be foundational strokes for the Moeller and Gladstone techniques.
Please note, I am only demonstrating these strokes slowly. I am controlling the stick and each rebound; actually pulling the stick up so you can see what is going on with the drumstick in each of the four strokes. Once these elementary strokes are understood you should begin to work with the rebound, allowing the stick to rise on its own. You can liken this to dribbling a ball; throw the stick down and allow it to rebound naturally as your hand follows.
Subscribers can view/download/printa collection of worksheets written by Jim Chapin which covers more of the Moeller method and technique.
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is a degreed professional musician with a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance, and Master of Music post-graduate work. His 40+ years in the music and entertainment industry, over 100 album recordings to his credit, as well as an exhaustive understanding of contemporary and classical music makes him a complete and skilled master musician.
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