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Sight Reading
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Sight Reading Complete for Drummers
Vol 1 ... free preview!
The first 16 pages of the book Sight
Reading Complete for Drummers, Vol 1. These pages
contain introductory material on reading drum music,
technique, timing, and musicianship.
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Sight Reading Complete for Drummers,
Volume 2
The first 20 pages of the book Sight Reading Complete for Drummers, Volume 2. |
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Sight Reading Complete for Drummers,
Volume 3
The first 14 pages of the book Sight Reading Complete
for Drummers, Volume 3. |  | Timing Exercise
Build confidence. Practice this page to a metronome at various speeds. Also, download the following mp3 files to play along with.Timing 1-18 100 BPM.mp3 (1.2 MB MP3)
MP3 file of Timing Exercise page at tempo speed of 100 BPM. Lesson-TimingEx1-18.zip (7.4 MB)
All files. This zip file contains the two files above (the PDF and MP3 file) plus five other MP3 files. You get a total of six MP3 files at 60, 80, 100, 110, 120, and 144 BPM).
|  | Accents-Sixteenths.pdf
You can also replace the accents with flams or drags. Click here for a demo of Triplet Accent/Flam/Drags exercise.Variations
Fun and intense variations to play in place of the accents. - flams
- diddles
- flam-drags
- chives
- Tap rolls (tap for accent, roll the rest)
- Accented double strokes (continuous roll)
- Accented closed roll (continuous roll)
|  | Accents-Triplets.pdf
You can also replace the accents with flams or drags. Click here for a demo of Triplet Accent/Flam/Drags exercise.Variations
Fun and intense variations to play in place of the accents. - flams
- diddles
- flam-drags
- chives
- Tap rolls (tap for accent, roll the rest)
- Accented double strokes (continuous roll)
- Accented closed roll (continuous roll)
|  | Sixes and 16th Note Triplets.pdf Variation Use this page to develop your double bass drum set playing. |  | Triplets and Sixteenths.pdf |  | 64th Notes in 16th Note Time Signatures
(753 KB PDF)"This lesson is from volume 3 of my upcoming book titled Sight Reading Complete for Drummers. Enjoy!" -Mike Prestwood |
Solos, Duets, and EnsemblesSnare Solos
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by Mike Prestwod
(807 KB PDF)"This advanced snare solo is based on the classic Bolero and is part of my upcoming book Sight Reading Complete for Drummers (available summer 2004). This solo is one of several from the back of volume 3." -Mike Prestwood |  | 68
by Mike Prestwod
(695 KB PDF)"This advanced snare solo is in 6/8 and was first composed in 1987. It is part of my upcoming book Sight Reading Complete for Drummers (available summer 2004). This solo is one of several from the back of volume 3." -Mike Prestwood |
Ensembles
 | The Challenge, Part I
Simple snare duet in 12/8 |  | The Challenge, Part II
Simple snare duet in 4/4 | | | | | |
Rock
Rudiments |
