This exercise has 16 parts: work with both hands (R-L or L-R), one stroke by each, and the HiHat always on quarter notes. Line 1 – Septuplets Line 2 – Quarter notes Line 3 – Septuplets Line 4 – Quarter note triplets Line 5 – Septu

This exercise has 16 parts: work with both hands (R-L or L-R), one stroke by each, and the HiHat always on quarter notes. Line 1 – Thirty-second notes Line 2 – Quarter notes Line 3 – Thirty-second notes Line 4 – Quarter note triplets Li

This exercise consists of 6 parts, to be played with both hands (R-L or L-R) on the snare and combining this with the bass drum and HiHat. When not read in the exercise the HiHat is always on quarter notes. Bar 1 – Right hand and left hand read thirty-se

This exercise consists of 16 parts. Work with both hands (R-L or L-R) on the snare for the first 8 bars, then accenting with bass drum (BD) and cymbal (Cym) in the next 8 bars. The HiHat is always on quarter notes. Bar 1 – Right hand and left hand accent

This exercise consists of 16 parts. Work with both hands (R-L or L-R) on the snare for the first 8 bars, then accenting with bass drum (BD) and cymbal (Cym) in the next 8 bars. The HiHat is always on quarter notes. Bar 1 – Right hand and left hand accent

The master Giovanni shows you how to apply the Cha-Cha’s lead-in or pickup notes, called “Abanico.” He also demonstrates their different variations, at a normal tempo as well as at slower tempos, so that you can understand the placement of th

Giovanni Hidalgo explains one of the most surprising techniques that he masters on the instrument: the double roll with each hand, which drummers do with their sticks.   Commentary: 1, 2, 3, 4………. Even if you do the same thing, remember that you can pu

Once you are comfortable with exercise 005, you should proceed to this step. Here, Giovanni shows you the way he adapts the double stroke roll with each hand on congas. A technique that he adapted from Indian percussionists who play Tablas.   Commentary:

Polyrhythms featured in the song “Triplicity.” Demo of Bill working with the previous exercises and parts “A and B” of the song.   Commentary: But let’s go back to the original figure which you remember was four notes and thr

Displacements with sixth notes. Bill’s explanations Exercises for right and left hand. Only with accents B) Sixth notes with accents Fills of 32 notes into a 7/4 with snare and toms.   Commentary: Perhaps the next thing it would come to mind is use