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This is the seventh beat sheet in a series designed to devlop jazz drumming skills. Starting from simpler beats and moving to complex, these beat sheets will help you to become coordinated with jazz rhythms against the classic jazz ride pattern. This beat sheet begins exercisizes for coordinating the bass drum and snare together. Jazz it up!
Courtesy of Dan Brigstock from DrumScore.com, this sheet music is the companion to the OnlineDrummer.com lesson teaching "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns N' Roses.
A solo for snare drum, this challenging piece intertwines rhythmic patterns while keeping the accent pattern repeating every four measures. The rhythms change, but the accents stay on the same counts, a rather unique piece. Watch your timing on the triplets.
This beat sheet is designed to focus practice on reading and playing 16th note and 8th note combinations along with accents. This version of the Play It Fast beat sheet is the same rhythmically as the first but adds a new dimension with the accents. Take it slow at first and build your speed. Watch your sticking!
This beat sheet is designed to focus practice on reading and playing 16th note and 8th note combinations. There are a lot of changes in this piece. The need to look ahead while you're playing is apparent. This is a great piece for beginner-intermediate level players to be played at a slower tempo or intermediate to avanced plays at a fast tempo. Give it a try!
Rhythm Mover is a drum solo for the snare drum that incorprates a lot of 5 stroke roll and accent combinations. The difficulty lies in the alternating sticking and accenting. A great solo to learn to improve your accenting and your 5-stroke rolling abilities.
