#1212 | All Skill Levels

Exercises For Great Hands & Fills

By: Pat Petrillo

1) "5-5-3"
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2) "Sixteenth-Note Accents"
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3) "Diddle Accent Shift"

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4) "Ultimate Diddle Combo"

P, P, DP, DP | PDD, PDD | DP, PDD, DP | P, P, PDD

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 #1212 | All Skill Levels

Exercises For Great Hands & Fills

By: Pat Petrillo

5) "Drags & Tap Rolls"

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6) "Single Sextuplets"
6 6 6 6 3 3

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7) "Sweet 6s"
6 6

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8) "Flamajama"
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9) Two-Bar Groove Excerpt: "Rent Party"
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Technique/Coordination Exercises
These exercises are for developing technique and coordination using a variety of rudimental sticking variations.
They isolate a particular rudiment group so you can improve phrasing and execute it in a musical setting.
These should get you ready for the Rudiment TAB System Combinations that will follow.

Exercise 1: “Diddle Inversiations”

Start tempo 75. Try to reach 150+
Variations of Inverted Paradiddles, Displaced Paradiddles, and my own invention, the “Fiveadiddle”. This is a
“hand twister”!

Exercise 2: “Sextuplet Diddles”

Start tempo 70. Try to reach 150+
This will establish the technique for Six - Stroke Roll execution, as well as develop the touch for soft diddles.

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Exercise 3: “Six Stroke Roll - aid”
Start tempo 75. Try to reach 140+
These are the most common ways of phrasing the Six Stroke Roll, including the inversion.

Exercise 4: “Ratamacution”
Start tempo 80. Try to reach 125+
The contemporary way to play the Ratamacue, as sextuplets starting with the tap, lends itself to
drum set phrasing.

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Diddle Combos

Combo Solo I "Diddle Riddle"

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Roll & Drag Combos
1 2 3 4

5 6 7

8 9 10

Combo Solo II "On a Roll"

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"Jump Start" Rudiment Combos

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

Combo Solo III "Put it Together"

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"Next Level" Combos
1

10

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Combo Solo IV
"Gimme S'more"

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Sextuplet Based Combos

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10

Combo Solo V
"Ratamasixarolladiddle"

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Flam Combos

10

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Combo Solo VI "FlamaJama"

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Total Combo Studies
Combining All Rudiments

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Combo Solo VII "Super Sized Combo"

Well, there you have it! Hopefully this has helped you to learn and memorize all of the rudiments.
Congratulations in reaching your goals.

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