Easier said than written, or easily written than said??
Yesterday, I came up with a simple enough exercise with an aim to improve co-ordination.
a)
right hand on toms (high and low only)
H L L
right foot on bass
B B *
Left hand on snare
* * S (*= a pause)
so on notation
The aim is to have two notes overlapping.
Direction – right hand, is played across two drums, high and low tom, the bass and snare play a standard groove.
This is the exercise with the notes overlapping each other.
H L L (right hand)
* * S (left hand)
B B * (right foot)
b) with this simple exercise the limbs can be swapped in order
H L L (right hand)
* * S (left hand)
B B * (right foot)
c)
L L H (right hand)
L * * (left hand)
* B B (right foot)
one last addition to the exercise is to move the right hand around the kit, e.g. low tom to crash. I’ll post a video soon to show this short exercise with a long explanation 