Play-drums: Printable PDF Pages: Marching

Solos, Duets, and Ensembles

Snare Solos

Boleroest 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

Play-drums: Printable PDF Pages: Pad Work & Rudiments

Sight Reading

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.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 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.pdfVariation Use this page to develop your double bass drum set playing.Triplets and Sixteenths.pdf64th Notes in 16^th 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

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Rudiments

	The Basic 7 (125 KB PDF) Single strokes double strokes triple strokes closed roll flams ruffs paradiddles		Rolls (134 KB PDF) Three stroke roll five stroke roll seven stroke roll nine stroke roll thirteen stroke roll seventeen stroke roll eleven stroke roll triple stroke roll tap rolls inverted doubles swiss attack open roll swiss attack closed roll
	Flam Rudiments (128 KB PDF) Flamacues Flam accent #1 flam accent #2 flamadiddles flamadiddlediddle flam taps windmill tap flam paraflafla swiss army triplet flam drags windmill dragdiddle		Paradiddles (143 KB PDF) Paradiddles inversions 1, 2, and 3 double paradiddles triple paradiddles paradiddlediddle paradiddleDa triplet inversions inverted 1, 2, and 3 accented inversions 1, 2, 3 with flams accented paradiddles paradiddles with flams paradiddles with ruffs
	Ruffs and Drags (131 KB PDF) Single Drags Three Stroke Ruff Four Stroke Ruff Six Stroke Ruff Ratamacue Double Ratamacue Dragadiddle #1, #2, and #3 Sixteenths with Drags Flam Drags Lesson 25