Original Compositions
From Play-drums.com. By Mike prestwood
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50 WaysDrumline, CadenceLoosely based on Steve Gadd’s 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover drum beat. |
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Blue RagPiano, RagtimePiano Ragtime in A minor which is unusual. Although I’m sure it’s been done, I had never heard a minor ragtime before so I wanted to compose one. This haunting piece came out far better than I thought it would. |
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Simple TimesPiano, RagtimeA common piano ragtim |
Snare Solos
Snare Duet
Play-drums: Printable PDF Pages: Marching
Solos, Duets, and Ensembles
Snare Solos
Ensembles
Play-drums: Printable PDF Pages: Pad Work & Rudiments
Sight Reading
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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. |
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.pdf
64th Notes in 16th 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