The Next Generation

Yeeeeeey! The Drum Prodigy has come!

March 9, 2008, Josiah Andrei was born. I'm so happy that he came out healthy, yun lng CS kya tinaga ako sa hospital bills. We didn't expect n CS kc regular naman ung check-up with the OB-GYNE kya all along, we thought it will be normal delivery. Haaaayzz, buti nalang healthy c baby... THank GOD!



This was taken a few minutes after he was taken out of his mother's womb. Nauna siyang nakita ng mother ko, iyak ng iyak pero nung pumasok ako biglang ng-behave. hehehe Good boy!




Here he is when he was in the nursery.

Drum Rudiments

Have you ever wondered how Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, Dennis Chambers, Vinnie Colauita Managed to be on top and how are they doing those insane technical drumming that looks like they are the only ones who can do it? The secret are the rudiments that they have mastered and Improvised to obtain techniques or their "Trademarks"

Drum Rudiments are set of basic patterns used in rudimental drumming. These patterns form the basic building blocks or "vocabulary" of drumming, and can be combined in a great variety of ways to create drumming music. There are 40 types of rudiments that are essential for every drummer that exists. These are said to be essential because these are the very first exercises that every drummer has to master or put into their muscle memory in order to do those complicated rolls, fill-ins and grooves.

These rudiments are commonly practiced with of a pair of sticks and a practice pad or a snare. From the lowest possible tempo or speed, you need to execute each stroke of the rudiment evenly. I suggest start with 60 bpm(beats per minute) until your muscle memory recognizes the flow of the strokes and evenly execute within the tempo given. If you feel relaxed and think that you can take it to a higher level without stumbling then go on turn your tempo 10 beats faster (from 60 bpm to 70 bpm) . Remember that it takes time to perfect it. Make sure that you do it slowly but surely. Don't rush and get excited that you want to go way faster already. It's important that you get to feel every tempo range.

Here are the rudiments with links to it's video:(thanks to drumrudiments.com) Enjoy!

1. Single
   Stroke Roll


2. Ten
   Stroke Roll


3. Flam
   Accent


4. Drag
   (Single)


5. Single
   Stroke Four


6. Eleven
   Stroke Roll


7. Flam
   Tap


8. Single
   Drag Tap


9. Single
   Stroke Seven


10. Thirteen
    Stroke Roll


11. Flamacue


12. Double
    Drag Tap


13. Multiple
    Bounce Roll


14. Fifteen
    Stroke Roll


15. Flam
    Paradiddle


16. Lesson
    25


17. Triple
    Stroke Roll


18. Seventeen
    Stroke Roll


19. Single
    Flammed Mill


20. Single
    Dragadiddle


21. Double
    Stroke Open Roll


22. Single
    Paradiddle


23. Flam
    Paradiddle-Diddle


24. Drag
    Paradiddle #1


25. Five
    Stroke Roll


26. Double
    Paradiddle


27. Pataflafla


28. Drag
    Paradiddle #2



29. Six
    Stroke Roll


30. Triple
    Paradiddle


31. Swiss
    Army Triplet


32. Single
    Ratamacue
    


33. Seven
    Stroke Roll



34. Single Paradiddle-Diddle


35. Inverted
    Flam Tap


36. Double
    Ratamacue


37. Nine
    Stroke Roll


38. Flam
    (Single)


39. Flam
    Drag


40. Triple
    Ratamacue

Personally I have not mastered all the 40 rudiments but i am continually practicing for improvement. I wrote this post for all the drummers who wants to learn and for the benefit of everybody. Hope you learned something. This is my first post, I'll try my best to come up with better lessons. Thanks!