Step 3: Drum at home to build skills!

6 videos • 112 views • by Philly School Drumlines If you want to become a better drummer, you have to practice AT HOME, every day for at least 15 minutes! The "Drumming at Home" series features warmup sequences from drumline instructors and percussion teachers across Philadelphia. Level 1: Legato strokes only - 8th & 16th notes, double strokes, syncopation; 12/8 or 4/4 time Level 2: Upstrokes / Downstrokes / Tap Strokes; paradiddle rudiments; buzz strokes & closed roll rudiments; 12/8, 6/8, 4/4, & 3/4 time Level 3: Stick control combinations, 16th note & triplet diddle sequences, flam rudiments, odd time signatures Level 4: Hybrid rudiments, metric modulations