Hand Coordination Workout #1

This is the first in a series of posts I’ll be doing on hand coordination. In these exercises we’ll get those hands strong and working together!

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Paradiddle-diddle vs Paradiddle

Here's a fun set of exercises that I've been playing around with on my practice pad that combines accents, paradiddles and paradiddle-diddles.

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Singles and Doubles

Single strokes and double strokes are your two main options when it comes to moving around the drum kit. There are a ton of exercises you could use to get better at playing double strokes but these combinations are some of my favourites.

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Quintuplet Patterns

A quick quintuplet pad workout. If you haven’t played around with five note patterns before, this is a good place to start.

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