The Outside Release Motion (4-Stroke w/ 2 Stresses)

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 9 min Category: Technique

By adding a tap stroke before our outside release motion, we create a 4-stroke pattern.

The 10-Stroke Open & Closed Roll – DC Rudiment #10

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 15 min Category: Technique

The 10-stroke roll builds upon the 9-stroke roll by adding one extra single stroke.

The Outside Release Motion (3-Stroke) on Drum Set

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 11 min Category: Technique

Ralph will demonstrate the mechanics and application of the 3-stroke outside release motion on drum set.

2 – How to Hold and Bounce the Stick

Teacher: Chad Wackerman Length: 17 min Category: Technique

Lesson two takes you through what might have been your first lesson with Murray. Covering how to hold the stick and getting the stick to rebound. Beginner, 17 minutes.

5 – Single Drag

Teacher: Chad Wackerman Length: 12 min Category: Rudiments

Chad shows four ways to play the same rudiment as it was taught to him by Murray.

Paradiddle Motion and Speed Development

Teacher: Felix Lehrmann Length: 9 min Category: Rudiments, Secrets From the Pros, Vocabulary

Felix will show you how he uses the paradiddle around the set while utilizing the natural paradiddle motion to create different voicing's.

Down Stroke, Tap Up Stroke

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 5 min Category: Technique

Using the stroke motions from the previous lesson, we will learn our first 2-stroke motion.  

The Outside Release Motion

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 8 min Category: Technique

The outside release motion was developed by the legendary Sanford Moeller.  This is fundamental to efficient playing motion and creating stress notes.

Multiple Bounce (Buzz Roll) Motion – DC Rudiment #2

Teacher: Ralph Humphrey Length: 13 min Category: Technique

Now let's take the multiple bounce motion and put it in the context of a multiple bounce roll (buzz roll).

1b – The Flam & Feint/Flamadiddle | Drum Set Exercise

Teacher: Chad Wackerman Length: 3 min Category: Rudiments

The Flam and Feint is an old traditional rudiment which incorporates a slight squeeze of the finger to produce a slight accent on the down stroke. The Flam and Feint will also lead to the flamadiddle. This is the last in this series of continuity rudiments. Next Chad will apply the four basic motions and combinations of the seven basic strokes to other individual rudiments.