Putting rudiments together into combinations to create musical phrases is a great technique builder. Â Pat will help build your chops with these original 4-bar exercises, designed for easy memorization and effectiveness. They are a must-own for serious drummers!
This is Pat Petrillo’s Rudi-MENTAL Combo Chop Builders Pack 1. It is recommended for intermediate to advanced level players.
Here are the lessons that appear in this pack, and descriptions:
- Lesson 1:Â Essential Diddle Combination –Â Pat puts paradiddles, double paradiddles, and paradiddle-diddles into a challenging, over-the-bar-line combination.
- Lesson 2:Â Diddles & 9-Stroke Roll Combo –Â Now, Pat adds 9-stroke rolls with all three diddles.
- Lesson 3:Â Diddles with 5 & 9-Stroke Rolls –Â Time to add 5-stroke rolls into the mix with the 9-stroke roll & diddles.
- Lesson 4:Â Drags & Tap Roll Combo –Â Incorporating the Lesson 25, drag tap, & tap 5, 7, and 15.
- Lesson 5: Diddles, Drags, & Roll Combo –Â Everything we’ve done thus far, plus adding drag paradiddles & the tap 9-stroke roll.
- Lesson 6:Â Essential 6 – Stroke Roll Combo –Â Pat combines inverted 6-stroke rolls with regular 6-stroke rolls in this swinging exercise.
To learn more from Pat, check out his book/DVD package, Hands, Grooves, and Fills, available from Hudson Music at hudsonmusic.com, as well as his website, www.drumstudiolive.com.
