Rudi-MENTAL Combo Chop Builders 1

Putting rudiments together into combinations to create musical phrases is a great technique builder.  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:  Essential Diddle Combination – Pat puts paradiddles, double paradiddles, and paradiddle-diddles into a challenging, over-the-bar-line combination.
• Lesson 2:  Diddles & 9-Stroke Roll Combo – Now, Pat adds 9-stroke rolls with all three diddles.
• Lesson 3:  Diddles with 5 & 9-Stroke Rolls – Time to add 5-stroke rolls into the mix with the 9-stroke roll & diddles.
• Lesson 4:  Drags & Tap Roll Combo – Incorporating the Lesson 25, drag tap, & tap 5, 7, and 15.
• Lesson 5: Diddles, Drags, & Roll Combo – Everything we’ve done thus far, plus adding drag paradiddles & the tap 9-stroke roll.
• Lesson 6:  Essential 6 – Stroke Roll Combo – 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 www.hudsonmusic.com, as well as his website, www.drumstudiolive.com.