![]() ![]() ![]() as drummers and teachers have found so many ways to apply its rhythms to. Head over to your old friend, page 37, and start by playing the whole page, as written, with alternating sticking by which we mean you change hands with each stroke no matter where in the bar it falls. By dave johnstone the classic ted reed book, syncopation, has been used by many. ![]() Or, in my case, you'll find that students who can play some really difficult music still struggle with some of these basic stickings. There is now about 18 million different ways of using Ted Reed's Syncopation, but for once we're going to do what it says on the box we're going to play the music as it's written! But we're going to stick it a few different ways, and you might find that some feel more comfortable than others. This is obviously not a new concept by any stretch of the imagination as a matter of fact it's probably much the oldest one in the book. But sometimes it's important for both the student and myself to take a step back to revisit the "easy" stuff. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but those habits certainly can (and do) cause repetition of musical ideas, and often prevent them from expressing their ideas.īecause they are more advanced players it's easy to keep throwing advanced concepts at them as they are fun for me to teach and they enjoy learning them. I've been noticing lately that a number of my students - particularly some of the stronger players - have some deeply ingrained habits when it comes to stickings. ![]()
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