Beginner - Rhythm Workout drums

Beginner - Rhythm Workout

Here\'s an exercise my teacher gave me.
Try this workout for other rhythms and you will see how your playing improves!


We start with a cool easy rhythm
CC|X---------------|----------------|X---------------|----------------|
HH|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-o-----|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-o-------|
SD|----o-------o---|----o-------o-oo|----o-------o---|----o-----oooooo|
BD|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

Now we add a open HiHat
CC|X---------------|----------------|X---------------|----------------|
HH|--x-o-x-o-x-o-x-|o-x-o-x-o-x-o-x-|--x-o-x-o-x-o-x-|o-x-o-x-o-x-----|
SD|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------oooo|
BD|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|
HF|----------------|----------------|o---------------|------------o---|

Now play this and keep time! (Try the China/Snare combination, it rocks)
CH|----------------|----------------|----x-------x---|----x-----------|
CC|x---x---x---x---|x---x---x-------|x-------x-------|x-------x-------|
SD|----o-------o---|----o-------o-oo|----o-------o---|----o-------oooo|
BD|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|

Switch to this and again: keep the time 
(Note: The HiHat line is written for two hands, but i recommend you to try it with just one hand too)
CC|X---------------|----------------|X---------------|----------------|
HH|-xxx-xxxxxxx-xxx|xxxx-xxxxxxx-xxx|-xxx-xxxxxxx-xxx|xxxxxxxxxx------|
SD|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-----oooooo|
BD|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|

Again with open HiHat
CC|X---------------|----------------|X---------------|----------------|
HH|-xxx-xxxoxxx-xxx|oxxx-xxxoxxx-xxx|-xxx-xxxoxxx-xxx|oxxx-xxxoxxx----|
SD|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------oooo|
BD|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|
HF|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|x---------------|----o-------o---|

And finally something difficult.
CC|X---------------|----------------|X---------------|----------------|
RD|--b---b---b---b-|--b---b---b---b-|--b---b---b---b-|--b---b---b-----|
SD|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------oooo|
BD|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|o-o---o---o-----|o-o---o-o-------|
HF|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|

ENJOY!

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