Quarter note = 50-60 Although this exercise is not very complicated, it is very important to work at slow speeds at first to control all the strokes and the co-ordination of hands and feet. Listen closely to the metronome so that you can read all the bars without having to stop. This takes some time to get used to. Be careful to avoid mordents. Be very exacting with yourself in your first steps. Then lower the speed by 5-point intervals until you reach 40. Once you have done this you can increase the speed until you reach your limit. Apply accents reading eighth notes (two strokes per beat). First with hands (R-L or L-R), then applying bass drum (BD) and cymbal (Cym) on the accents. Practise their co-ordination and application to the drumkit. They will help you to master this type of problem, a substantial one for most drummers. The dynamics of these combinations must be tightly controlled. Be careful with the accents and make sure that they do not distort the sound of the rest of the figure. It is better if the difference in volume between the accents and the other strokes is not too extreme; remember that the strokes all have the same value (eighth notes).