quarter note = 50-60 When you start working on these exercises, continue using not very fast speeds, so that you can thoroughly assimilate the placement of all the strokes and the corresponding accents. 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 two accents reading quarter notes (one stroke per beat). First with hands (R-L or L-R), then applying bass drum (BD) and cymbal (Cym) on the accents. This exercise is the first in a series that focuses on accents, their co-ordination, and their 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 (quarter notes).