Drum Channel and I would like to share something with you that I created called accent options. This is a warmup or rudimental exercise that I like to use. You can take any rudiment that has an accent and apply three different strokes to the accented note. The first one is the single stroke, the second one is a buzz stroke, and the third one is a diddle stroke. For example, when I play a paradiddle, I’m (naturally) going to be accenting the first stroke of the paradiddle. I could play that accent with a single stroke, or substitute a buzz stroke or a diddle stroke. You could also take the five-stroke roll or a double paradiddle and apply these three accents. It’s good to practice these one at a time. Once you are able to use the accent options with the rudiments, you can explore and apply them to […]