As a follow-up to Joe Morello’s legendary Master Studies book, he released Master Studies II in 2006. Joe was a masterful teacher and helped many great drummers with their musicality, technique, and touch. Joe was also masterful at creating exercises, many of Joe’s exercises were variations or outgrowths of his time studying with George Lawrence Stone, but many also came from Joe’s own musical mind. Master Studies II is another wonderful book filled with the exercises that Joe developed for (and with) his students, it is also filled with wisdom from the master Joe Morello. Join Modern Drummer as we explore Joe Morello’s Master Studies II. This month we will discuss Joe’s concept of playing paradiddles with fill-ins using double strokes. These exercises build upon the Paradiddles with Fill-Ins Using Single Strokes that we learned last month. Now we have added Joe’s next step in the process, Fill-Ins with Double […]

May 2025 Issue