This month we will conclude our exploration of Joe Morello’s legendary Master Studies book. We started a few years ago with his application of the Stone Killer, and have traversed all his Master Studies concepts and excercises to develop control and technique at the drums. Next month, we will start working on Joe Morello’s Master Studies 2 to continue developing our control and technique at the drums. In this month’s column, the idea here is to be able to play an ostinato with one hand and have total freedom with the other hand. Again, we’re dealing with the control of the instrument. The more control you have, the more confident you will be as a player. You should first practice the below ostinato figures by themselves, using only the left hand. Then practice each one using only the right hand. (This goes back to the idea of developing each hand […]

December 2024 Issue