In the September 2022 issue of Modern Drummer, we reprinted Joe Morello’s version of George Lawrence Stone’s amazing exercise The Stone Killer Part 1. There are actually three parts to this legendary speed and endurance workout. This month we will continue with Part 2 of The Stone Killer which is written in 6/8 time and played with a triplet feel. The Stone Killer Part 2 George Lawrence Stone wrote this out for me one day, and jokingly said, “this is a killer.” I found it to be tremendous for endurance. Originally, he only wrote out the first four lines of this. I then expanded on it by adding accents and fill ins, and then applying the same idea to triplets and duples. The idea, as Stone explained it, was to work each hand individually before you put them together. (Billy Gladstone used the same concept of developing each hand individually.) […]

March 2023 Issue