Demonstrations of grade technical requirements 6
Lesson time: (2min 49sec)
Paul Elliott demonstrates the Grade 6 technical requirements, improvising over a melodic loop to show creative uses of rudiments - rolls, diddles and flams - across the kit.
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This lesson is part of the course Rockschool Drum Technique - Advanced (Grades 6-8)
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Lesson transcript:
Creative Applications of Common Rudiments
I thought I'd take this opportunity to show you some creative applications of common rudiments. In the following piece, I'll be improvising against a melodic loop and just throwing in as many rudiments as I can from the different groups.
Types of Rudiments
- Rolls
- Diddles
- Flams
- Stroke Rolls
These are all the rudiments that you'll need to look at through your rock school grades.
Improvisation Approach
Now, this is very unstructured. I'm just improvising. I'm really just having fun with the rudiments, doing different combinations of sounds, and experimenting with different groove embellishments and fills.
Practice Recommendations
So, it's a practice routine. I strongly recommend that you study and practice rudiments as a great way to develop:
- Technical control
- Creative vocabulary on the drum kit
About the instructor
Paul Elliott is a respected drum educator and clinician whose students hold top gigs across the industry, including drummers for Kylie Minogue (Tom Meadows), Ricky Martin (Laura Fares) and The Cure (Jason Cooper). He has shared clinic stages with Steve Smith, Manu Katché, Simon Phillips and Gary Husband, and his own playing career included work with Frank Gambale, Guthrie Govan and Shaun Baxter. Drummers such as Phil Selway (Radiohead) and Ash Soan (Adele) come to him for technical advice. In his courses he works through the technical requirements grade by grade, demonstrating each rudiment and explaining not just how to play it but what mastering it lets you do on the kit. read more