The 5 BEST RUDIMENTS for Developing Hand Technique | Free Drum Lesson

If you want to improve your hand technique to become a faster, more creative drummer then the best place to start is with rudiments. This video is all about the 5 top rudiments I think you should really get down.

What are your top rudiments though?

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[yeetfeet]

😂 rudiments made me. My parents bought me a practice pad and I was doing rudiments for a year. And then when I got the kit it was a whole new world.

[jonnydrumsyt]

Been drumming since I was 8 (23 now), self taught, and i like to think I’m decent. For the last two years I’ve mainly practiced Rush and have gotten, again, decent at about 10 of their songs. But it’s finally made me realize the importance of rudiments and how much of a better drummer I could be if I had practiced them at a young age. Also my left hand still struggles playing a fast finger technique. Well, no better time than the present, practice pad just came in let’s get it! Thank you for the video 🙌🏽

[gregoire]

I like your idea of daily practise - so long as it is thoughtful. One of my music teachers said "The old saying 'Practice Makes Perfect' is not quite true. 'Practise makes PERMANENT' is true. Practice as slow as it takes to not practise wrong notes or techniques". Thanks for the instructions. For these rudiments I will practise this way, slowly at first.

[jeffetzel]

Purfect camera angle! Really shows the hands doing the work.

[MarkGarrisonMusic]

As soon as you said "Drumming is dynamics" I hit that subscribe button

[arturdudzinski]

Great exercises! In #2 - The double stroke roll, in the second measure there is the notation RRR, RRR, RRR, RRR and I think it should be: RRL, RRL, RRL, RRL :)

[stikkman]

Excellent lesson - been playing for close to 50 yrs but always learning - especially via rudiments - thank you!

[jpscott]

I like all these however mostly right hand lead rudiments? My favorites are the left hand leads from the back beat. Pocket chops so to speak.. Also mixing more odd note groupings will ad a lot of spice to a drummers vocabulary! Happy drumming!

[jeremydano]

Thx. Would love to hear a click especially on the flam exercise going from duple to triple.

[dominikhehemalas]

Great video! Wow I'm just discovering your channel. Great exercises, production & camera work btw!

[MusicWithA]

Is there a rudiment that's really good for getting equal volume? I've been playing for years but feel like my left hand is hitting harder, and crushing on my doubles

[ras]

Single stroke Moeller technique is great for developing speed

[LeoFreitag]

Hi Dave, thanks for this very helpful video. I downloaded the free PDF and found a mistake in #2 - RRR instead of RRL. May be you'd like to update this. All the best!

[kaelmoffat]

Like your exercises. How long do recommend students do them? 3 min.? 5 min.? 10 min.?

[alexday]

I've been practicing paradiddles for a while going from flam a diddle through to triple paradiddle Ive got it at 75 but I really would like to be able to get it close to 100, I don't know how long it'll take

[billybionicle]

There a mistake in the PDF for the double stroke roll excerise. The second measure says RRR instead of RRL. Great exercises though.

[dominikn]

Hi Dave,

I really love your videos, they definitely made me a better musician and I was able to learn so much more about this wonderful instrument! There is just one question left, I can’t stop thinking about. I have been playing for over 10 years with a great teacher. He taught me everything about feel and the basics of this form of art. I’m very thankful for that and I really think, this is one of the most important aspects at all. He’s the perfect teacher for younger children, but hasn’t been able to teach me something significant for quite a few years now. So since I became interested in jazz, I had to learn everything by myself. I really don't want to beat around the bush: I'm having trouble with my technique. I can play all kinds of rudiments that have to do with single strokes, but when it comes to rudiments that include double- or triple strokes, I’m not sure what technique to use. Should I rely on bounce? When I do that, the clarity of what I’m playing gets lost, I can’t get clean slower notes with this technique, because gravity is pulling down my stick after a certain amount of time and when I play faster, I often end up in a kind of shuffle, even if I want to get even notes as an result. Am I supposed to use push pull or Moeller for all double- / triple notes on one hand in rudiments? Am I supposed to do it with the muscles of my wrist or fingers? What is the way to go? And what is the best way to learn and train it? I want to spend my whole summer holiday practicing rudiments to expand my vocabulary and have more playing options on the drums. That’s why it is so important to me and I would be so thankful, if you could help me figuring out this fundamental step!

Thank you so much and have a nice day!

Dominik

[raywoods]

paradiddle exercise is played easier when you accent the A of the paradiddle using RllR sticking

[joetroutt]

I actually took something away from this lesson. Its was worth a like

[lehoangpost]

do not have a sheet, iit's really difficult to be able to use the left or right hand in the lesson