Fastest Way To Get Faster: The Forearm Crusher - Drum Lesson

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Here’s the third lesson in my “Fastest Way To Get Faster” series. Get ready to feel the burn! The concept of this exercise is actually fairly simple, but the benefits I’ve noticed in my playing by practicing this are huge.

We’ll be playing 2 bars of single strokes, then double strokes, and finally the single paradiddle all in 16th notes. Try to make your transitions so smooth you can’t even tell you’re switching rudiments! As you can see in the video - it’s not easy.

Play each exercise individually for 5 minutes, then play them in sequence for 15 minutes.

[DailyDrumLesson]

I know this as "Stone Killer Exercise" (after Lawrence Stone).. Great stuff as usual, thanks Jared!

[Tommybotham]

Jared, we generally need more lessons from you dude! The invitations of other drummers are good yes, but you are what make Drumeo in our eyes and we need to see more of you so that those of us who are trash (like myself) can aspire to be alot better by looking at someone we can relate with (you). As good as he is, I can't relate with Eric Moore for instance.

[devilpik]

u never fail to help me.. i improve day by day... Thanks jared :)

[thecoreybrown]

That's awesome! Thanks Jared! One thing I noticed from your videos and that I actually started doing is using a metronome! It helps me be more fluid and can build up my speed. There's good ones you can download as an app! Highly recommended.

[ic]

the second to third transition (fast) was very smooth. Though I coul still here just a little bit when you went from singles to doubles. Great job!

[im_noobe_]

dude awesome now im learning how to get faster at drums and if you remember me i was the who had dificulties from yesterday's video

[alibardgett]

Wow! You make it look so easy. I wish my left hand would behave like my right . Any tips on strengthening the weaker hand?

[josephgurzynski]

Nice job Jared as always. Have learned a lot from you. Cheers.

[malveiro]

Jared u are waaay better! Really loose! Good job man

[fathead]

Nice! I'll point my students to this video for sure!

Side note: it sounds like your left hand is hitting away from the center (ring-y sound) while your right hand is dead center (tight crisp sound). Is this on purpose to illustrate the sticking differences between the 3 Rudiments?

[doultonduck]

Its crazy how fast his paradiddle-diddle is

[JawJX]

A lot of people say when playing your single stroke roll, your LH and RH strokes are supposed to sound the same, is it true? It seems impossible to do..

[JDeligero]

I don't need this exercise to crush my forearm, Jared ;-)

[orlandoramos]

que bien un tutorial con subtitulo
soy unos de tus admiradores jarek

[tdrum]

Use this one with students all the time

[tkelly]

Jared, are we to work on these lessons day to day consecutively, or one lesson for a week or two until we improve?

[RoseMadderCarlito]

Hey jared, what kind of in ear monitor are you using?

[swethayerneni]

Hii Jared can we practice this exercise on practice

[daleaziz]

Hye Jared or anyone's that already experienced moment of the truth.

If I may ask, how long would it really take to be able to play even that fast tempo that you're playing? How many hours per day at least need to be spend as a daily routines toward the goals. Just wondering and still practicing.

Hope anybody be able to share their experienced . Even just a rough estimation of timeline would much appreciated.
Thank you in advance

[ahhhba]

Just as in my own playing I've always been able to hear the transitions, but I still wonder what exactly is the goal of this type of exercise? I rarely, if ever, play rolls as a paradiddle. Certainly this looks important for muscle memory training, flexibility, and stamina. But what else?