Foreword/Drum Map 4
CHAPTER 1
Syncopation 5
Heavy Metal Syncopated Snare Drum Rhythms 6
Syncopated Snare And Bass Drum Rhythms 7
Using Syncopated Rhythms (In Two-Bar Patterns) 9
CHAPTER 2
Dotted Notes And Rests 12
Heavy Metal Sixteenth Note Bass Drum Patterns 13
Heavy Metal Sixteenth Note Bass And Snare Drum Rhythms 15
Using Sixteenth Note Bass And Snare Drum Rhythms 16
CHAPTER 3
Heavy Metal Sixteenth Note Hi-Hat Patterns 18
Heavy Metal Sixteenth Note Hi-Hat Rhythms With Bass Drum Variations 19
Heavy Metal Sixteenth Note Hi-Hat Rhythms With Snare Drum Variations 20
Using Sixteenth Note Hi-Hat Patterns 21
Sixteenth Note Hi-Hat Patterns (For Slow Tempos) 23
Using Sixteenth Note Hi-Hat Patterns (For Slow Tempos) 25
CHAPTER 4
Sixteenth Note Snare Drum Patterns 27
Heavy Metal Sixteenth And Eighth Note Snare Drum Fills 28
Heavy Metal Sixteenth Note Triplet Drum Fills For Slow Tempos 30
Using Sixteenth And Eighth Note Snare Drum Fills 31
CHAPTER 5
Drum Rudiments 33
The Paradiddle 33
Paradiddles Around The Kit 34
The Flam 36
The Four Stroke Ruff 38
The Four Stroke Ruff Around The Kit 39
Drum Intros 40
CHAPTER 6
Open Hi-Hat Rhythms 42
Tied Notes 44
Using Tied Notes And Open Hi-Hat Rhythms 47
CHAPTER 7
Rhythms In Different Time Signatures 48
Using Rhythms In Different Time Signatures 53
Summary 56
