Music

Exercises

Here are some useful exercises for practice. A few exercises are listed on WarmUp page.

Exercises without sticks

Subdivisions, “the method”

The “Method”: Set the metronome to 40 bpm. Play, using alternating hands, subdivisions from 2 to 13 within one beat. Can be applied on the set. Once comfortable, increase tempo slowly, up to max. ~60 bpm.

Hands

Fingers

Resources:

Traditional grip, left hand:

Wrists

Weak Hand

Lessons from Drumeo (link).

Muscles

Not sure if this much exercise is needed but worth checking-out:

Feet

Feet exercises can also be done without a pedal.

Left (Weak) Foot

Double Bass

See also exercises on the Bass page.