Rudiments & Phrasing (PDF)

Rudiments & Phrasing: Original Snare Etudes and Creative Approaches to Apply Them to the Drum Set.

This book presents a collection of 4 challenging snare etudes inspired by the likes of Charles Wilcoxon, Joe Tompkins and John Pratt, with a creative flare that is uniquely ME! The etudes deal with standard rudimental phrasing, quintuplets, double strokes with accents, changing subdivisions and more.

The second chapter deals entirely with the interpretation of these etudes in creative, musical ways. Notably, the book will take you though a process to apply these etudes (or any other drum etudes) to the drum set by exploring orchestration, displacement, foot patterns, analogies and more. Taken together, there are hundreds of combinations of ways to practice and interpret the etudes to find new pieces of language. This book is challenging, rewarding, and suitable for all drummers.

"The 4 etudes are varied and challenging, and the numerous pages of variation ideas makes for years of combinations which can be used with these etudes, and any other etudes. It's a wonderful addition any drummers collection." 

-Ernesto Cervini, 2020 JUNO Award Winner