In this lesson, you'll learn a new technique exercise, learn to count and play quarter notes and rests in a variety of quarter time signatures, and learn 2 new essential stroke styles: the multiple bounce and the downstroke.

DO THIS FIRST! Click HERE to download a PDF of Lesson Two from “A Fresh Approach to the Snare Drum”.

To master this lesson, you must:

Practice the "8 on a hand" exercise and new "Stick Control" exercise everyday for at least 1 minute at 90 bpms
    (Click HERE to play along with a track from the accompaniment CD to make your practice time more fun!)

Practice the "Single Stroke Roll" and "Double Stroke Roll" everyday for at least 1 minute at 110 bpms
    (THIS TRACK from the accompaniment CD is recorded at 110 beats per minute!)

Practice the Multiple Bounce:
    Day 1: at 60 bpm for 1 min per hand*
    Day 2: at 80 bpm for 1 min per hand*
    Day 3: at 60 bpm for 1 min using alternating strokes*
    Day 4: at 80 bpm for 1 min using alternating strokes*
         (*** continue to practice each step as long as it takes to develop perfect multiple bounces!)

Practice the Downstroke:
    Day 1 & 2: using the "4 legato strokes/downstroke in the hand" approach for 1 min per hand
    Day 3 & 4: using the "2 legato strokes/downstroke on the pad" approach for 1 min per hand

Perfectly play each Appendix line (page 54) and Playing Exercise (page 8,9) while tapping the foot and counting out loud:
    Day 1: at 80 bpm
    Day 2: at 90 bpm (Play along with track 51 from the accompaniment CD! Click here to download a free mp3!)
    Day 3: at 100 bpm (Play along with track 52 from the accompaniment CD! Click here to download a free mp3!)
    Day 4: Play along with accompaniment track 3 (Playing Exercises 1-6), track 4 (Playing Exercises 7-9) and track 5 (Appendix lines)