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Rebound and rolls:
[v] Four full strokes and then drop the stick, keep hand shape and looseness, let it bounce. 140-145bpm. I think I'm gonna keep doing this until I hit 200BPM.
[v] Four Full Strokes, let it bounce only three times. 140-145. 10 Minutes. 150 feels like a good point to stop and move to four bounces.
Foot technique:
[v] Spring off, heel down. I think I'm not using the rebound enough on my left foot. 8th notes at 85-100 bpm range.
[v] Heel down 50BPM. At this tempo I can use good technique and keep it consistent. I'm also getting some muscle burn in areas I think I'm missing.
[v] Full leg. 140-150. I'm about max out here, maybe work on heel toe.
[v] Ankle 165-150 going down. Yesterday I crushed 155 but struggled with 165 and 150. Cant wait til i have this all down.
Groove Studies: [v] Jazz ride with Bass Drum. I've been working on my two beat feel as well, quiet upstrokes on 2+4. I'm focusing on shuffle pattern, + ah and just the + of the triplets this week.
[v] Rhythm Scale using Benny Greb app 6p bpms. 10 mins. [v] Benny Quarter note trips 5 mins 2 measure rest [v] Benny Quarter notes 5 mins 2 measure rest [v] Benny sextuplets 5 mins 2 measure rest
Too lazy to write it all out, I went back and made sure I could play these rhythms cleaning with the click in constantly and with every other measure dropping out. Now I'm trying to get 2 measures, after I get that good enough I'm going to drop the tempo down to 50. Goal is 30 BPM, clean rhythmic scale with the metronome playing for one bar and out for two.
Listening/Ride Cymbal:
Going to listen to Smokin' at the Half Note with my friend today.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0q2VleZJVEmhGT8b7NQBIRHVjI-jDBBc
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My ankle technique issue has to be im just not using the rebound enough, its so clear how im unable to get the pedal to utilize the spring on my left and how proficient i am with my right