Some Stuff I’m Working On #1

Anyone who has been regularly reading the blog over at BANG! The Drum School, knows that I have been spending time working on Clave Independence. But NOT left foot clave. I have to leave that to Antonio Sanchez and Horacio Hernandez. How could I compete with them?

Instead, I’ve been focusing on playing clave with my right hand, and freeing up my other limbs to play whatever I want simultaneously.

In that pursuit, I’ve begun to make up some of my own exercises.

With this set of four exercises, I’m trying out some patterns that go over the barline. Exercise #2 is exciting to me—it combines clave and double bass, which is a new one for me.

I’ll let you know how these turn out. If you try them, let me know how they turn out for you.

Here’s the PDF: Some Stuff I’m Working On #1