DLA 03: Awesome lick used for stops and set ups

In this lesson I’ll show you how to play a lick that I first heard Buddy Rich play on an album with Lionel Hampton. This versatile lick can be used as a stop or a set up for a hit or push. This lick has been widely used by many of the worlds top drummers spanning a variety of musical genres. In the top tip I answer a question posted by one of my subscribers about closing fills for songs. This lick is based around a left lead six-stroke roll but with two additional notes. The basic sticking is: RLLRRLRF, seven hand notes and one kick drum note. Exercise 1 This lick is based around a left lead six-stroke roll but with two additional notes. The basic sticking is: RLLRRLRF, seven hand notes and one kick drum note. Exercise 2 is a three bar pattern and and features a stop on beat one of the third bar. You can then fill beats 3 and 4 before repeating back to the beginning. Play the lick on beat 4 of the second bar with it's bass drum notes concluding on beat 1. Exercise 3 is a two bar pattern and features a push or a ht on '4 and'. Start the lick on beat three of the second bar with it's bass drum note playing beat 4. You then only have to play a crash cymbal/kick drum combination on the last eighth note of the bar ('4 and') to complete the push. Feel free to experiment with the voicing to come up with your own way of playing this versatile lick. Enjoy! Darren Follow this link to download the lesson PDF: http://bit.ly/DLA-03PDF