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Mar 15, 20241 min read
Accented Singles & Doubles | Cellular Practice Method
Just when you thought you could play your singles and doubles in your sleep...
This exercise challenges our expectations of accent placement
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SYNKD Admin
Feb 29, 20241 min read
Sextuplet Single Strokes | Cellular Practice Method
This exercise combines single-stroke fours and sextuplets with accents on either the offbeats or downbeats, respectively, to help with...
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SYNKD Admin
Feb 13, 20241 min read
Single & Double-Stroke Speed Building | Cellular Practice Method
One thing that most of us strive for is greater control over single and double-strokes. This exercise, while simple in concept...
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SYNKD Admin
Jan 9, 20242 min read
Paradiddles with Accents & Flams | Cellular Practice Method
If you're feeling confident with your paradiddles then it's time to kick things up with this exercise featuring accents and flams on the "a"
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SYNKD Admin
Jan 2, 20242 min read
Dexterity Builder - Quintuplets & Sextuplets | Cellular Practice Method
This exercise is a bit easier when it comes to rhythm and sticking so you can focus on your full-stroke technique. It's worth it to practice
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SYNKD Admin
Dec 27, 20231 min read
Quarter Note Transitions | Cellular Practice Method
Changing note rates with simple double-stroke sticking patterns makes for excellent rudimental roll control.
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SYNKD Admin
Dec 20, 20231 min read
Inverted Diddles Builder | Cellular Practice Method
It’s time to take your double strokes to the next level but, this time, we’re inverting them and starting on the second stroke for an...
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SYNKD Admin
Dec 6, 20231 min read
Double Paradiddles & Septupadiddles | Cellular Practice Method
"Septupa-what?!?" Yeah...we might have made that one up. We also made this exercise that, similar to last week's exercise, shifts between tw
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SYNKD Admin
Nov 29, 20231 min read
5-Stroke Roll Workout | Cellular Practice Method
We're taking a similar approach to last week's exercise with the sequence variation and maintaining a sticking pattern while changing...
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SYNKD Admin
Nov 22, 20231 min read
Inverted Doubles & Swiss Triplets | Cellular Practice Method
This exercise is great if you struggle with Swiss Triplets or are just getting started while also providing a fresh perspective for even...
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SYNKD Admin
Nov 8, 20231 min read
Single Stroke Builder | Cellular Practice Method
The SYNKD Cellular Method makes for an excellent format to build speed and this triplet + sextuplet exercise is a perfect example of that.
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SYNKD Admin
Oct 30, 20231 min read
Pataflaflas & Swiss Triplets | Cellular Practice Method
The Pataflafla is a rudiment that lots of people seem to have a love/hate relationship with and many feel the same way about the...
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SYNKD Admin
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Paradiddle Accents | Cellular Practice Method
If you've spent any significant time practicing your paradiddles, that accent on the first stroke is probably just as ingrained in your...
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SYNKD Admin
Oct 16, 20231 min read
Accented Doubles | Cellular Practice Method
With this exercise we challenge that tendency by first embracing it ("A Cell") and then inverting it ("B Cell"). The practice of accenting t
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SYNKD Admin
Oct 4, 20231 min read
Hand Coordination | Cellular Practice Method
This exercise is designed to get your hands comfortable with overlapping patterns.
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SYNKD Admin
Sep 27, 20231 min read
Hand-to-Hand 3s and 4s | Cellular Practice Method
This exercise is designed to develop both hand dexterity and simple note rate transitions. The subtle shift from triplets to sixteenth notes
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SYNKD Admin
Sep 20, 20231 min read
Flam Tap Displacement | Cellular Practice Method
This exercise is designed to develop both hand dexterity and pattern displacement. By shifting the flam taps forward by a sixteenth note, we
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SYNKD Admin
Sep 13, 20231 min read
Six-Stroke Roll Variations | Cellular Practice Method
It's easy to blend these two different rhythms because of the continuity of sticking. Consider starting out by playing the rhythm with...
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SYNKD Admin
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Paradiddles & 5-Stroke Rolls | Cellular Practice Method
This exercise is designed to develop the ability to transition between any two rudiments, regardless of note rate and relationship.
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SYNKD Admin
Aug 16, 20231 min read
Accents & Diddles | Cellular Practice Method
This exercise is designed to help reinforce the ability to embellish a larger rhythmic pattern.
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