THE CELLULAR PRACTICE CONCEPT
If you missed our introductory post for this practice concept, be sure to read through it here.
ACCENTED DOUBLES EXERCISE
When you first learn to play a double stroke roll the tendency is for the first stroke to be louder than the second. This the natural outcome of allowing the second stroke to fall naturally as a bounce from the first stroke.
With this exercise we challenge that tendency by first embracing it ("A Cell") and then inverting it ("B Cell"). The practice of accenting the second stroke of a pair of doubles has long been used to help student even out their double stroke rolls. By systematically changing between the two variations, we become hyper aware of the placement of the accent. This awareness combined with the control necessary to execute the exercise as the tempo increases will help to facilitate a strong, even double stroke roll.
Click the button above via your iOS device to download the SYNKD rhythm chain. If it's your first time downloading and importing files for rhythm chains with SYNKD, follow the instructions from this blog post.
If you experience issues with downloading the .mid file via Google Drive, tap the three dots in the top right corner of the screen, select "Open In" and then "Save to Files" to choose a destination. We recommend creating a folder for SYNKD rhythm chains.
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