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Ostinato Excercise: Snare Drum Exercise, Four Way Coordination!

Updated: Mar 31



This is excellent for your weaker hand, single stroke rolls and harmonic coordination!


This snare drum exercise is all about getting your hands and feet to work together, kind of like patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time, but with drumsticks! It's called a four-way coordination exercise because it helps you learn to control each limb independently. Imagine playing a steady beat with one hand while the other hand, and both feet do something totally different. That's what we're aiming for.


Starting with the snare drum exercise, you'll focus on making your weaker hand stronger. This means if you're right-handed, you'll be giving your left hand a workout, and vice versa. Single stroke rolls are a big part of this, where you hit the drum alternately with each hand as evenly as possible. While doing this, the four-way coordination part comes in. You'll try to keep a basic beat going with your feet, maybe by tapping the bass drum with your foot while keeping time with the hi-hat pedal with the other foot.


For beginners, this snare drum exercise is great for building up the basics. It helps with your hand speed, getting both hands to work equally well, and teaches you how to keep a steady rhythm with your feet at the same time. Four-way coordination might sound tricky at first, but with practice, it becomes a fun way to play more complex and interesting rhythms on the drums.

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