One stroke per click. Right, left, right, left. Both hands the same height and the same sound.

Pass: you cannot hear which hand is which.

Eight strokes per bar. Let the stick bounce. Wrist moves, arm stays calm.

Pass: one minute, every stroke the same volume.

Same thing with the weak hand. This is the important one.

Pass: it sounds like exercise 2.1.

Hands take turns. Count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.

Pass: one minute, even like a machine.

Four strokes per click. Count 1 e and a. The right hand lands on every number.

Pass: one minute without speeding up.

Same notes, start with the left. It will feel wrong. That is the point.

Pass: it feels as easy as 2.4.

One bar right lead, one bar left lead. At each bar line one hand plays twice in a row.

Pass: no bump at the bar line.

The click stays the same. Only the number of strokes per click changes.

Pass: the click and beat 1 always meet.

Two per click, then four per click.

Pass: no rush when the sixteenths start.

Three even strokes per click. Count 1 and a, 2 and a. The lead hand swaps every beat.

Pass: all three strokes are even, no gallop.

One bar each: 1, 2, 3, 4 strokes per click, then back down. Loop it. Count out loud.

Pass: three loops, every gear change lands on the click.

Right right, left left. Both strokes the same volume.

Pass: it sounds like single strokes.

Same sticking, twice as fast. Stay loose.

Pass: one minute, no weak second strokes.

One bar single strokes, one bar double strokes. The sound must not change.

Pass: a listener cannot hear where the sticking changes.

Doubles starting with the left.

Pass: as even as 4.2.

Accent the second stroke of every double. This fixes weak bounces.

Pass: the accents are clear on both hands.

Eighth notes. Say the sticking out loud: right left right right, left right left left.

Pass: you can do it while looking away from the page.

One paradiddle per click.

Pass: one minute, even.

Loud on every number, the other three strokes low and soft.

Pass: big difference between loud and soft strokes.

One bar singles, one bar doubles, one bar paradiddles. Same sound all the way.

Pass: three loops without a stumble at the bar lines.

Loud on 1 2 3 4. Everything else is a low tap.

Pass: taps stay quiet even after an accent.

Still the right hand, but now between the clicks.

Pass: the accent does not pull you off the click.

Now the left hand has the accent.

Pass: left accents are as loud as right accents.

Left hand, last sixteenth of every beat.

Pass: one minute, steady.

One bar each: accent on the number, the e, the and, the a. No stop between bars.

Pass: three loops, counting out loud.

Accents every three strokes, then two twos to fill the bar. The sticking stays R L R L.

Pass: you can tap your foot on 1 2 3 4 while you play it.

Left hand stays low, right hand plays the main stroke.

Pass: every flam sounds the same.

Now the right hand stays low.

Pass: it sounds like 7.1.

After a right flam the right hand stays down. It is now the grace note for the left flam.

Pass: no pause to reset the hands.

A flam, then one more tap with the same hand.

Pass: even eighth notes, clear flams.

Triplets with a flam on every beat. The lead hand swaps every beat.

Pass: the triplets stay even.

Single strokes with a flam on every number.

Pass: the flam does not slow down the next stroke.

Two doubles and an accent. First from the right, then from the left.

Pass: both directions sound the same.

Four doubles and an accent on beat 3.

Pass: the accent lands exactly on 3.

A bar of sixteenths. The last beat is a five stroke roll into the next 1.

Pass: the accent on 1 is on the click.

An accent, a short gap, then a five stroke roll into the next accent. Right side, then left side.

Pass: the accents stay loud and the doubles stay low.

Learn one bar at a time. Then two bars together, then four, then all eight.

Pass: all eight bars from memory. Record it.

Write eight bars with a pencil on the back of this sheet. Use at least one accent pattern, one paradiddle bar and one flam. Then learn it.

Pass: you can play your solo twice the same way.