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Lesson: Accented Triplets with Multiple Rebounds (Part 1)

BY 'TIGER' BILL MELIGARI I originally developed these accented triplet drills to improve my own accenting skills combined with multiple rebounds including sing... Read More

Lesson: Jazzin’ Up ‘Stick Control’ With 4-Way Coordination (Part 2)

BY "TIGER" BILL MELIGARI In the last lesson we applied 4-way coordination to the first eight exercises from the book Stick Control by George Lawrence Stone. Th... Read More

Tiger Bill Video Lesson: Open And Closed Roll Workout — Part 2

By Tiger Bill Meligari This time we're taking some variations on the exercises from our previous lesson and applying them to the drum set. If you yet haven't s... Read More

Accented Triplets, Buddy Rich Style – Part 1

Text, Music, And Video By Tiger Bill Meligari There is no shortage of drummers today who can play a fast single-stroke roll; however, not so many of them are c... Read More

Tiger Bill Video Lesson: Five-Stroke Roll Workout – Part 2

By Tiger Bill Meligari This lesson expands on our previous lesson by taking the two five-stroke roll patterns around the drum set. If you haven't yet practiced... Read More

Tiger Bill Video Lesson: Five-Stroke Roll Workout – Part 1

By Tiger Bill Meligari This lesson features a rudiment known as the five-stroke roll. The first measure uses the open stroke version where we are playing doubl... Read More

Tiger Bill Video Lesson: Single Paradiddle Accent Grid — Part 2

By Tiger Bill Meligari In the previous lesson, our workout consisted of permutating both single and double accents across the single paradiddle. If you missed ... Read More