New Snare Drum Exercise - The Countdown Part 2

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, that left hand is hard man. So now, here's the tricky part. Now I want you to accent beat 1, alright, of every number that you count. So the first one, here we go, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1. Alright, make sure those taps are nice and full and make sure that accent is up, alright. Make sure the taps, you don't want your stick just to fall down like this. Control that tap. The only difference between a tap and an accent is what? Stick height. Alright, let's do that again. Alright, put your arms in the tricky part. Here we go. We're going to go over to the left hand too. Ready? And, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1. Alright, that's what you got. That's what you got. Let's do it again. 1, 2. Ready? And, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1. That's it. That's the first part of the warm-up. That's the first part. Now, the next part, we're going to alternate. All right? We're going to do eight on the right, seven on the left, six on the right, five on the left. What number are we on? Four on the right, three on the left, two on the right, and then one on the left. We're going to end it right there. All right? Here we go. One. The next part. One, two. Ready? And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. One, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four. One, two, three. One, two, one. Got it? Let's do it again. One, two. Ready? And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. One, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four. One, two, three. One, two, one. That's it. That's all. Well, that's not all of it, but that's mostly it. All right. Let me take this off. Clearly the rally's getting hot. Here we go. Let's go for the beginning. One. Let's put it all together. Eight to one on the right. Eight to one on the left. And then eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Here we go. One, two, one, two. Countdown and. Hold on. I need to swallow just in. I didn't have enough breath. I just turned 40, y'all, so it was easier when I was 39. Here we go. One, two. Ready? And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. One, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four. One, two, three. One, two, one. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Three, four, five, six, seven. One, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three, four, five. One, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1. There it is. Now here is the hard part.