I meant to record and post this yesterday, since it marked the day I actually started working on the kit.  Now I'm thinking that Fridays are going to work better since I have Fridays off and practice/recording time is easier to come by.

This is a paradiddle, it's played 'R  L  R  R  L  R  L  L  R  L  R  R  L  R  L  L'.  I've been struggling with this for a while now, just didn't fell like I had a handle on it.  I was fine at very slow speeds, but once I tried to speed it up I often got lost and missed the correct strokes.  It didn't help that I haven't been very dedicated in my practice routines.  I played almost everyday, but I wasn't targeted in what I would practice so it often was just me smashing around the kit some, playing a rudiment or two for a few minutes, and/or trying to learn a bit of a song.

I'm going to start putting dedicated time into it going forward, so real improvements should be seen soon.

The quality isn't as good on this recording as the first one, because I turned the volume up on the kit and forgot to turn it down before recording, so I kind of overloaded what the little sound recorder in Windows can handle.


This is part of a sequence of recordings so I can track my progress.  Follow entries in the Benchmarks category with similar titles in chronological order to see how I'm improving.

I've been working at this for about 2 weeks now, and today it finally clicked how I was supposed to do it.  I nearly doubled my speed from one moment to the next.  I still need to polish my technique and build my speed up a bit, but that will come with practice.  For now I'm content that I have it down as well as I do.  I was actually faster and more consistent earlier today, but my arms were getting tired when I made the recording.


This is part of a sequence of recordings so I can track my progress. Follow entries in the Benchmarks category with similar titles in chronological order to see how I'm improving.