Drum Rudiments | Stick Logic #1 | The 5 Stroke Roll & The 13 Stroke Roll

Here’s the first in a new series–“Stick Logic”–that focuses on hand technique and rudiments. This first installment features a little exercise I’ve been doing called “Twenty-Three.”

It’s a double stroke roll exercise that includes both 5-stroke and 13-stroke rolls and reverses the hands with each measure (in other words, in the first measure, you’ll lead with your right hand, and in the second measure, you’ll lead with your left).

There is a PDF of the exercise with all the stickings and notation that you can find here: Stick Logic #1

Here’s a video of me playing “Twenty-Three” at 100 bpm.

If you know what “Twenty-Three” means, leave a comment.

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Mark Feldman is a session and touring drummer based in NYC.

He first gained attention as one of the winners of Modern Drummer magazine's very first drum solo contest, judged by Rush's Neil Peart.

He's played with Alison Krauss, Curtis Stigers, Emily Remler, Joel Hoekstra, GE Smith, Andy York, Marshall Crenshaw, Tony Shanahan, The Drifters, The Marvelettes, Big Brother and The Holding Company, and many other artists.

His band, Mark Feldman's LEVEL5, released their debut, "The Sybil EP," in 2019. The EP features Oz Noy on guitar and Will Lee on bass.

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