Nasty Drum Lick #115 | The Roundhouse Six

Hey Everyone!

This idea is something I got from one of my drumming heroes, Dave DiCenso. It’s a really cool hand/foot combo. When I heard Dave play it, he used a different rate (32nd notes) and his way of connecting it to other stuff he was playing was slightly different, but never-the-less, it sounded amazing. I had to dig into it. Today I’m going to show you a way to use the same idea as 16th note triplets.

The patern is FRLRLF and I use a paradiddle-diddle to connect it.

Here is the PDF with the notation on it: “Nasty Lick 115 | The Roundhouse Six”

A couple of other things to mention… I call this “The Roundhouse Six” because you can rage this idea around the drums over and over without stopping. You’re moving around the drums in a clockwise direction; you’re going around–thus “roundhouse.” The exercise sheet breaks the lick into pieces like the way I explain it in the video, which is below.

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Mark Feldman is a professional 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, LEVEL5, is releasing their debut, "The Sybil EP," on February 22nd, 2019. The EP features Oz Noy on guitar and Will Lee on bass.

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