This exercise is designed to help develop the ability to add rhythmic density to a figure. In this exercise we will be adding thirty-second note double strokes around the accents in various parts of the pattern. The exercise is to be played in unison with the SYNKD rhythm chain).

Just when you thought you could play your singles and doubles in your sleep... This exercise challenges our expectations of accent placement

Just when you thought you could play your singles and doubles in your sleep... This exercise challenges our expectations of accent placement

THE CELLULAR PRACTICE CONCEPT If you missed our introductory post for this practice concept, be sure to read through it here. This...

This exercise combines single-stroke fours and sextuplets with accents on either the offbeats or downbeats, respectively, to help with...

This exercise combines a few different elements in order to assist with the development of speed AND accuracy by alternating between...

One thing that most of us strive for is greater control over single and double-strokes. This exercise, while simple in concept...

This is the first of a three-part series in 3/4 featuring different accent placements for each of the cells. For some of you this will be a

If you're feeling confident with your paradiddles then it's time to kick things up with this exercise featuring accents and flams on the "a"

This exercise is a bit easier when it comes to rhythm and sticking so you can focus on your full-stroke technique. It's worth it to practice

Changing note rates with simple double-stroke sticking patterns makes for excellent rudimental roll control.

It’s time to take your double strokes to the next level but, this time, we’re inverting them and starting on the second stroke for an...

This exercise is sure to keep you on your toes. Some flams, some double strokes, and some accents combined with changing subdivisions...

"Septupa-what?!?" Yeah...we might have made that one up. We also made this exercise that, similar to last week's exercise, shifts between tw

We're taking a similar approach to last week's exercise with the sequence variation and maintaining a sticking pattern while changing...

This exercise is great if you struggle with Swiss Triplets or are just getting started while also providing a fresh perspective for even...

The SYNKD Cellular Method makes for an excellent format to build speed and this triplet + sextuplet exercise is a perfect example of that.

The Pataflafla is a rudiment that lots of people seem to have a love/hate relationship with and many feel the same way about the...

If you've spent any significant time practicing your paradiddles, that accent on the first stroke is probably just as ingrained in your...

With this exercise we challenge that tendency by first embracing it ("A Cell") and then inverting it ("B Cell"). The practice of accenting t