This is one of many pages of original Syncopation variants I’ve written up, in this case restricted to combinations of dotted quarter notes, quarter notes, and single 8th notes. I’ve devised a few interpretive methods that work well within that limitation, which I’ll be sharing, well, maybe real soon, since it looks like we’re having a few snow days here in Portland…
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- Todd Bishop
- December 8, 2011
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Here’s the latest stupidly-named iteration of my basic paradiddle exercise, this time using 16th note 7s, septuplets, or whatever you want to call them. As always, play through the entire page, then play combinations of […]
Solo ideas in 3/4
- Todd Bishop
- October 24, 2023
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We’ll be seeing more with this format— solo and fill ideas for a certain amount of space between cymbal/bass drum accents. It’s the normal frame for fills, but I don’t see fill studies written that […]
Transcription: Roy Haynes comping
- Todd Bishop
- May 10, 2020
- 1
UPDATE: Download link is fixed! Did you ever transcribe 72 bars of Roy Haynes, just to realize that all of the really cool stuff was in the NEXT 36 bars? I wanted to do an […]

