Grooving Through The Rudiments

1. Advanced Rudiments

2. Section 1: Course Introduction

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   Welcome to Grooving Through The Rudiments.

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   Set the tone for the course and see how Larry Finn will help you turn your rudiments into real grooves behind the kit.

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   About Your Instructor - Larry Finn

   Meet Larry Finn, the Groove Professor, and get to know the playing and teaching background that shapes everything you'll study here.

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   Larry Finn's Teaching Style

   Understand how Larry approaches the kit so you know what to listen for and how to get the most out of each groove demonstration.

3. Medium Funk - Paradiddle Grooves

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   Lesson 1: Play Along - Medium Funk - Paradiddle Fills #1

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   Lock into a medium funk feel and work paradiddles into your fills, playing along so the sticking lands straight into a groove context.

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   Lesson 2: Play Along Medium Funk Paradiddle Fills #2

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   Build on the first play-along with a fresh set of paradiddle fills, strengthening your ability to drop rudiments into the pocket on the fly.

4. Grooving Through the Rudiments - Additional Grooves

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   Fun with the Crunge

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   Dig into the Crunge-style groove and hear how rudimental ideas add flavor to a heavy, syncopated feel.

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   Camel Isle Groove Demo

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   Watch the Camel Isle groove up close and pick up how the sticking and orchestration come together across the kit.

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   Border Song Groove

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   Explore the Border Song groove and the way rudiments shape its phrasing, giving you another color for your own playing.

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   Running Down Groove Choices

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   Compare different groove choices for the same tune and learn how to decide which rudimental ideas best serve the music.

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   FIVES (pt1) Groove Possibilities

   Open up the possibilities hiding in groupings of five, mapping out how they can reshape a familiar groove.

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   Dangerous

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   Take on the "Dangerous" groove and see how Larry stitches rudiments into a tune for a bold, musical statement.

5. Medium Funk - Five Stroke Rolls Grooves

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   Lesson 1: Medium Funk - Five Stroke Rolls #1

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   Bring the five stroke roll into a medium funk groove, cleaning up the roll so it sits naturally in the pocket.

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   Lesson 2: Medium Funk - Five Stroke Fills #2

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   Expand your five stroke vocabulary with a second set of funk fills, keeping the roll crisp as you move it around the kit.

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   Lesson 3: Medium Funk - Five Stroke Fills #3

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   Round out the five stroke series with a third funk fill, deepening your command of the roll as a groove-building tool.

6. Section 2: Understanding Rudiments

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   Lesson 1: What are Rudiments?

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   Get grounded in what rudiments really are and why they're the foundation for everything you'll groove through in this course.

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   Lesson 2: Basic Rudiments

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   Work through the essential rudiments, building the clean, even sticking you'll lean on when the grooves get more demanding.

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   Lesson 3 - Single and Double Combinations

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   Combine single and double strokes to sharpen your control and set up the paradiddle-based grooves ahead.

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   Lesson 4 - Flam Rudiments

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   Master the flam and its common variations, dialing in the timing between the grace note and the main stroke.

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   Lesson 3: Advanced Rudiments (HOLD UNPUBLISHED FOR NOW)

   Push into more advanced rudiments, extending your sticking vocabulary toward the trickier combinations used across these grooves.

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   Lesson 5 - Drag Rudiments

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   Add drags to your toolkit, focusing on crisp grace notes so the ornament enhances rather than muddies your groove.

7. 6/8 Grooves

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   Lesson 1: 6/8 Groove - Double Paraddidle

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   Apply the double paradiddle to a flowing 6/8 groove, letting the sticking carry the triplet feel.

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   Lesson 2: Drag Paradddidle

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   Fold the drag paradiddle into 6/8, using the ornament to add texture while keeping the pulse steady.

8. Shuffles

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   Lesson 1: 12/8 Shuffle with the 7 Stroke Roll

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   Settle into a 12/8 shuffle and weave in the seven stroke roll, keeping the swing relaxed and the roll even.

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   Lesson 2: 12/8 Shuffle with Flam Accents

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   Color your shuffle with flam accents, placing the flams to reinforce the groove's natural pulse.

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   Lesson 3: 12/8 Shuffle with Single Tap Drags

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   Bring single tap drags into the shuffle, sharpening your touch so the drags lock neatly into the triplet feel.

9. Rock

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   Lesson 1: Upbeat Rock Groove with 7 Stroke Roll Fills

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   Drive an upbeat rock groove and launch into seven stroke roll fills, keeping the energy up as you transition in and out.

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   Lesson 2: 1/2 Time Rock Groove with Single Tap Drags

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   Lay back into a half-time rock feel and use single tap drags to add detail without crowding the pocket.

10. Section 3: Applying Rudiments to Grooves

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   Lesson 1: Taking the Next Steps with Rudiments

   Bridge the gap between the practice pad and the kit, planning how to turn your rudiments into musical grooves.

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   Lesson 2: Larry Finn's Groove Library

   Browse Larry's go-to grooves and start collecting ideas you can adapt and make your own.

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   Lesson 3: Basic Grooves

   Establish a set of solid basic grooves as the canvas you'll later decorate with rudimental fills.

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   Lesson 4: Advanced Grooves

   Step up to more advanced grooves, layering in the rudiments you've built for richer, more expressive playing.

11. Advanced Grooves

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   Lesson 1: Applying Swiss Triplets to a Latin Groove

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   Bring Swiss triplets into a Latin groove, using the sticking to add drive and authenticity to the feel.

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   Lesson 2: Flammed Mills in 7/8

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   Tackle flammed mills in a 7/8 groove, counting carefully so the ornament lands cleanly inside the odd meter.

12. Section 4: Grooving through the Rudiments - Additional Grooves

13. Section 5: Grooving Through the Rudiments - Additional Material

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   Lesson 1: Course Summary

   Review the big ideas of the course and see how each rudiment connected to a real groove along the way.

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   Lesson 1: Exam Overview

   Get a clear picture of what the exam covers so you know exactly which grooves and rudiments to have ready.

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   Lesson 2: Exam Preparation

   Map out a focused practice plan to get the required grooves performance-ready and under tempo control.

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   Lesson 3: Exam Strategies

   Pick up practical strategies for staying relaxed and playing your best when it's time to demonstrate your grooves.

14. Section 5: Making it Your Own

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   Lesson 1: Developing Your Groove

   Start shaping a personal groove vocabulary, choosing the rudimental ideas that feel most natural in your hands.

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   Lesson 2: Improving Your Groove

   Refine what you've built, tightening your time and touch so your grooves feel more confident and musical.

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   Lesson 3: Creating Your Own Grooves

   Use the course's building blocks to invent grooves of your own, combining rudiments in ways that sound like you.

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   Lesson 4: Groove Maintenance

   Set up a simple routine to keep your grooves sharp and your rudiments reliable over the long haul.

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   Lesson 5: Final Thoughts

   Wrap up with guidance on carrying these groove concepts forward into your everyday playing.

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   Final thoughts from Larry

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   Hear Larry's parting encouragement and his advice for keeping the groove alive as you keep practicing.