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Warmup Ladder

Warm-ups & rudiments · style reference: Finger-speed warm-up across two pads

#20 most popular90 BPM4/4practice 60–120 BPM level 2two-pad rollstriplets
BPM
100%
Main4/4 · 16th
Instrument
Crash
Hi-hat pedal
Snare
Kick
Left hand
Right hand
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▲ accentshort bar = ghost note◆ grace note (hover for flam / drag / layer timing)● alt padfingering: L/R hand, 1 = thumb … 5 = little finger

131Crash
142Ride
153Shaker
164Cowbell
9QTom high
10WTom mid
11EFloor tom
12RRim
5AHi-hat
6SHi-hat alt
7DHi-hat pedal
8FHi-hat open
1ZKick
2XSnare
3CSnare alt
4VClap
Finger shown on each hit (R2 = right index)

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Tempo trainer

72 → 90 BPM, +2 every 4 bars. Starts when you press Play.

Section chain

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Shortcuts: Space play · ←/→ tempo · T tap · M click · L loop · [ ] section · G/P view · pads Z–V, A–F, Q–R, 1–4

Practice notes

Five minutes before every session. Right index on one snare pad, left index on the other. The main section climbs from eighths to sixteenths; the chorus adds triplets and a paradiddle (RLRR LRLL). Stay relaxed — speed comes from staying loose, not from pressing harder.

The style reference names an influence only; this groove is an original pattern.

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Watch finger drummers play it

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Videos show the style and technique; the pattern on this page is an original arrangement, not a transcription.