warm up routine

[NUTHA JASON]

when i can i do this to warm up. hope it helps someone.
played as straigh 16ths.
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[Paradiddle my snizzle]

Well, when you've played that, you sure are warmed up!!
But what about your feet?

Another thing i like to start with, is warm my fingers/joints/hands AND my sticks with a uhm, "ventilator with a heating thingy inside", i dont know what they're called, but it sends out hot air... kinda like the ones you dry your hands with in a public bathroom, you know... It really helps a lot to warm the sticks up, even though you think you're fine with whatever exercise you use now - TRY IT!!

Btw i thought you said you only warm up for gigs - not for practising?

[maddrummr]

Ohhh now thats nice. My warm up routine was straight sixteenths, paradiddles, and doubles. I like the triplet based right and left lead... ill have to add that to my set of warm-ups.

THANKS NUTHA!!

[Shinx]

Good warm up, I usually just play whatever I think of on a practice pad. Usually, singles, doubles, paradiddles and then singles and doubles with different accents

[NUTHA JASON]

But what about your feet?

PmyS i usually play just a simple pattern of 8ths RLRL underneath this although i might on the second play through step this up to heel toe 16ths on the bass and 8ths on the hihat.

it would also be a good idea to do a samba bass pattern beneath this.

ventilator with a heating thingy inside",

a hair drier?

Btw i thought you said you only warm up for gigs - not for practising

because practice should build in intensity so a warm up is ckind of built in. this one is a good exercise as well as a warm up soit fits well early in a daily practice routine.

cool madddrummer...i got that one off the george lawrence stone book.

sphinx. yes absolutely. i often get bored with a set routine sometimes i admit halfway through it so i'll break out in to some random stuff and mix it up a bit. its good for creativity.

j

[rendezvous_drummer]

Good warmup. I'm going to add it to my routine. Thanks Nutha. I suppose you could do the same with the feet eh.

[Mapex589]

Thanks....I will use this. I usually warm up to different pages of Stick Contol. This will be a nice addition to my warm ups. I will use if for my feet as well. Thanks!

[Wegadrummer]

Thanks Nutha, another great thread about rudiments I we can use.. I will use this when I warm up..

[Jay.B.]

I must try and warm up before each rehearsal, especially with the new stuff we're trying to bring through, will take it with me Wednesday night and give it a blast

cheers J

[n2xlr8n]

Hmmmm...that last pattern is a "dilly".

I have yet to reach that point in GLS, but I'm certain I'll see it.

As far as warm-up, I almost always do alternating Free Strokes for 12-16 measures, then Jeff Queen's 16th note warm-up.

Good info.

SRJ

[NUTHA JASON]

to add more detail.

i mostly play the warm up like this.

bass drum 16ths (strictly using constant release heel toe)
hihat foot plays 8ths heel down on the first and third bass drum stroke.

then the hand pattern is played as unisons (together) with the bass strokes ...ie. also as 16ths.

the tempos i use are
4ths = 60bpm (play the pattern twice)
then
4ths = 65bpm (x2 through)
and finally
4ths = 70bpm (x2 through)

then i go on to my elegant drill
http://jasonhorsler.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/elegantdrill2.jpg

with this one i play
bass drum and hihat foot alternating on the 8ths

while the hands play 16ths
first where
4ths = 80bpm (play the pattern once)
then
4ths = 90bpm
and finally
4ths = 100bpm

and then i am warmed up ready and also have done some pretty neat practicing. i mainly use this routine after stretching in the morning before a day of drum practice or in the studio.

before live gigs i just mess around with my brushes of tala wands along to whatever the house music is playing.

j

[Paradiddle my snizzle]

a hair drier?

No, it stands on the floor by itself, so you can go to it and stick your hands and sticks in front of it. The actual purpose of it is to heat a room. Anyway, i just think it's a very good idea to warm up your sticks with such a thing, that's it...

But cool drill Jason:)

[TomasHakkesBrain]

by quadruples do you mean double/double strokes?

[NUTHA JASON]

four single strokes played with one hand
a la

RRRR LLLL etc

[shuffle]

Nice drill, Nutha. Very structured and organized, as all the routines I’ve read from you.

I used to have a quick routine based on some Joe Morello exercises. What I liked from these is the fact that it incorporated accents.

Now I’ve bought the Rod Morgenstein book a few months ago ( http://www.rodmorgenstein.com/drumset_warmup.html ), and what I even like most about it is that it makes you move around the kit, often in quite unusual ways. Zillions of combinations - dangerously addictive, to the point where it can go well beyond warm-up work. I try to work on these from times to times, and I mesmorized a few that I now do for warming-up.

[White]

I like to do a Peart Style warm up, just solo for about 30 mins, making sure I get done a lot of rolls, rudiments, swings, shuffles, tom work, opening and closing the hi hat, and some good bass stuff in. I don't have a planned warm up but I have things in it to cover

[drummer az]

yh! i do that too

i think it is a more fun approach to warmuing up

it also gets you real loose

Drummer az