Like everyone’s pointed out, TONS of stuff from interpretations of this book. I just got a video camera, so I thought I’d share one of my favorites. My teacher claims to be able to replicate the effects of any technique book he’s ever seen with interpretations of this book (especially the full page exercises that start around p. 38, depending on what printing of the book you have) and I believe him. One of my favorites is the paradiddle interpretation. You can explore this interpretation to find some fun stuff –there are many interpretations of this interpretation if you will.
Stick with me because this is really awkward to describe (at least for me) but it’s not as complicated as it sounds: The paradiddle interpretation is somewhat of a misnomer because it’s not purely a paradiddle sticking. Working with ‘exercise one’ on or about p.38, think of the top line as a melody and ignore the bottom line of quarter notes for now. You’re going to ‘diddle’ around the melody by playing it as single stroke accents that will determine your paradiddle-esque sticking pattern. Each note represents a single stroke accent –and the first note on the page is the first note of a 16th note paradiddle. On each succeeding accent written on the page that’s less than 4 16th notes from the accent tha preceeds it, the paradiddle re-starts from the last accent. For any rest that’s a quarter note or longer, play a double stroke roll so, the first line goes:
R l (start again -> R l rr L r (start again -> L r l l R l r r L r l l R l r r (go to double stroke roll) l l R l r r L r L r l l R l r r L r L r l l R l R l R l r r L r L r l l r r l l
--but the point (and one of the main, fundamental concepts of all interpretations of syncopation that I learned from my teacher) is not to think about all the Rs and Ls because that’s baffling and gives a headache worse than cheap burbon. Rather, think about the melody –sing it to yourself ‘do bop, do bop ,bop, bop, bop …etc. and let that guide your sticking pattern
So, played slowly, the first line of ‘exercise one’ looks like this: (and go easy on the 'ol hand techniqe here, I'm no pro, haha)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fXy6RVSgnc
And here’s the whole page at a moderate tempo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z25ghOmjxno
Ugh, bedtime. ends of long weekends suck.