How to play Blue Devils Diddles 2023

Learn to master Blue Devils Diddle exercise from 2023. Triplet diddle, Quintuplets and polyrhythms.
The fist part is pretty easy and is a version of Triplet Diddles. The Tag section is much more difficult but I break it down bar by bar.
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Geoff Fry is a UK based professional drummer, educator author and clinician.
Geoff marched with the Blue Devils and The Cadets and served as tenor tech with The Bluecoats. He now leads 'The Percussion Theatre' and teaches and performs across the globe.
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0:56 Triplet Diddle Exercise
4:27 Quintuplet Section
9:45 3 over 2 polyrhythm
17:45 SLOW example
19:55 FAST example

[@crisjm74]

I have said it before, I love that you do not edit out your mistakes. Also update the title for the algorithm.

[@JaredOLeary]

I agree! It's important for inexperienced drummers to see that experienced drummers also make mistakes. That's one of the many reasons why I stream my practice sessions and leave in all of the raw mistakes.

[@skooter5507]

latin lover would go hard i got your books and they are great 9/10 would recommend

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Thanks, i'm about to release the updated RED book

[@test555test]

Love the throwback to 2003

[@sp4c3d0ut8]

Can you do bluecoats syvåtte next? Another great video btw love the breakdowns

[@FreestyleRudiments]

I do enjoy Syvatte but its SO long... will think it would have to be over 2-3 lessons

[@sp4c3d0ut8]

@@FreestyleRudiments okay, thanks for reading my comment, I would love if you did cover it in a few parts like you did with ram 95, but if you don't want to it's fine. Have a great one and keep teaching!

[@ayytism8857]

Please do 9R from Broken City 🥲

[@FreestyleRudiments]

will check it out

[@bwolfe5]

A better way to write the last fivelet section is to keep it in eighth notes but put 5:3 above the notes to signal you’re playing 5 eighth notes in the space of 3 eighth notes.

[@wowtiy6703]

4:27 to skip triplet diddle

[@FreestyleRudiments]

thanks. forgot to add that 😬

[@FreestyleRudiments]

0:56 Triplet Diddle Exercise 4:27 Quintuplet Section 9:45 3 over 2 polyrhythm 17:45 SLOW example 19:55 FAST example

[@capt.butters9296]

17:40

[@bobbarksofficial4335]

Yessir! 💚🥁💚🥁

[@thomasnunn6343]

Can you do a video explaining the new ratio format of confusing musical writing where they dump a bunch of notes and say 7:4 above it.

[@glim3125]

This one was really fun to learn. Thank you!

[@DaNedmonster]

Ya can tell they are tight buddies 😂

[@somericanguy]

Great stuff as always

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Thanks

[@capt.butters9296]

20:00

[@henmeister613]

Could you do bluecoats 2016 snare break if you havent done it already

[@ConnorDrumsOccasionally]

Could you possibly do the blue devils spree tune they play? Tenor transcription would be nice but anything would do.

[@rokz3263]

Could you do spanks from Boston? That would be sick

[@dmichel26]

Can you teach us Ditty (blue devils)

[@felipehidalgo7621]

Can you do Blue devils Ditty '23?

[@thomasspender]

can you do a how to play video on their double beat exercise?

[@Dabby69420]

Can you do bd 2023 snare break?

[@canadiensjoe]

Very impressed!! I marched late 50’s to late 60’s. Had the honor of having Bobby Thompson instruct me for 10 years. Best explaination of this exercise/showcase of Scott Johnson I’ve seen yet. One question I’ve had for years-what is the difference between what I believe is called a double stop and a flat flam??

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Hi Joe, thanks for the comment. My understanding is that Double stop / Unison and Flat Flam are all the same. Often Flat flams are talked about in the context of "badly played" flams where double stop is both hands purposely hitting exactly the same time. I have to say that at extreme speeds flat flams are sometimes used purposely but I think in that case there would be a louder hand i.e. like a flam one hand would be louder than the other. with a double stop they are the same intended height/volume

[@redpack4582]

Are there any good paying careers for people that love drumline? I’m in high school and I play snare. Im gonna try to make it into drum corps, but idk what I can do after college that goes along with playing snare. I wanna be a physical therapist, but I’m definitely willing to looking into a snare drumming career or a drumline career where you don’t travel all over the country, and u could make a good living off of it. Any tips would be nice, thanks.

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Others on here can add more.... The paid work is nearly all teaching or writing for schools. Uni etc. You'll very likely make far more money away from the arts but for a small few they find a good and satisfying career teaching, writing. To do this and get in this small club you need to be top of the top so get practicing now like your life depends on it.... there are always other jobs linked to music in music gear companies like Vic firth, system blue etc that offer a good middle ground... my old man advice would be if you want to make lots of ££££ study AI and cutting tech or learn about real estate. If you want to go to work with a smile on your face find something you'd do for free and get a paid job doing that!

[@redpack4582]

Sound good. Thanks for the advice!

[@Владимир-ы6д5в]

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