Rudimental Ritual (Slow Version) from The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary As Taught by Alan Dawson

The ultimate 15-minute drummer warm up for your hands playing all the rudiments over an ostinato pattern. David Esau put the entire exercise in this video and the pages scroll along with the notes being played. Be ready to invest some time into this exercise and listening to it will help speed up the memorization process.
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[@adityatyagi4009]

I'm so glad to have come across this exercise. This is some seriously mind blowing stuff. Thanks for posting!

[@jordanzimmerman7590]

One of the best performances and videos of this I've found. Thank you. My goal for this year is to get through this.

[@jordanzimmerman7590]

Yeah, it will take me at least that long to sound as good as you on it. I just want to make it through! TBH - the thing that kills me is the ostinato on the BD. It makes the rudiments 10x harder to play

[@jordanzimmerman7590]

Hey David, I've stumbled through to the beginning of the Swiss Rudiments. How do you handle the few rudiments that are triplets with the ostinato foot pattern? At 160 bpm like you have it it's nearly impossible to not make the foot match the triplet - i.e. it's very difficult to do true 3/2. I need to listen carefully to what you've done but maybe you can let us know here. Thanks.

[@aakashsengupta1913]

My goal for 2021

[@mysticalgerald]

@@jordanzimmerman7590 dont think about it. Approach it in auto pilot. it becomes second nature. Do it over and over until it sinks in.

[@Ranger1216]

So well taught….and played….and so pleasant to listen to….I will practice this: each line 7 times for good luck. Motivating video.thanks x 7.

[@Ranger1216]

Even at this tempo….very challenging….may have to go at 90 bpm. Excellent well played….thanks

[@DavidREsau]

Thank you.

[@tabla1]

awesome thanks!

[@StuMas]

This is also great at 1.75 playback speed

[@ACLOCKWORKDRUMMER]

beautiful

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love it!!

[@jsjsjshsha4924]

Menos mal q es la version Lenta!!!

[@Cheektowga]

:)

[@mr.z9609]

"Slow" lol To me, this is performance tempo. I just started putting the hands and feet together, and I'm comfortably playing at 60BPM.

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[@philipnestor5034]

I’m studying with John Ramsey now, a great teacher and nice guy and he just started me on this , it’s driving me crazy trying to memorize it. I’m doing it at quarter equals 120. Anything special you do to help you memorize it?

[@DavidREsau]

Just keep listening to it even while driving your car or exercising.

[@johncontrada]

In Alans book, when you get to the ritual, it says to go back and review all the rudiments with brushes, then perform the ritual with brushes over a bosa nova foot ostinato. So, he wants you to go back and repeat all the rudiments with brushes before doing the ritual?

[@DavidREsau]

Hi there, after you are done with sticks, go back with brushes and repeat the entire exercise.

[@plasticgodzilla1]

Is it you or John Ramsey playing?

[@DavidREsau]

I’m playing along to the pre-recorded track.

[@plasticgodzilla1]

@@DavidREsauoh now I see how this is so snarey ;) nicely done!

[@Steeplehammer1]

This audio is the same audio that comes with the book, performed by John Ramsey, no?

[@gw8278]

Nice but this nowhere near a slow tempo. Suppose its all relative to some but not from a technical POV

[@DavidREsau]

True, this the “slow version” for Alan Dawson in his book compared to the faster version though. I didn’t name it, the author did. And this exercise should take years to complete.

[@gw8278]

@@DavidREsau yes it does David, I work it everyday. If I'm not mistaken this is John's book. My time with Dawson, he had me do this low and slow. Drove me mad. I mean it, just nutz. But you know what that slow regiment did so to me slow is not this tempo. Nice job tho Dave.

[@DavidREsau]

If you can read the music, just set a metronome to whatever tempo feels good for you. Don’t forget the foot pattern. 👌🏽

[@gw8278]

@@DavidREsau sure, try it at 78 per quarter. Play all grace notes open and then closed, keep it low. Don't forget feet! Take care, let's keep shedding 👍