Fastest Way To Get Faster – Drum Lesson Series By Jared Falk

Fastest Way To Get Faster: The Forearm Crusher – Drum Lesson

(rock music) (countdown on drumsticks) (drum rolling) – Hey everyone, it’s Jared here, and we’re back with

the third lesson in my fastest way to get faster series, Now this one’s called the Forearm Crusher,

which I think is a really cool name for a monster truck, but that’s maybe in another lifetime. Today we’re gonna

do drums, okay? So, this one starts with a single stroke roll. The first exercise, basic single stroke roll for one bar.

So let me show you how that sounds, play it both slow and fast. (countdown on drumsticks) (slow single stroke roll)

(countdown on drumsticks) (fast single stroke roll) Now make sure keep a nice, loose grip, and let those sticks rebound.

You don’t actually want to crush your forearms. Okay, you want to be able to play drums for a long time, and if you

keep a really intense grip, you’re not gonna be able to. You’re gonna have injuries. Now the second exercise, it’s the same, play

the 16th notes, but we’re using the double stroke roll, okay? Right, right, left, left. Let me play this for

you, both slow and fast. (countdown on drumsticks) (slow double stroke roll) (countdown on drumsticks) (fast double stroke roll)

Now again, let those sticks rebound. You can bounce the sticks, if you like, or you could actually perform

all those strokes as wrist strokes. Now the final exercise is using the single paradiddle. Now this is just right,

left, right, right, left, right, left, left. Again, all on the snare drum. Let me play it for you, both slow and fast.

(countdown on drumsticks) (slow single paradiddle) (countdown on drumsticks) (fast single paradiddle) Now once you can play each

exercise individually, I want you to start to put it all together, and play them in sequence. I first saw Larnell

Lewis do this, and it was insane how fluid it was. So when I practice this, I really try and make

the transition between singles, doubles, and single paradiddle almost inaudible. Now I think it’s almost an impossibility,

and you’ll hear, when I play it in sequence, you’ll definitely hear where those transitions are, but my end goal,

where I want to get, is where you don’t even know. You don’t know if I’m playing singles, you don’t know if I’m

playing paradiddles, you don’t know if I’m playing doubles. So, this is something that I’m working on,

to this day I still practice this, okay? So let me play it for you both slow, and fast. (countdown on drumsticks)

(slow single stroke roll) (slow double stroke roll) (slow single paradiddle) (slow single stroke roll) (slow double stroke roll)

(slow single paradiddle) (slow single stroke roll) (slow double stroke roll) (slow single paradiddle) (slow single stroke roll)

(slow double stroke roll) (slow single paradiddle) (countdown on drumsticks) (fast single stroke roll) (fast double stroke roll)

(fast single paradiddle) (fast single stroke roll) (fast double stroke roll) (fast single paradiddle) (fast single stroke roll)

(fast double stroke roll) (fast single paradiddle) (fast single stroke roll) (fast double stroke roll) (fast single paradiddle)

Now that is the third exercise of my fastest way to get faster series. I want you to practice each of these exercises

for five minutes individually, and then practice them in sequence for fifteen minutes. Start at slow tempo of

60 beats per minute, and just increase it five or 10 bpm each time. Alright? Get your kit, get to work.

Do it! (rock music)

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Here’s the third lesson in my “Fastest Way To Get Faster” series. Get ready to feel the burn! The concept of this exercise is actually fairly simple, but the benefits I’ve noticed in my playing by practicing this are huge.

We’ll be playing 2 bars of single strokes, then double strokes, and finally the single paradiddle all in 16th notes. Try to make your transitions so smooth you can’t even tell you’re switching rudiments! As you can see in the video – it’s not easy.

Play each exercise individually for 5 minutes, then play them in sequence for 15 minutes.