16th Note Grooves - Hand to Hand

Ok, we've played 16th note grooves with our lead hand on the hi hat - playing all of the 16 beats (with a count of 1-E-and-a, 2-E-and-a etc). Now we're going to look at 16th Note Grooves but playing both hands on the hi hat - R L R L for right-handed people, L R L R for left-handed people.

Now, your lead hand will now be coming across to play the back-beat on the snare drum on '2' and '4' but returning back to the hi hat for all of the rest of the pattern.

NOTE : If you're playing 'open-handed' - i.e. left-handed on a right-handed kit, you'll have to experiment and find which method works well for you.

Click on the sheets below to work your way through the exercises at your own pace.

REMEMBER : At the moment we are only playing 8th notes on the bass drum so all of the bass drum beats will fall on your lead hand.

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