In Partnership With

2013 BLUEDEVILS

BATTERY
TECHNIQUE PACKET
Compiled by Scott Johnson

Copyright 2013 SystemBlue

 CONCORD BLUE DEVILS 2013 Battery Audition Info
General Information: Every exercise is marked with a range of tempos. Start with the slowest tempo and do not move on
to a faster tempo until you have achieved a good quality of sound.

The Height System: There is no set formula for heights. You should experiment with the full range:
Accents should be played any where from 9 to 16
Forte strokes should be played between 8 and 10
The range for mezzo piano to mezzo forte is 5 to 9
Taps should be played anywhere from 1 to 4
The sticking is written with capital and lower case letters to help identify an accent and tap, respectively. With all of the
exercises, bass drummers should play the unison snare part as well as their individual split parts.

BD1 - 2013 Eights: We have added double stops in this version of Eights. The challenge is to come in with your established
hand, with a clean and balanced sound. The second half of this exercise will work your one-handed dynamic control. Practice
this section using extreme dynamic heights.

BD2 - 2013 Accent Tap: This is a good exercise to experiment with the full range of accent and tap heights.

BD3 - 2013 Triplet-Partial: This is our double beat exercise, and is designed to strengthen diddles. Use a full forte stroke
until you get to the accented notes.

BD4 - 2013 Trip-Accent-Para-Diddle: This covers a lot of our vocabulary. From extreme heights to accent taps, along with
paradiddle figures and modulations.

BD5 - 2013 Triplet-Diddle: This exercise has been around for many years, and is still the best one to prepare you for every
possible diddle combination. Use a full forte stroke until you get to the accented notes.

BD6 - 2013 Flams: It is time to work the flam chops. Tenor players should learn the exercise on one drum before playing the
exercise with the drum changes. This is a very difficult exercise that should be approached with caution... and have fun!

BD - 2013 Malfred: It is time to work control and groove. A little old school for you.

pg 3
 BD1-2013 / Eights
q.120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140 by Scott Johnson

12
8
2 3 4
Snare
R R R R R R L L L L L L R R R R R R L L L L L L

Tenors 12
8



R R R R R R L L L L L L R R R R R R L L L L L L

5 BD's 12
8

R R R R R R R R R R R R L L L L L L L L L L L L R R R R R R R R R R R R L L L L L L L L L L L L

6 7 8
Snare

R R R L L L R R R L L L R R R L L L

Tenors


R R R L L L R R R L L L R R R L L L

5 BD's
R R R R R R R R R L L L L L L L L L R R R R R R L L L L L L L L L R R R R R R R R R L L L L L L

. . . .
10 11 12 13
Snare

R R R R L L L L R R R R R L L L L R R R R R R L L L L L R R R R L L L L L R R R R L L L L L L R

.
Tenors . . .
R R R R L L L L R R R R R L L L L R R R R R R L L L L L R R R R L L L L L R R R R L L L L L L R

..
5 BD's ... . . .
R R R R R L L L L R R R R R L L L L R R R R R R L L L L L R R R R L L L L L R R R R L L L L L L R

pg 4
 BD2-2013 / Accent Tap
q132, 136, 140, 144, 148, 152 by Scott Johnson
> > > > > >
44
2 3 4
Snare

r r r r r r r r l l l l l l l l
f
R r r R r r R r L l l L l l L

> > > > >

>
Tenors 44





r r r r r r r r l l l l l l l l
fR> r r

>
R

>
r

>
r R r

>
L

>
l

>
L

> >
l l L

>

5 BD's 44
r r r r r r r r l l l l l l l l
f
R r R R R r r R L l L L L l l L

> > > > > > > > > > > >
Snare
7
8
5
6
7
8

> > > > > > > > > > > >
R r r R r R r R r r R r R r L l l L l L l L l l L l L l

Tenors 78
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
R r r R r R r R r r R r R r L l l L l L l L l l L l L l

5 BD's 78

R R R r r r r r r r r R R R r r r r r r r r R

> > > > > 11

> > > >
Snare
9
10
12

> >
R r r r r R r L l l l l l R L R r r r r R r R r r r r R r

> > > > > > >

Tenors









> > > > > > > > > > > >
R r r r l r R r L l l l l R L r R r r R r r r R r r R r r

5 BD's
R r R r r r r R r R r r r R

pg 6
 BD3-2013 / Triplet-Partial
q.154, 158, 162, 166, 170, 174 by Scott Johnson

12
8
2 3 4
Snare
R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Tenors 12
8



R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

rim

12
8
5 BD's

5 6 7 8
Snare

R R R R R R R R L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L

Tenors


R R R R R R R R L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L

5 BD's

11

98
9 10 12 13
Snare

L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L R R R R R R R R R R R R L L L L L L

Tenors 98
L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L R R R R R R R R R R R R L L L L L L

! ! ! ! ! !
9
8 ! !
! !
! ! !
5 BD's
! !
pg 9
 BD4-2013 / Trip-Accent-Para-Diddle
q.160, 164, 168, 172, 176, 180 by Scott Johnson
v > > > >
12
8 ..
2 3 4

Snare

pl r l r l r l r l
f
R L R L

v > > > >

12
8 .
.




Tenors

> pl r l r l r l r l
fR> >
L

>
R

>
L

..
12
8 ...

5 BD's

pl r l r l r l r l R L R L

> > > > > > 7

> > > > > > >

5 6 8

L p
Snare

f > > > > >

R L L R R R R L R L L R

> > > > > >

>



L p R f p fR L
Tenors

> > > > > > > >

R L L R R R L L

L p f p
5 BD's

R L L R R r r r l l l

> > > > > > > > > > 11
cresc. L only
v v v v v
. . ..
9 10 12

Snare

> > > > f p

L R L R r L r L r L r L r L r L r l r l R L R L

> > > > > > > v
.. v v v v

. .


Tenors

> > > > > f> p > > > > >
R L R L r l R l r L r L r L r L r L r L r l r l R L R L

. ..
. ...

5 BD's

f p
r l r r l l r L r L r L r L r L r L R L R L

pg 11
 BD5-2013 / Triplet-Diddle
q.134, 140, 146, 156, 164, 168, 172, 176, 180, 184, 190 by Scott Johnson

12 ! !
8 ! ! ! ! 4 ! ! ! !
2 3

f
Snare

12 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !


8 ! !
f
Tenors

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
12
8
f
5 BD's

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 15 ! ! ! ! ! !
8 .
5 6 7 8
Snare

! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Tenors ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 15
8 ! .

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 15 ! ! ! ! ! ..
5 BD's 8 ...

> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
12
8
9
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 10 ! ! ! ! ! ! 11
! ! ! ! ! ! 12 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Snare

F
> >
R L r l R L r l R L r l R l r L R l r L R l r L R

> > > > > > > > > > >
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! > ! ! ! ! ! !
12
8

! ! ! ! !

Tenors

F
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
R L r l R L r l R L r l R l r L R l r L R l r L R

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
5 BD's 12
8
F R L r l R L r l R L r l R l r L R l r L R l r L
R
pg 13
 BD6-2013 / Flams
q.154, 158, 162, 166, 170 by Scott Johnson
> > > > > > > > > > > >
21
8
j

j j j j j

j j j j j j
2
Snare

> > > > > > > = crossover >

R L L R R L L l L l R r R r L l L l

j> > > >

j j j j
j j
j
21 j j





Tenors 8 j j

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
R L L R R L L l L l R r R r L l L l

5 BD's 21
8
L R l R R l l R R l R R l l R R l R R l l

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Snare
3


j
j

j

j

j

j
4

j
j j j j j j j j
> > >
R L L R R L L R r L l R L l R r L R r L l

> > > > > > > > > > > >
j
j j

j j j
j j j
j j j

j
Tenors

j

j

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
R L L R R L L R r L l R L l R r L R r L l

.. .. ..
5 BD's ... ... ...

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Snare
5


j
j

j

j

j

j
6

j
j j j j j j j j
> > > > > > > > >
R L L R R L L R l L r R L r R l L R l L r

> > > > > j>

j j j

j
j j j
j

j

j j

j j j
Tenors

> > > > > > > > > > > j > > >j >
R L L R R L L R l L r R L r R l L R l L r

5 BD's

pg 15
 Malfred
q124 by Scott Johnson

44 4
2 3

Snare

> > > >

r r r r l l l l r r l l l l r r l l r r r r l l

44

Tenors

r r r r L r r l r r r r l l l l

muffle r j r j
. . ..
44 .... . .... ... .

5 BD's

r r r r r l

> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
5 12 - 4

Snare
j

j

j

j
6 j

j
7 j

j

j

j
8

j

j

j

j

f 12 - 4 >
> >
R l r L r l r L r l R l r l r l R l r L r l r r r r l l l l r l R l r L r l r L r l R l r l r l r r L r l R l r L r l R l r l r

> > > > > > > > > >
j j
j j
j j
j
j
j

> >

j j j j j
Tenors
j

f> > > > > > > > > > >
R l r L r l r L r l R l r l r l R l r L r l r r r r l l l l r l R l r L r l r L r l R l r l r l R l r L r l R l r r L r l R l r

>
> >
5 BD's
j

j

f
R l R l r R l R r r r r R l R R l R l r R l R r r r r

> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Snare
9

j

j

j

j
10 j

j
11 j

j

j

j
12

j

j

j

j

> >
L r l R l r l R l r L r l r l r L r l R l r l l l l r r r r l r L r l R l r l R l r L r l r l r l r L r l R l r l l R l r L r l

> > > > > > > > > > > >

j j j j
j j j j j j j j j j
Tenors

> > > > > > > > > > > >
L r l R l r l R l r L r l r l r L r l R l r l l l l r r r r l r L r l R l r l R l r L r l r l r l r L r l R l r l l R l r L r l

> >
j
j
5 BD's

L r L r l L r L l l l l L r L L r L r l L r L l l l l

pg 18