Practicing Scales and Rudiments

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04bd4c03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FF6600" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mr. Siegel's Web Site</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT> |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mr. Siegels Web Site"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Practice Tips: General Tips and Instruc"><U> Practice Tips: General Tips and Instructions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips: How Do You Know If You A"><U>Practice Tips:  How Do You Know If You Are Playing Correctly?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips Divide and Conquer"><U>Practice Tips - Divide and Conquer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips: How Do You Know If You A"><U>Practice Tips:  How Do You Know If You Are Playing Correctly?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practicing Scales and Rudiments"><U>Practicing Scales and Rudiments</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips: Practice Daily as Part o"><U>Practice Tips:  Practice Daily as Part of Your Homework</U></A>   |   <B>Practicing Scales and Rudiments</B>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips Divide and Conquer"><U>Practice Tips - Divide and Conquer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips: Setup a Practice Routine"><U>Practice Tips:  Setup a Practice Routine</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Practice Tips: You Need To Be The Teach"><U>Practice Tips:  You Need To Be The Teacher At Home</U></A></div> <div> <B>Practicing Scales and Rudiments</B></div> <div> When practicing scales always say what is in the key sign before you play a scale.  If you play it perfectly the first time, then that is your license to go to the next scale.  If you make a mistake then the "Three Time Rule" applies.  </div> <bR> <div> Drummers should practice rudiments with the "1 MINUTE RULE".  When you can play a rudiment for 1 minute without messing up at a steady speed, then you have earned the license to go faster.  </div> <bR> <div> You'll find that if you practice this way, your skills will develop at a more rapid pace and you will be much more likely to "catch the fish"!  </div> <bR> <div> When practicing your chromatic scales and paradiddles (drummers) practice them slowly and accurately.  For the chromatic scale - when you can do it 3 times accurately, then you have earned your license to go faster.  With the paradiddles and double paradiddles, when you can go 1 minute without messing up at a steady speed, then you have earned a license to go faster.  </div> <div> (more) </div> </td> </tr></table></body>