{"id":21813,"date":"2020-02-07T08:25:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T16:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=21813"},"modified":"2022-08-22T08:51:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:51:26","slug":"four-limb-single-stroke-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/four-limb-single-stroke-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Try This Four Limb Coordination Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xaTQZfa09eA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gregg Bissonette calls it a &#8216;four limb single stroke roll&#8217;, which involves two and four limb coordination. You can alternate this roll between your limbs like this:<\/p>\n<p>Right hand, right foot<br \/>\nLeft hand, right foot<br \/>\nRight hand, left foot<br \/>\nLeft hand, left foot<\/p>\n<p>Not only will this exercise help with your note spacing, but it&#8217;s a cool idea to use in a solo or at the end of a song.<\/p>\n<p>Gregg suggests playing a roll between your left hand right foot while your right hand plays a pattern on the ride cymbal. You might even try striking a tom with your left hand and playing right-left on a double pedal as your right hand keeps the pattern going (watch the video to see what this looks like).<\/p>\n<p>One of Gregg&#8217;s &#8216;what are you playing&#8217; moments comes from Vinnie Colaiuta: RH LF LH RF<\/p>\n<p>When he was learning it, he found that if he phrased it like a triplet, he &#8216;forgot&#8217; about his feet. Gregg recommends leading with the hands and letting your feet fall into place.<\/p>\n<p>Take it slow and be patient!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregg Bissonette calls it a &#8216;four limb single stroke roll&#8217;, which involves two and four limb coordination. It can be difficult at first &#8211; try it yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":21818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4029,4018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice-tips","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21816,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21813\/revisions\/21816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}