Re: Foot timing

[Bernhard Wagner LD <loopdelightml-NDI3MDE=-@bernhardwagner.net>]

For guitarists:

1 e + a 2 e + a
D U D U D U D U

D = down stroke
U = up   stroke

So if you practice entering at any of the subdivisions it helps to  
silently do the down/up strokes before actually entering. Or play  
them as ghost notes.

A fun (mental) exercise is also to practice every rhythm starting  
with an upstroke instead of a downstroke, i.e.

1 e + a 2 e + a
U D U D U D U D

I'm not a drummer, but I sometimes do the same exercises with left/ 
right hand instead of down/up stroke. Or I take a drumming exercise  
and replace L, R by U, D...

Bernhard

samba wrote:

> One can focus on counting the spaces as well as the down
> beats,1e + a 2e + a etc,and practice entering on each of the  
> subdivisions.