John Bonham

Hands · 50–160 BPM

You alternate hands, one hit each, non-stop. You do NOT stay on the snare: every bar your hands move to a different drum so your arms learn to travel.

Goal: Even singles that stay even while your arms travel around the kit

Hands · 50–140 BPM

Each hand plays twice before you swap. First hit is powered by your wrist, second hit is the stick bouncing.

Goal: Clean doubles you can move onto any drum

Hands · 55–130 BPM

Every beat has 4 notes. The first one is loud (stick starts high), the other three are whispers (stick stays 2cm off the drum).

Goal: You control volume, not the stick

Hands · 55–130 BPM

Ghost notes are snare hits played so quietly the stick barely leaves the head. They fill in the funk groove between the loud backbeats without stealing attention from them.

Goal: Funky pocket built from dynamic contrast, not extra notes

Hands · 50–140 BPM

You play the exact same sticking the whole time — only the volume changes, climbing one step every bar from a whisper up to as loud as you can play cleanly, then back down.

Goal: Full conscious control over dynamics at any speed

Independence · 50–120 BPM

Your left foot closes the hi-hat on the '&' — the space between the numbers. Most drummers' left foot is asleep; this wakes it up.

Goal: An independent left foot that keeps the pulse for you

Double Kick · 50–130 BPM

Your feet play 3 notes per beat, forever. Your hands come off the snare and walk down: snare → Tom 1 → Tom 2 → floor tom. This is the Glass Prison / power-fill sound.

Goal: Power fills with continuous double kick underneath

Double Kick · 55–130 BPM

Same 16th note double kick, but treated like gym intervals. You play until the timer stops you, then rest completely.

Goal: Hold your tempo for 60 seconds with no tension

Progressive & Odd Time · 50–120 BPM

Fills are harder in odd time because the bar ends one note earlier than you expect. This exercise trains you to plan a fill that fits inside a shortened bar and still resolves cleanly.

Goal: Fills that work naturally inside odd time signatures

Independence · 45–110 BPM

Each limb gets its own distinct part: right hand plays quarters, left hand plays an offbeat pattern, right foot plays a syncopated kick, left foot ticks 8ths. None of the four parts are the same rhythm.

Goal: True four-way independence with four genuinely different rhythms

Independence · 50–130 BPM

Half-time means the snare only lands once a bar (on beat 3) so everything feels slower and heavier. Keep your left foot ticking underneath so the pulse never disappears.

Goal: Holding an underlying pulse during quiet sections

Progressive & Odd Time · 55–160 BPM

No grid, no tab. You play music and deliberately drop in at least three things you practised in this session.

Goal: Turn exercises into music