Make your Single Strokes sound Awesome in 3 easy steps !

Step 1: Practice the basic Left, Right single strokes at various tempos using a metronome on a pad for a long time until you are comfortable playing slow to fast tempos ( 50-200 bpm)  while counting loudly at given metronome speed for full exercise,

Bar 1-4 Quarter Notes  = 1,2,3,4......2,2,3,4....3,2,3,4....4,2,3,4

Bar 5-8 Eight Notes = 1&2&3&4&.....2&2&3&4&....3&2&3&4&.......4&2&3&4&

Bar 9-12 Triplets = 1&A2&A3&A4&A......2&A2&A3&A4&A...3&A2&A3&A4&A...4&A2&A3&A4&A

Bar 13-16 Sixteenth Notes =  1E&A,2E&A,3E&A,4E&A...2E&A,2E&A,3E&A,4E&A...3E&A,2E&A,3E&A,4E&A..4E&A,2E&A,3E&A,4E&A

Step 2: Now continue Step 1 while Accenting certain notes consistently on each bar. For example start with quarter notes for first set of practice and then gradually move to different sub divisions in following sets of bars

Step 3 : Now move to the drum set and play Step 2 while moving the Accents to the Toms while keeping rest of beats on the Snare drum

Now, how does that sound ? Feels and sounds better right ? Want to go a step further ? Then here's a tip..

TIP: Incorporate the Bass drum in place of the accents...

Once you master these step then let your imagination take over to discover your own cool ways to make the single strokes awesome when applying to different licks !