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DOUNDOUN PRACTICE PATTERNSThis is the handout I've given the group I'm working with for what I think of as the fundamental bell patterns for doundoun. My experience is that once the bell patterns are learned with the resulting speed, flexibility and "time sense" programmed into the "weak" hand, then the drum/stick hand can follow. I play the patterns I want them to practice at home and ask them to tape record as a audio reference for feel. Practice at ever increasing tempos... x = bell o = open stroke m = closed of muff stroke The beginning sequence of patterns to work on in the 4/4 set are: #1A, bell on the pulses #1A, doubletime bell #2A bell as shown #3A " " " #6A " " " Begin with grooving each individually, until each pattern is comfortable at higher speeds. Then work on practicing them as a series, playing each 8 times and then going on to the next to develop flexibility. Once this sequence can be played, then they work on reversing the press and open notes, in this sequence: #1A, bell on the pulses #1A, doubletime bell #1B " " #2A bell as shown #2B " " " #3A " " " #3B " " " #6A " " " #6B " " " The patterns should be practiced with a metronome or drum machine, with attention to feeling the 4-pulse on the drum hand working inside the bell patterns. Also work on the press or muff technique.
4/4 Djun Practice Patterns - 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . :| Bell x . (x) . x . (x) . x . (x) . x . (x) . Drum o . . . m . . . o . . . m . . . #1A Drum m . . . o . . . m . . . o . . . #1B Drum o o . . o o . . o o . . o o . . #1C Drum . . o . . . o . . . o . . . o . #1D Drum . . o o . . o o . . o o . . o o #1E Bell x x . . x x . . x x . . x x . . Drum o . . . . . . . o . o . . . . . #1F __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . :| Bell x . . x . . x . x . . x . . x . Drum o . . . m . . . o . . . m . . . #2A Drum m . . . o . . . m . . . o . . . #2B Bell x . . . x . . . x . . . x . . . Drum o . . o . . o . o . . o . . o . #2C Drum o . . m . . o . o . . m . . o . #2D Drum m . . o . . m . m . . o . . m . #2E __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . :| Bell x x x x x x x x x x Drum o . . . m . . . o . . . m . . . #3A Drum m . . . o . . . m . . . o . . . #3B Drum . . o . . . o . . . o . . . o . #3C Bell x . . . x . . . x . . . x . . . Drum o . o o . o o . o . o o . o o . #3D Drum m . o o . o o . m . o o . o o . #3E __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . :| Bell x . x x . x x . x . x x . x x . Drum m . . o . . o . m . . o . . o . #4A Drum o . . m . . m . o . . m . . m . #4B Drum m . o . . o . . m . o . . o . . #4C Drum o . m . . m . . o . m . . m . . #4D 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . :| Drum m . . o . o . . m . . o . o . . #4E Drum o . . m . m . . o . . m . m . . #4F Drum m . o . . . o . m . o . . . o . #4G Drum o . m . . . m . o . m . . . m . #4H __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . :| Bell x x . x . x x . x x . x . x x . Drum o . . . m . . . o . . . m . . . #5A Drum m . . . o . . . m . . . o . . . #5B Bell x . . . x . . . x . . . x . . . Drum o o . o . o o . o o . o . o o . #5C Drum o o . m . o o . o o . m . o o . #5D __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . :| Bell x x x x x x x x x x Drum o . . . m . . . o . . . m . . . #6A Drum m . . . o . . . m . . . o . . . #6B Bell x . . . x . . . x . . . x . . . Drum o . o o . o . o o . o . o o . o #6C Drum o . o o . m . o o . m . o o . o #6D
12/8 Djun Practice Patterns In this series, begin with #1A, #1B and #1C as a series. Then move on to #2 series, then #3 series, etc. 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Bell x . x . x x . x . x . x Drum m . . o . . m . . o . . #1A Drum o . . m . . o . . m . . #1B Bell x . . x . . x . . x . . Drum o . (o) . (o) (o) . o . o . o #1C a b c Once you have mastered #1C, then leave out note "a", then leave out "a + b", then leave out "a, b + c" ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Bell x . x . x . x x . x . x; xDrum m . . o . . m . . o . . #2A Drum o . . m . . o . . m . . #2B Bell x . . x . . x . . x . . Drum o . (o) . (o) . (o) o . o . o #2C a b c (Same as above) OR: choose "a, b or c" and play as press (i) notes __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Bell x . x . x . x . x x . x Drum m . . o . . m . . o . . #3A Drum o . . m . . o . . m . . #3B
Bell x . . x . . x . . x . . Drum o . o . o . o . o o . o #3C __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Bell x . x x . x x . x x . x Drum m . . o . . m . . o . . #4A Drum o . . m . . o . . m . . #4B Bell x . . x . . x . . x . . Drum o . o o . o o . o o . o #4C __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Bell x x . x x . x x . x x . Drum m . . o . . m . . o . . #5A Drum o . . m . . o . . m . . #5B Bell x . . x . . x . . x . . Drum o o . o o . o o . o o . #5C __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Bell . x x . x x . x x . x x Drum m . . o . . m . . o . . #6A Drum o . . m . . o . . m . . #6B Bell x . . x . . x . . x . . Drum . o o . o o . o o . o o #6C __________________________________________________________________________ 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . Bell x . . x . . x . . x . . Drum . o . o . m . o . o . m #7A Drum . o o . . m . o o . . m #7B Drum . . o o . m . . o o . m #7C
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