Game Changing Five Min. Warm Up - Drum Lesson

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Drummers, this five-minute warm-up has completely changed the way I feel on the drum set—physically, mentally, and creatively.
Whether you’re jumping from a practice pad to your acoustic kit, or (like me) walking on stage at a drum clinic/festival to play a totally foreign setup, these five one-minute exercises will get you acquainted with the drum kit FAST!

The Routine:
1️⃣ Pedal Focus – Get your foot and pedal tension dialed in.
2️⃣ Sweet-Spot Hands – Move around the kit, aim for the center of each drum, avoid the rims.
3️⃣ Linear Flow – Tighten the conversation between hands and foot.
4️⃣ Four-Way Independence – Simple or complex, all limbs working together.
5️⃣ Creative Brain Warm-Up – Improvise with a restriction to spark ideas.

⏱️Set a timer: one minute per exercise, five minutes total.
Try these or create your own versions—then tell me in the comments which exercises you came up with!

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►Notation for this lesson...
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Endorsements
• Gretsch Drums
• Meinl Cymbals
• Evans Drum Heads
• Vic Firth Sticks
• DW Hardware
• Audio Technica Microphones
• 64 Audio In Ears

0:00 Intro
1:20 Warm Up One
2:45 Warm up Two
3:57 Warm Up Three
5:55 Warm Up Four
8:00 Warm Up Five
9:00 Recap

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