Drum Magazine Video Lesson: The Pyramid Warmup, By Anika Nilles

Get Your Free DRUM! Mag Pack ► From Drum Magazine’s April 2018 issue. Text, music, and video lesson by Anika Nilles. To see the written exercise, go to . Here is a warm-up lesson in 4/4 that focuses on the transitions between quarter-note subdivisions ranging from four to eight notes. The idea of switching between subdivision rates may seem easy at first, but it’s actually a challenge to make those transitions sound smooth and natural while playing them in an even flow. This warmup gives you a way to practice such transitions.