TRADING FOURS - ROCK EDITION - 100 BPM

I created this years ago (and will eventually update it). I use this technique with students during lessons to help them be creative and develop ideas using dynamics, voicing, orchestration, musicality, humor, theatrics, etc. Most importantly to develop being musical with a chance to solo. Many younger players don't have the opportunity to Trade Fours with another drummer and this is just a tool to help that.

TRADING FOURS - A technique in which musicians consistently alternate brief solos of pre-set length (for trading fours, four bars; musicians may also trade twos, eights, and so forth). Trading fours usually occurs after each musician has had a chance to play a solo, and often involves alternating four-bar segments with the drummer.