{"id":46117,"date":"2023-06-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=46117"},"modified":"2023-06-16T09:46:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T16:46:37","slug":"travis-barker-warmup-rudiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/travis-barker-warmup-rudiments\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Barker&#8217;s Favorite Warm-Up (Hint: It&#8217;s Rudiments)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xJBPUF4xnEs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travis Barker has been playing rudiments his entire life. Well, almost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a kid, when Animal&#8217;s drumming on The Muppets blew his mind, his parents supported his venture in the school band. Around the age of 5, his teacher taught him basic rudiments and how to read music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/blink-182-travis-barker-genius\/\">blink-182 drummer<\/a> drifted away from his rudimental drumming in his early teens as he was more interested in playing along to bands like Agnostic Front, Metallica and Beastie Boys (undoubtedly a better soundtrack for his skater lifestyle).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, he lost his mother a few days before high school started and was looking for something to take his mind off the tragedy. He kept hearing, &#8220;Everyone&#8217;s auditioning for drumline,&#8221; and he knew he needed to join. He tried out and got in, and drumline became a deep dive into rudiments and marching style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Needless to say, he&#8217;s been hooked ever since, and those drumline chops have forever become ingrained in Travis&#8217; drumming vocabulary. It&#8217;s one reason he&#8217;s such a unique punk rock drummer, and now you get to steal his actual routine to add some spice to your practice time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Travis Barker&#8217;s favorite rudiments<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been paying attention to his body of work, you won&#8217;t be surprised when we tell you how often Travis Barker infuses rudiments into his drum parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a flam six after the intro of &#8220;Dysentery Gary&#8221; to hi-hat double strokes in &#8220;After Midnight&#8221; and a six stroke roll in the build before the final chorus of &#8220;All The Small Things&#8221;, Travis says rudiments are &#8220;really hidden everywhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blink 182 - All The Small Things (Best live after reunit) HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OVtlBLBsXGo?start=153&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are his four favorite rudiments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Flams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An essential rudiment every drummer should know, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/flam\/\">flam<\/a> often appears in Travis&#8217; drumming. One of his favorite warm-ups is to first alternate single strokes, then alternate flams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ruds-20-flam.svg\" alt=\"how to play a flam (drum notation)\" class=\"wp-image-46547\" width=\"841\" height=\"65\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The flam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Six stroke rolls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travis loves his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/six-stroke-roll\/\">six stroke rolls<\/a> (RLLRRL), especially when he&#8217;s moving it around the kit. He says he sometimes adds a double stroke on the bass drum at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ruds-08-6sr.svg\" alt=\"how to play a six stroke roll (drum notation)\" class=\"wp-image-46551\" width=\"839\" height=\"92\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The six stroke roll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Paradiddles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/single-paradiddle\/\">paradiddle<\/a> (RLRR LRLL) is a classic, so it&#8217;s no surprise it&#8217;s one of Travis&#8217; faves. Try accenting the first note of each grouping:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ruds-16-single-paradiddle.svg\" alt=\"how to play a paradiddle (drum notation)\" class=\"wp-image-46550\" width=\"841\" height=\"87\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The single paradiddle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Inverted paradiddles <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inverted paradiddle (RLLR LRRL) moves the double stroke to the middle of the pattern &#8211; so instead of RLRR, it&#8217;s RLLR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/app\/uploads\/2023\/06\/inverted-paradiddle-2.svg\" alt=\"how to play an inverted paradiddle (drum notation)\" class=\"wp-image-46553\" width=\"841\" height=\"64\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The inverted paradiddle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Travis Barker&#8217;s favorite warmup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of playing rudiments like these to warm up his hands and arms, Travis also gets the blood flowing in his bass drum foot with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/bass-drum-secrets-el-estepario-part-1\/\">alternating hand-foot exercises<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the video at the top of this page to see him demo it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Play triplets on your hands, accenting every three notes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next, add your bass drum in between the hands (alternate RH, RF, LH, RF, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slowly speed up in increments of 5 BPM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once he&#8217;s gone through this warm-up (and then some), Travis is ready to crush a long, energetic set. What do you think? Try it for yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now&#8217;s your chance to steal Travis Barker&#8217;s warm-up routine &#8211; even if you aren&#8217;t preparing to play with blink-182.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":46578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4027,4029,4018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hand-technique","category-practice-tips","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46117"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46595,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46117\/revisions\/46595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}