Charles Prosser
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Pages 5-7 of George Stone's Stick Control book show 72 Single Beat Combination exercises. These each consist of 2 measures of 8th notes, each one played with either the right stick or the left stick. There are 16 notes in each exercise and 2 choices of sticking for each note. So there are 2^16 or 65,536 such exercises possible. I'm curious why George Stone chose these 72 exercises of the 65,536 possible. Are these the best ones for developing stick control? Are practicing the others less ideal or possibly detrimental to developing stick control?
It appears George Stone defines an ordered list of the 16 possible 4 sticking 'primitives' (eg RLRL, LRLR, RRLL, LLRR, etc), and pairs each one with itself, and with each one lower in the list, with some variations and exceptions. It would be possible to generate exercises by randomly picking and combining 4 of the primitives.
I appreciate any constructive thoughts or comments.
It appears George Stone defines an ordered list of the 16 possible 4 sticking 'primitives' (eg RLRL, LRLR, RRLL, LLRR, etc), and pairs each one with itself, and with each one lower in the list, with some variations and exceptions. It would be possible to generate exercises by randomly picking and combining 4 of the primitives.
I appreciate any constructive thoughts or comments.