Extreme Hands Makeover

Getting Started / Tour
Traditional Grip Introduction
Step 1 – Free stroke isolated (stopping in between)
Step 2 – Free stroke strung together (8 on a hand)
2 Workouts
Chop Builder 1 – 8 On a Hand (8-8-16)
Chop Builder 2 – 8 On a Hand (R-B-L-B)
Step 3 – Free stroke isolated – Trigger finger
Step 4 – Free stroke strung together – Trigger Finger
Step 5 – Free stroke finger adder (via 8’s)
Step 6 – Free stroke 8th/16th single strokes (Purple Singles)
9 Workouts
Purple Singles
16/32nd Build Up
44.1 – Singles – 12th/24th Build-Up
44.2 – Single 3
44.3 – Single 4
44.4 – Single 5
44.5 – Single 7
44.6 – Single 9
44.7 – Hairtas
Step 7 – French Grip 8’s
1 Workout
Chop Builder 3 – French Grip 8 on a Hand (R-B-L-B)
Step 8 – Free stroke Doubles
3 Workouts
Irish Spring
Inverted Diddles
44.8 – Double Stroke Roll
Step 9 – Free stroke triples
3 Workouts
Triple Beat
44.13 – Triple Stroke Roll
44.14 – 1-2-3’s
Step 10 – Triple Strokes French Grip
1 Workout
Chop Builder 4 – French Triples
Step 11 – Fast roll forearm pump with buzz
3 Workouts
Chop Builder 5 – Buzz Roll Builder
Buzz Roll
44.16 – Buzz Roll
Step 12 – Fast roll forearm pump with open rolls
2 Workouts
Chop Builder 6 – Fast Roll Builder
Up-tempo Higga-Digga-Burr
Step 13 – The Four Basic Strokes – Accent-Tap 8/4/2/1 Exercise
2 Workouts
Chop Builder 7 – 8-4-2-1 Accent Tap
Chop Builder 26 – Bucks
Step 14 – Accent-Tap two hand interleaved
5 Workouts
Chop Builder 8 – 4-3-2 Bucks
Chop Builder 9 – Duple 4-2-1 Accent
Chop Builder 10 – Triple 4-2-1 Accent Tap
Chop Builder 20 – 5-lets Move the Accent
Chop Builder 21 – 5-let Accent Adder
Step 15 – Inverting shot diddles (for doubles)
Step 16 – Diddle accents
2 Workouts
Accented Drag Shifter
44.22 – Diddle Accent
Step 17 – Paradiddle (Huck, ga-dick)
3 Workouts
Chop Builder 11 – Huck, ga-dicks (R-both-L-both)
Paradiddle Builder
44.18 – Paradiddle
Step 18 – Flam accent (Huck-dig-a-dick)
3 Workouts
Chop Builder 12 – Huck, dig-a-dick (R-both-L-both)
44.24 – Flam Accent
Flam Accent – Hands Separate/Hands Together
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Purple Singles

Extreme Hands Makeover Step 6 – Free stroke 8th/16th single strokes (Purple Singles) Purple Singles

Purple Singles is a simple and eternally beneficial exercise to build your flow with the single stroke roll. It’s all about successive identical free strokes, just dribble the sticks and get out of your own way. If you feel like you’re being too lazy or cheating, you’re probably doing it right.

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