Pad Lesson: Herta Madness

Ready to break out your practice pad? This is a great control exercise centered around the Herta. A Herta is two 16th notes followed by two 8th notes (though it could be doubled or halved or whatever) typically played as single strokes, see the chorus for “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stoneage for a good example of hertas. But this exercise is about keeping the same rhythm but switching the sticking. Having a nice control over double strokes, and then being about to lead with the left for the second half. Give it a shot and let me know what you think!