Inverted Paradiddle & Back to Basics

I went to work early today and managed to get a good 40 minutes practice in before my first lesson. I focused on improvising using (mainly) different orchestrations of the inverted paradiddle and inverted version of what Todd Sucherman calls the "half paradiddle" working up the metronome and trying to start phrases in different places.

After work I got a quick game of tennis in and then sat down to get to grips with my (somewhat out of shape) piano skills. I've decided to review some old material to get back into the swing of things so I started with C major and A minor scales, hands separately at crotchet = 66 and C Major arpeggio at crotchet = 58

I ran through the Duncombe Gavot (the first piece I learned) and worked through it at crotchet 60, 70, 80, 90, 100. Things are starting to come back to me.

I only did fifteen minutes today but I'm trying to ease myself back into things and schedule around work, drum practice, tennis etc.

...off to the practice pad!