Smooth It Out

Practice speed and texture changes, and clean transitions between them, in this isolation drill. Build a texture, then change it fast. The first eight counts are all melt: smooth, continuous, with no stops. Next, add a solid hit on the one and five, as if cement is drying and then softening again.

The third level fuses the two. Small hits sit inside the eight count, some close together and some far apart. Speed up for the finish.

Make a stop a stop and a melt a melt, then keep the changeover tight. Sit in a chair if you like.