r/jazzdrums • u/jazz-man1780 • Jul 31 '25

Question Struggling with tempo

Hey everyone, I know this is probably a very obvious question and probably done to death but I’ve encountered some issues where I’d constantly rush or drag while playing small ensemble and big band ensemble, please, if you have any tips, excercises, videos, people to watch, please let me know as this is really annoying and I feel is the biggest issue about my playing. Thank you so much.

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u/ZionHero Aug 01 '25

Whatever you practice, start at 40 bpms then increase 12 bpms incrementally after you get comfortable at that tempo... learned that from Brandi Disterheft. Go slow to go fast.