Skeleton sheet. This chapter has the metadata block and Core / Rotation / Reference tables but has not yet been rewritten to the shape of chapter-01.md and chapter-02.md—no first-session walkthrough, no worked advancement example, no per-exercise rationale. See chapter-template.md for the shape this sheet will take when filled, and DEVELOPMENT.md “Things to do later” for the outstanding propagation work.
Session role: focus block.
Every session opens with warm-up on the current R&L Ch. 1 exercises before you work this chapter. Baseline 30-min session: ~7–8 min warm-up (Ch. 1) → ~15 min focus (this chapter) → ~5–6 min application → ~2 min cool-down. Full detail in approach.md §6.
Second chapter of Stage 3 (approach.md §5). Unlike Ch. 6, this chapter has only Warm-Ups and Beats—no Fills section—because the density is high enough that the beat is already doing the fill’s job. Expect this chapter to feel harder than Ch. 6 despite the notation looking similar; the subdivision is twice as dense.
R&L flags a specific placement pitfall for this chapter: with 16th-note triplets and a strong-foot lead, the backbeat lands with the strong foot—the opposite of 8th-note triplets. That reversal is easy to miss and is worth calling out on every session until it becomes automatic. R&L also notes you can play any non-triplet 16ths straight or swung, and that a few beats are not written strong-foot lead—the printed footing is a starting point rather than the only choice.
The bpm defaults come from the triplet-material row of approach.md §4 (start 40 bpm, target ~110 bpm). Because the subdivision is denser, the real starting bpm will often be well below 40—drop until the pattern is clean.
| Ex. | Section | Role | Start | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warm-Ups | Alternating 16th-note triplets (RLRL, right lead) | 40 bpm | 110 bpm |
| 2 | Warm-Ups | Alternating 16th-note triplets, weak-foot lead | 40 bpm | 100 bpm |
| 5 | Warm-Ups | Extended alternating pattern | 40 bpm | 110 bpm |
| 9 | Beats | First beat with 16th-note triplet feet | 40 bpm | 110 bpm |
| 11 | Beats | 16th-note triplet beat, second placement | 40 bpm | 110 bpm |
| Ex. | Section | Role | Start | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Warm-Ups | Grouped footing variant | 40 bpm | 110 bpm |
| 7 | Warm-Ups | RRL / LLR groupings | 40 bpm | 110 bpm |
| 13 | Beats | Beat variant with printed alternative footing | 40 bpm | 110 bpm |
| 17 | Beats | Denser 16th-note triplet beat | 40 bpm | 110 bpm |
Warm-Ups 4, 6, 8 are the footing pairs to their odd-numbered neighbours. The later Beats build density and syncopation on top of the core patterns—sample rather than checklist. R&L’s own point about strong-foot vs printed footing applies here: if a beat looks stubborn, try the alternative footing before giving up on it.
Log this chapter’s work with the exercise number prefixed by 7.—for example 7.9 48 bpm 5 min near weak-foot. See approach.md §8.