I'm looking for two things:

1) A quick warm-up routine, involving all the basic rudiments (single stroke, double stroke, triple stroke, diddles, flams, drags) so that I can turn my metronome on and play in about 10 minutes.

2) A similar exercise that I can quickly work on to improve my chops by gradually increasing the speed, lasting about 15 minutes.

I don't know if this would mean starting out slow and speeding up to a max tempo, playing a long time at a comfortable tempo, starting at a fast tempo, etc.. What do you guys do?

I used to spend hours playing rudiments, but that was all I did. Now that I play other stuff (transcribe and learn new songs, work on jazz independence, grooves, fills, etc), I need to be able to sit down and get going quick, since practice time is limited.

What do you suggest I do for a warm-up routine like this? What do you guys do? If you already have a similar routine, that's even better; post it!

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Hmmm... Somehow I missed that one when I was looking through the 5-minute lessons. What do you mean by full strokes? I didn't find a definition anywhere, but I assume it's just the maximum height your wrists will go when playing a single stroke.

Off to practice right now!