Simmons SD1 - Follow Me Exercise; Gradual Up;Down Exercise; Understanding BPM

SD1 User’s Manual
digital drum kit
In this mode, the metronome sound plays a pattern and then goes silent for
a bar or more, doing so in one of the selected patterns. This cycle will repeat
untilyoupressthe[START/STOP]buttontostoptheexercise.
Thereare4typestochoosefrom:
F-1:1measurecycle,(thismeansonemeasurewillplayatnormal
volume&onemeasurewillplaymuted)
F-2:2measurecycle
F-3:4measurecycle
F-4:8measurecycle
Pressthe[+]or[-]buttonstoselecttheexercisetype.
Pressthe[START/STOP]buttontostartorstoptheexercise.
This function is designed to improve your playing stamina by
increasing and decreasing the metronome speed. The tempo
will increase until it reaches the max tempo you set, then it
will decrease until it reaches the original tempo.
The starting tempo is whatever the metronome is set at before
youstarttoplay.Themaxtempocanbesetbypressing[TEMPO]
during the exercise, when it reaches the speed you want. It will then
automatically begin to count down.
There are 5 tempo variation types to choose from:
G-1Thetempowillincreaseordecreaseby1BPMoneverybeat.
G-2Thetempowillincreaseordecreaseby1BPMeverytwobeat.
G-3Thetempowillincreaseordecreaseby2BPMevery8measures.
G-4Thetempowillincreaseordecreaseby5BPMevery8measures.
G-5Ifyouplaycorrectlyforeightmeasuresthedrumwillacknowledge
this and advance 5 BPM faster.
What is BPM?
BPMisanabbreviationfor“beatsperminute”(numberofquarter-note
beatsinaone-minuteperiod).Itisalsoreferredtoastempo.
Pressthe[+]or[-]buttonstoselecttheexercisetype.
Pressthe[START/STOP]buttontostartorstoptheexercise
TEMP O
follow me
graDUAL UP/DOWN
12