Meinl Cymbals 12 Split Tone Practice Pad, Anika Nilles Signature for Drum Training and Workouts—Three Different Surfaces for

The Split Tone Pad consists of three distinct surfaces that offer different feels and volume levels, along with a reduced rebound section on the back. It is designed to train more than a simple rudiment. With the Split Tone Pad, you can creatively mold your own systematic approach to advance your consistency, accuracy in unisons, hand independence and muscle strength. The power of this pad is in its ability to train your ears and mind for a better understanding of rhythms. The primary pad (middle) has a regular tone and feel. Here, you can practice your hand exercises normally. Secondary pads (red dots) have a louder and higher sound compared to the primary pad. Switching between using only your left or right hand in these areas with the opposite hand in the middle splits your hands into two different sounds, which enables you to hear familiar rhythms from a different perspective. The soft oval shape near the top is the muted section. By playing your full patterns on the primary pad and moving one hand at a time to this section, you hear the opposite hand very strong and loud while the hand playing the muted area becomes silent. This allows you to focus your attention strongly on one hand to pinpoint and smooth out any weakness. 4. The back of the pad has a special surface with less rebound to warm up your muscles quickly and gain power. This side also doubles as a non-slip layer when playing the pad on flat surfaces. Dive deep into your timing and understanding of rhythms — the Anika Nilles 12 Split Tone Pad provides you with three distinctly different sounding surfaces, each with their own feel, to isolate and develop your hands as well as train your ears The front side — the primary pad gives you a classic tone and feel, two secondary pads (red dots) have a higher and louder tone with a harder feel to dissect your hands, and the soft muted section (oval shape) has no sound to completely isolate your hands The back side — on the back side of the pad is a special foam surface with reduced rebound to warm up your muscles quickly and gain power — this side also doubles as a non-slip layer when playing the pad on flat surfaces Mold your own unique practice approach — with the Split Tone Pad, you can creatively mold your own systematic approach to advance your consistency, accuracy in unisons, hand independence and muscle strength Go beyond hand strength — the power of this pad is in its ability to train your ears and mind for a better understanding of rhythms — by isolating your hands, you hear how patterns work and how some don't so you can apply that knowledge to the full kit.Includes sample exercises written by Anika — with this pad comes a couple of exercies written by Anika that demonstrate how the multiple surfaces work and how the pad can be used to create your own practice system.