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Single Stroke Roll Workout

Single Stroke Roll Workout Work hard to improve your single stroke rolls This Is The Single Stroke Roll Workout Welcome to the Single Stroke Roll Workout. Here we will work you hard to improve your single strokes.This drum lesson breaks down some great exercises for the single stroke roll and works you hard. It also incorporates both feet for some four limb independence.The single stroke roll is arguably the most important rudiment and yet we often overlook it because it seems very easy. And it is. But we still want to develop great technique and learn how to use the…

Using Cowbell Grooves In Music

Using Cowbell Grooves In Music Learn how to use the cowbell in a song This Is The Using Cowbell Grooves In Music Lesson Welcome to the using cowbell grooves in music drum lesson. Here we will learn how to use the cowbell in songs to create funky drum grooves..In this drum lesson we will learn an awesome cowbell drum beat and then look at how to apply it to music. We will see how it connects with the other instruments and locks in with them. We will then check out transitions from one section of the song to another using…

Should Left Handed Drummers Play Open Handed?

Should Left Handed Drummers Play Open Handed? We are breaking down the options for left handed drummers How should left handed drums play? We are asking the question, "Should Left Handed Drummers Play Open Handed?"How should left handed drummers play? There are a few options for lefties and I've taught them all to students.But I always like to present the options and talk over the pros and cons, and then let them decide how they want to play.There are examples of great drummers playing in all of the various options for left handed drummers so I don't believe there is…

Push Pull Technique

Push Pull Technique Lesson Learn how to use the push pull drum technique This Is The Push Pull Technique Lesson Welcome to the push pull technique lesson. In this drum lesson we break down what the push pull technique is, how to execute it and we learn some grooves that you can use it in. The push pull technique is a really important drum technique that allows you to play certain patterns much more efficiently.This is important when playing a whole song or even a long show. If you play without good technique you will be stiff and waste energy. That…

1970s Funk Drummers

1970s Funk Drummers Learn how to play funk drums with this comprehensive funk drum course. This Is The 1970s Funk Drummers Course Welcome to the 1970s funk drummers course. Here we will learn how to play some of my favourite funk drum beats from the 1970s.The 1970s brought some awesome funk drummers who had taken on the funk blueprint that was created in the 1960s with drummers such as Clyde Stubblefield and Jabo Starks, amongst others.In this course we will focus on the funk giants Tower of Power with David Garibaldi on drums. We also delve into the Average White…

Work To Do Drum Beat

Work To Do Drum Beat Learn how to play a classic Average White Band track on drums This Is The Work To Do Drum Beat Welcome to this funky drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play the Work To Do drum beats.This is a classic track from Scottish funk band Average White Band. It features Robbie McIntosh on drums.We will break down the drum intro which features some repeated unison hits with the band, between which, Robbie adds different fills and variations. It is important to be able to do this because it's a very common technique in…

Hi-hat Barks

Hi-hat Barks Learn how to play funky hi-hat accents This Is The Hi-hat Barks Drum Lesson Welcome to the Hi-hat barks drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play funky hi-hat accents.This live drum lesson tackled a funky technique sometimes called hi-hat barks. This allows us to make staccato accents, often in syncopated phrases within the bar.It's a really cool technique and sounds awesome but isn't that difficult to execute. You just need to know the correct method and then get the timing right between the limbs.And that's exactly what you will learn in this lesson. You'll also get…

You’ve Got To Funkifize Drum Beat

You’ve Got To Funkifize Drum Beat Learn how to play an awesome funk drum beat This Is The You’ve Got To Funkifize Drum Beat Lesson Welcome to the You've Got To Funkifize drum beat lesson. Here we will learn how to play a classic funk song.This was released in 1972 on the Tower of Power album 'Bump City'.It features David Garibaldi on drums creating a very typical groove of his style. Which means it is very cool!Garibaldi has inspired so many drummers since the 1970s and is still one of the greatest funk drummers on planet earth. So any excuse…

Drum Teacher Health Check

Drum Teacher Health Check Find out how you can scale up your drum teaching business 60 Second Free Drum Teacher Health Check The drum teacher health check is a totally free opportunity to get insights into how you can improve your drum teaching business.It only takes 60 seconds to complete and you will receive feedback to help you become a drum teacher with a thriving business.This is useful to established drum teachers that want to get more drum students and it is also great for drummers at the start of their teaching journey who want to know how to start…

Subdivision Drum Challenge

Subdivision Drum Challenge Develop Your Polyrhythmic Limb Independence This Is The Subdivision Drum Challenge Welcome to the subdivision drum challenge. This will test your limb independence to the maximum. This is a real test for any drummer so get ready to work your brain hard!We will focus on the hands here and get you playing different subdivisions with each hand. Some of those are quite easy, such as eighth notes and sixteenth notes, but some are really hard. The hardest might be playing sixteenth notes with one hand and quintuplets with the other. Oh yes we do that and it's…