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Hand and Foot Call and Response Drum Lesson

Hand and Feet Call and Response Learn how to use all four limbs in a musical way This Is The Hand and Feet Call and Response Drum Lesson Welcome to the hand and feet call and response drum lesson. In this drum lesson you will be taken through a series of drum exercises that work all four of your limbs in a call and response work out. This develops your four limb independence but also builds your ability to listen and respond quickly in musical situations. This is a crucial skill for a musician. Scroll down to start the hand…

Do We Need Ghost Notes On Drums?

Do We Need Ghost Notes On Drums? Learn how to play ghost notes Do We Need Ghost Notes On Drums? Welcome to the ghost note lesson where we break down ghost notes. What are they? How do we play them? When should we use them?Ghost notes are the very soft notes that drummers play most commonly on the snare drum. We use them to create colour and texture in a groove which, ultimately, creates more complex drum beats. They work very well in funk although they can be used in any genre.To use this properly you need to develop a…

Ghost Note Drum Beats

Ghost Note Drum Beats Learn how to play funky drum beats using ghost notes This Is The Ghost Note Drum Beats Lesson Welcome to the ghost notes drum beat lesson. Ghost notes can elevate a groove to a much more complex and interesting level and really are an essential technique.Ghost notes are really just quiet notes, most commonly played on the snare drum. They make grooves instantly sound more funky but really these are used in all genres.The key to great ghost notes is mastering the dynamic so that you can play them very softly, even at faster speeds. When…

Six Eight Odd Phrasing

Six Eight Odd Phrasing Learn how to play interesting six eight grooves This Is The Six Eight Odd Phrasing Drum Lesson Welcome to the six eight odd phrasing drum lesson.Six eight is not an odd time signature and is actually one of the most common time signatures. It is usually phrased as two groups of three and that feels very natural.But what if we change the emphasis within the bar? Well if we do that we can create some very interesting phrasing. And that's what we explore in this drum lesson.This drum lesson was inspired by Ocean ColourScene's 'Riverboat Song'…

Ocean Colour Scene Drum Beats

Ocean Colour Scene Drum Beats Learn how to play Ocean Colour Scene songs on the drums This Is The Ocean Colour Scene Drum Beats Course Here we will learn how to play Ocean Colour Scene drum beats.Ocean Colour Scene were an amazing band that grew to prominence in the 1990s UK Britpop scene. Some of their best known songs were the Riverboat Song and 100 Mile High City, both of which are studied in this drum course.Oscar Harrison was responsible for the drumming and he created some really interesting grooves and fills that are loads of fun to learn and…

Blur Drum Beats

Blur Drum Beats Learn how to play drums like Dave Rowntree This Is The Blur Drum Beats Course Welcome to the Blur drum beats course where we will learn how to play drums like Dave Rowntree.Blur were one of the big bands from the 1990s Britpop era. They were powered by Dave Rowntree on drums who created some iconic grooves, not least that of Song 2 which starts the song on its own and is instantly recognisable.But there are lots of other interesting drum grooves in Blur tracks so this course breaks some of the best beats down.Scroll down to…

Britpop Drumming

Britpop Drumming Course Learn how to play drums like Oasis, Blur and Ocean Colour Scene This Is The Britpop Drumming Course Here we will learn how to play Britpop drumming. This was a genre in Britain that was popular in the 1990s. Bands such as Blur, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene and Pulp brought a sense of Britishness by borrowing heavily on culture from 1960s Britain.We will study drummers such as Tony McCarroll, Alan White, Dave Rowntree and Oscar Harrison.Each of these drummers and the bands they played with offered a very different approach to drumming and many of the drum…

1930s Swing Drumming

1930s Swing Drumming Learn how to play big band drumming This Is The 1930s Swing Drumming Course Here we will learn how to play 1930s swing drumming. This is such a cool style of drumming and I think this really benefits us as drummers no matter what genre we usually play.We will break down classic songs such as Sing, Sing, Sing with Gene Krupa on drums. But we'll also study different approaches to set up fills, band hits, reading charts and break down whole songs such as In the mood by Glen Miller and Let's dance by Benny Goodman.Scroll down…

Early Heavy Metal Drum Beats

Early Heavy Metal Drum Beats Learn how to play the drum beats of John Bonham, Bill Ward and Ian Paice This Is The Early Heavy Metal Drum Beats Course Here we will learn how to play early heavy metal drum beats.Thus was the dawn of heavy metal when the drummers got harder and louder and rock became heavy rock.The thundering grooves, the darker lyrical content and the huge riffs started us on that journey that has just kept on going ever since.And yet we still talk about the drummers from this period as our favourites.Part of that might be that…

1950s Rock and Roll Drumming

1950s Rock and Roll Drumming Learn how to play rock and roll on the drums This Is The 1950s Rock and Roll Drumming Course Welcome to the 1950s Rock and Roll drumming course. Here we will learn how to play 1950s rock and roll on the drums.This was a really exciting period in musical history when the foundations of rock were being laid down. Rhythmically it was a big period of change and we had a unique tension between straight and swung rhythms within the bands.We discuss that phenomenon as break down songs such as Rock around the clock, Tutti…