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Overlapping Hands Drum Exercise

Overlapping Hands Drum Exercise Learn a fun drum groove in three four time signature This Is The Overlapping Hands Drum Exercise Welcome to the overlapping hands drum exercise. This is a really fun drum exercise in three four time which layers a triple hand pattern over the other hand. This layering technique is common in complex funk grooves so it's well worth getting used to it. But as well as being a fun, challenging exercise, this is also a really useable drum groove. In the lesson I demonstrate how it can be used in a funky, jazzy context. Click below…

KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen

KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen Learn a really fun advanced odd time groove....if you dare! This Is The KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen Welcome to the the KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen. This is a fun but challenging odd time groove. As well as being in the very unusual time signature of fifteen sixteen, it also incorporates use of the hi-hat pedal which makes it a four limb independence challenge as well. Hence why this is an advanced groove. Watch the video below and then scroll down to start the KILLER…

Trading Fours – How to Trade Fours on the Drums

Trading Fours Learn how to trade fours in a drum solo scenario This Is The Trading Fours Lesson Welcome to the trading fours online drum lesson. This teaches you the concept of trading fours and shows you how it works. This format is used for drum solos and allows us to interact with other musicians in a really exciting way. Traditionally you will find jazz musicians trading fours but as you'll see in this lesson, we can apply this in any genre. In this lesson you will learn how to trade fours and you will see that drummers of any…

Swung 16ths Funk Beats

Swung 16th Funk Beats Learn how to play funk drums with the swung 16th note funky grooves online drum lesson. This Is The Swung 16th Funk Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the swung 16th funk beats drum lesson. Having that slightly swung 16th note feel is a crucial rhythm type to master for funk drumming. It instantly gives a straight groove a funky make-over and creates a feel that is impossible for people not to dance along with. That is the power of the swung 16th funk beats. This lesson is taken from the much larger beginner funk course so…

Easy But Impressive Sounding Linear Beats

Impressive Sounding Linear Beats Learn how to play three awesome linear grooves This Is The Impressive Sounding Linear Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the impressive sounding linear beats drum lesson. This is a totally free drum lesson that gives you the video and the sheet music. Linear beats are really fun and give us an interesting approach that forces us to play rhythms that sound different to the usual bog standard grooves that we usually play. Here we are going to learn three linear drum beats that sound really hard but are actually easy to learn. They will take effort, they…

One Handed 16th Note Funk Grooves

One Handed 16th Note Funk Grooves Learn how to play one handed 16th note funk grooves. This Is The One Handed 16th Note Funk Grooves Lesson Welcome to the one handed 16th note funk grooves lesson. Playing 16th note hi-hats grooves in this funky context provides a really cool, laid back vibe. There is a certain tempo range that these work in, not least because you physically can't go above a particular speed, which is different for everyone, when playing with one hand. But the vibe they create is chilled and really effective for the right song. You can find…

Make The Hi-hat Sound Good

How To Make The Hi-Hat Sound Good Learn how to get different tones from the hi-hat This Is The Hi-hat Tones Lesson We are exploring your hi-hat sound, and specifically how to make the hi-hat sound good.The hi-hat is one of the most expressive parts of the drum kit and yet many drummers don't use it to it's full potential. They don't understand how to make the hi-hat sound good and how to use the hi-hat for different effects.We can lift a song and differentiate between sections just by changing the hi-hat sound, even if we don't change anything else…

Beginner Drum Playalong Pack 4

Beginner Drum Playalong Pack 4 Learn how to play along with music with these drum backing tracks Beginner Drum Playalong Pack 4 This is the beginner drum playalong pack 4. It is a bundle of five drumless backing tracks that you can use to practice your grooves and fills with to start building them in a musical context. It can work for anyone but it is really created with beginners in mind because the tempos are slow and work well for beginner drummers that have only just got to grips with their first drum beats. It’s good to try playing…

How to learn songs FAST on the drums

How to Learn Songs on the Drums FAST Learn how to learn drum parts quickly So how do we learn drums parts quickly? Let's find out...... Welcome to this free drum lesson that show you how to learn songs fast on the drums. We often have to learn drum parts quickly whether it's to work fast in the studio, or to dep for a last minute gig. Sometimes it's just a useful skill to avoid wasting time. This allows you to get to the fun stage of playing the song instead of spending hours and hours trying to learn the…

Funk Linear Drum Beats

Funk Linear Drum Beats Learn how to play linear drum beats with this linear funk drum lesson. This Is The Linear Drum Beat Lesson Welcome to the funk linear drum beat online drum lesson. If you wondered how to play linear drumming or even asked what is linear drumming then this lesson will teach you. It's a short lesson to give you fast results and by the end you will understand how to play 8 linear drum beats. You get access to the video demonstration as well as full sheet music. This is a short funk lesson taken from the…