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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…

One Handed 16th Grooves With Ghost Notes

One Handed 16th Grooves With Ghost Notes Learn how to play funk drums with ghost notes use single hand 16th note patterns This Is The One Handed 16th Grooves With Ghost Notes Lesson Welcome to the one handed 16th grooves with ghost notes online drum lesson. These are very cool and very funky drum beats but they are also surprisingly tricky to grasp. But in this lesson we break them down, slow them down and show you exactly how to play the grooves. As well as the video drum lesson you also get full sheet music. This is taken from a…

First Drum Beat – Beginner Drum Lesson

First Drum Beat Drum Lesson Learn how to play a beginner drum beat online drum lesson This is your first drum lesson Welcome to your first online drum lesson to learn an easy drum beat.This online drum lesson will teach you a beginner drum beat. If you want to learn how to play drums then this is the first drum beat you should learn.It's also the most important drum beat and appears in hundreds of songs. If you've listened to the radio today then the chances are you've heard this beat already today!In this beginner drum lesson we will learn…

How To Make Your Ride Cymbal Sound Good

Make Your Ride Cymbal Sound Good Learn how to make your ride cymbal sound good Here we are looking at getting great ride tones Welcome to a creative lesson discussing how to make your ride cymbal sound good.Many drummers don't realise just how expressive the ride cymbal is and they simply bash away at it sing it as a one dimensional sound source.But it is SO expressive and if we learn how to unlock all of its tones we can be much more musical drummers.So if you've ever wondered why your ride cymbal sounds bad or struggled to get your…

Adding Ghost Note Funk Beats

Ghost Note Funk Beats Learn how to play funk drums with these ghost note funk beats Ghost Note Funk Beats Welcome to this funky drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play ghost note funk beats.Ghost notes are such an important aspect of funk drumming that provides the depth, colour and layers that really make funk groove.They add the complexity which brings a lot of excitement to the style. But they are not easy. They are simple enough in principal but developing the control for these to be nuanced requires real perseverance.However the rewards are worth it and once…

Displaced Snare Funk Beats

Displaced Snare Funk Beats Learn how to play displaced snare funk beats and get funky on the drums! This Is The Displaced Snare Funk Beats Lesson Welcome to the displaced snare funk beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to displace the snare drum to create some very cool sounding funk beats. When we displace the snare we simply move it away from the regular beats 2 and 4 positioning. As soon as we do that it instantly sounds funky! This is a small lesson taken from the much larger full funk drums course. If you want to go deeper…

16th Note Bass Drum Funk Beats

16th Note Bass Drum Funk Beats Learn how to play 16th Note Bass Drum Funk Beats This Is The 16th Note Bass Drum Funk Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the 16th note bass drum funk beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play funk drums using 16th note bass drums. This is a small lesson taken from the much larger full funk drums course. If you want to go deeper into funk drumming you might like to check out that full course. 16th note bass drum funk beats involve placing syncopated bass drums on the 16th note positions between…