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Jazz Samba Drum Beat Lesson

Jazz Samba Drum Beat Learn this basic Samba drum beat The samba drum beat is closely linked to the bossa nova drum rhythm, both of which are from Brazil. However the samba drum beat is taken from much livelier, carnival dancing music whereas the bossa nova is usually slower. And so authentic samba sees groups of percussionists, ranging from small to hundreds strong, making up the percussion group (bateria) performing these beats in the street at carnivals. There are different sounds being played from large surdo drums, through shakers, tambourines, caixa, cuica, pandeiro, repinique and whistles. The collective sound is…

Advanced Samba Drum Beat

Advanced Samba Drum Beat Learn this advanced Samba drum beat This advanced samba drum beat is an extension of the basic street samba drum beat. It takes that pattern which was already quite a challenging four limb independence exercise and makes it even harder. But it's worth it because the end result sounds great! You probably already know that samba is a Brazilian rhythm which is usually played by lots of percussionists. From the mid-20th century drummers have been adapting these rhythms for the drum kit which enables one person to do the job of many. To create this thick layered rhythm…

The Funky Drummer | Clyde Stubblefield

The Funky Drummer Drum Beat Learn the Funky Drummer- One of the most sampled grooves in history The Funky Drummer is one of the most famous drum breaks (or break beats) in the history of recorded music and as such it is one the most sampled drum beats ever having appeared in countless tracks across a range of genres. Although the practice of sampling old funk grooves really came about through rap and hip hop initially. The beat is performed by Clyde Stubblefield on the James Brown track. Clyde was one of Brown's favourite drummers alongside Jabo Starks and has been responsible for playing…

Steve Gadd Style Shuffle

Steve Gadd Style Shuffle Drum Lesson Learn a Steve Gadd Style Shuffle Drum Beat This Is The Steve Gadd Shuffle Drum Beat Lesson Let's check out a Steve Gadd style shuffle drum beat because....well anything that Steve Gadd gives a magical twist to is worth investigating. If you're new to the world of shuffles then you might like to check out Blues Shuffle 101 Course which starts from the beginning and delves deep with various shuffle grooves and fills as well as a drumless playalong track. You could also grab this blues shuffle backing track so you have something to use to make…

Blues shuffle Drum Course 101

Blues shuffle Drum Course 101 Learn how to really plays shuffles with this blues shuffle drum courseThis is the blues shuffle drum course 101. It teaches you how to understand and count the blues shuffle by breaking it down developing the feel for this wide spread groove. Such a huge proportion of music is swung and yet so many drummers who grow up listening to rock and pop can only play in straight time. In fact, I remember performing as support for a blues artist who had recently disposed of a drummer that I had huge respect for having loved his playing with a very famous…

Seven Eight Drum Course 101

Seven Eight Drum Course 101 Learn how to play in seven eight time signature with this seven eight drum course This is the seven eight drum course 101. It teaches you how to understand and count in seven eight by breaking it down and showing that it's not weird, it's not scary, it just needs understanding. That's what I told my wife about me when we met and it seemed to work out! ;-) Once we have that understanding we will build a vocabulary of essential seven eight grooves as well as a series of fills. Armed with these you…

Blues Shuffle Drum Beat

Blues Shuffle Drum Beat Lesson Learn the Blues Shuffle Drum BeatHere we are looking at a blues shuffle drum beat. Now I've called it a blues shuffle because it is so prevalent in that style, but really every drummer in every style should know this drum beat because it appears in all styles. But it is the foundation of much of blues so it is most often seen in that style. Blues and jazz are often stuck together, such as blues and jazz festivals, and the two do have many links. Rhythmically they are both swung. That means they are…

Bossa Nova Drum Beat Lesson

Bossa Nova Drum Beat Lesson Learn the Brazilian Bossa Nova Drum Beat The bossa nova drum beat is awesome, it's fun, it's an essential groove for any drummer, and it's from Brazil! There are four great reasons to learn this pattern today. Now I know you might say, "Hey, I'm a metal drummer, there's is no way I will ever need a bossa nova drum beat." Well I hear you but you're wrong! Well you might not be, but in many cases this attitude is a bad one. One day you might stop being a total metaller and decide you…

Soca Calypso Drum Beat

Soca Calypso Drum Beat Lesson Learn the Caribbean Soca Calypso Drum Beat Here we're breaking down a Soca calypso drum beat. This is a style of music from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean and in fact Soca is separate from Calypso although the two are very closely linked. In fact Soca has been described (by a Soca pioneer Lord Shorty - what a name!) as the SOul of CAlypso so you can see that Soca was born out of Calypso music. The rhythmic originas of a Soca Calypso drum beat are found in Africa, like much of the music in the…

Seven Eight Funk Drum Beat

Learn a seven eight funk drum beat Here's how to play a seven eight funk beat Here we are breaking down an awesome seven eight funk drum beat. It's so funky that it actually hurts. And what's more, this comes from a pretty crazy, and funky, seven eight drumless backing track that you can jam along with. But what I will tell you is that the beat is pretty complex and the track is pretty fast. Therefore it's a great target to aim for but for now you may want to shut that from your mind and learn this the right…