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Funky Monster Drum Beat Lesson

Funky Monster Drum Beat Lesson Learn the funky monster beat "What is the funky monster drum beat?" I hear you ask. Are you serious, you mean you've never heard of the funky monster drum beat? Well I'm not surprised because I only made it up last week. But you will know it soon. Basically this is a fairly complex funk groove that really pushes you on several aspects of your drum development. For a start it's quite tough from an independence perspective. This is a real four limb independence challenge with the hands and right foot working hard whilst the…

Rock Drum Beats Beginner Drum Lesson Course

Essential Rock Drum Beats Drum Lesson This rock drum beats drum lesson course exists to teach the you three most common rhythm types that you will definitely need to get started in rock drumming. In fact these are the foundation to most popular music styles in Western music whether it's rock, funk, pop, gospel, punk, hip-hop, R&B, country or blues. Although blues is often swung and we're mainly concerning straight rhythms here, these grooves are still found throughout blues and give you the foundation of the rhythm which can then be swung later. The only real rhythms that are totally…

Simple Three Four Drum Beat

Learn a simple three four drum beat This three four drum beat is easy & gets you started in odd time immedaitely This simple three four drum beat video lesson will get you started right away by breaking a few things down. When we talk about odd time we often think about the less common time signatures such as seven eight, five four, eleven sixteen and so on. But three four is actually pretty common and whereas eleven sixteen will probably never be required unless you play for a pretty progressive band, three four will almost definitely crop up at some point in…

Minus Drums Rock Backing Track Coldplay Style

Minus Drums Rock Backing Track Coldplay Style Drumless Practice Backing Track This Is The Minus Drums Rock Backing Track Coldplay Style This is a free drumless backing track in the style of Clocks by Coldplay.I don't know if you checked the previous two free backing tracks minus drums but if you missed them click here and here. As well as these there is the library of premium backing tracks available on the playalongs page.Getting your groove on with a backing track is the next best thing to playing with real musicians so unless you're part of the Jackson family then it's…

Three Four Drumless Playalong

Three Four Drum Less Playalong An oddtime minus drums practice track This three four drumless backing track is a great opportunity to test your drum beats and fills in oddtime. Three four is one of the more common time signatures behind the standard four four so you will definitely need to play something in it soon. Mathematically it has the same value as six eight time signature but three four is phrased as three groups of two whereas six eight is felt as two groups of three. So in three four we count 1 & -2 &- 3 & and…

Spicing up hi-hats in drum beats

Spicing up hi-hats in a drum groove This drum lesson video course explores spicing up hi-hats One of the best ways to bring excitement to a drum groove is by spicing up hi-hats. This is especially true in a live setting where the recorded drum pattern might be quite basic and we need to find a way to add some pizazz. But the important thing to consider here is that we don't want to add anything to the detriment of the groove. In a majority of songs if you were to alter the bass drums or snare drum backbeats then…

Most Important Drum Beat In The World

The Most Important Drum Beat In The World This free video drum lesson breaks down the most important drum beat you need to know The Most Important Drum Beat In The World might seem like a cheap attention grabbing title, and maybe it is, but I also stand by it confidently. I've been thinking about it for a while in this context and since it's been in my conscience with this video lesson in mind I have had to play this beat at EVERY single gig I've done. It is the only beat that I have had to play at…

Quintuplet fill over sextuplets

Quintuplet fill over sextuplets Create a five over six with this quintuplet fill This quintuplet fill involves playing the five note phrasing over sextuplets (16th note triplets). Why on earth would you do that? Well, why not! But let's face it, 90% of the time it is totally fine to phrase our fills within the chosen rate. So moving around the kit in groups of four when playing in sixteenth notes. Or moving around the kit in groups of six when playing in sextuplets. BUT sometimes that's a little too predictable and it's more interesting and fun to move at a…

Simple Nine Eight Drum Beat

Learn a simple nine eight drum beat This nine eight drum beat is easy & gets you started in odd time immedaitely This simple nine eight drum beat video lesson will get you started right away by breaking a few things down. A lot of drummers run with fear at the thought of playing a nine eight drum beat but this is unnecessary and simply stems from a lack of understanding. A nine eight drum beat is NOT scary and with practice it can become as simple as playing in four four time (also known as common time). Nine eight time means…

Off beat hi-hat groove video drum lesson

Off beat hi-hat groove - video drum lesson Learn how to play off beat hi-hats in a groove This Is The Off Beat Hi-hat Groove Drum Lesson This off beat hi-hat groove sounds great, is applicable in loads of musical situations and is pretty easy to learn. In many of the live music situations we drummers find ourselves in we want to inject some fun and excitement into our grooves but if we deviate too far from the staple rhythm of the song then we will mess with the flow, get some raised eyebrows and possibly get sacked. And yes, most…