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Left Foot Hi-hat Pedal Workout

Left Foot Hi-hat Pedal Workout Learn how to use the hi-hat pedal to enhance your grooves This Is A Four Limb Independence Drum Lesson Welcome to the left foot hi-hat pedal workout . Here we will learn how to use all four limbs to create exciting drum grooves.Often the left foot gets an easy ride when we play drum grooves. It's often sat there doing nothing. But the left leg is just as useful as the other limbs! And we can train it to play parts that will enhance our regular drum grooves.In this lesson we will develop different left…

Easiest Linear Drum Beat

The Easiest Linear Drum Beat Learn how to play a really easy linear drum beat This Is The The Easiest Linear Drum Beat Welcome to the easiest linear drum beat lesson. Here we will learn how to play a really easy but cool linear drum beat.First we will establish what linear drumming is and you'll see one of my favourite linear drum beats from one of my favourite drummers.We will then learn the easiest linear drum beat before checking out a simple next step variation that takes it to the next level. Finally we'll learn a linear drum fill that…

World’s Most Boring Drum Fill and FIVE Ways To Improve It

World’s Most Boring Drum Fill and FIVE Ways To Improve It Learn how to take a basic drum fill and turn it into something exciting This Is The World’s Most Boring Drum Fill and FIVE Ways To Improve It Drum Lesson Welcome to this drum lesson where we will break down the world's most boring drum fill and five ways to improve it.Quick caveat: This is a really useable drum fill so my intention here is not to suggest you shouldn't use this fill at all. And it's a great starting fill that drummers should learn to get used to…

Cascara Drum Grooves

Cascara Drum Grooves Learn how to play drum beats using the cascara pattern This Is The Cascara Drum Grooves Lesson Welcome, here we will learn how to play cascara drum grooves. The cascara rhythm is Afro Cuban and often played on the sides of timbales.But what I love to do is steal exciting rhythms from all around the world and look at how we can repurpose them to spice up lots of styles that we might play on the drum set. This is a great way to enrich our drumming and create really interesting rhythms on the drum kit.In this…

Drum Funk Jam

Drum Funk Jam Time to get funky This Is The Drum Funk Jam Welcome to a fun little funk jam on the drums. I'm always spouting the importance of having a structured practice plan, working on your weakness and being very intentional with the time you spend at the drum kit.BUT, we do also need to stay in touch with why we started playing drums in the first place and that was TO HAVE FUN!And that's exactly what I'm doing here by jamming to a funk backing track. There are two sections in this track but other than that it's…

16 Beats With Added Funky Snare Hits

16 Beats With Added Funky Snare Hits Learn how to play seriously funky 16 beats This Is The 16 Beats With Added Funky Snare Hits Drum Lesson Welcome to a funky drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play 16 beats with added funky snare hits.There is nothing wrong with the humble old 16 beat that has been the main driving force in disco since the 1970s. But sometimes it's fun to embellish things and add a little extra funk to a groove. And that's exactly what we're doing in this drum lesson.We will use the snare drum to…

How To Make 16 Beats Sound Exciting

How To Make 16 Beats Sound Exciting Learn how to play 16 beats with a twistHere we will learn how to make 16 beats sound exciting. Sixteen beats are one of the most common drum grooves and we often learn them fairly early on in our drumming journey.They are often associated with disco but in the video lesson below you'll also see one of many rock examples. These beats are essential to learn and it's highly likely you have already learnt them in some form.But in this drum lesson we will go a step further and look at how to…

Paradiddle Feet With Groove On Top

Paradiddle Feet With Groove On Top. Learn how to use paradiddles with your feet This Is The Paradiddle Feet With Groove On Top Drum Lesson Welcome to this paradiddle drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play paradiddles with our feet and then add grooves over the top.Paradiddles are one of the most common rudiments but we usually play them with our hands. The feet tend to get an easy ride when it comes to rudiments. But when you look at drummers such as Thomas Lang you can see just how capable our feet are if we train them…

Changing Hi-hats To Lift A Song

Changing Hi-hats To Lift A Song Learn how to use the hi-hats to completely change the feel of a song Let's explore the power of the hi-hat! Welcome to this drum lesson where we will explore changing hi-hats to lift a song. The hi-hat is one the most expressive, yet overlooked, parts of the drum kit.There is so much we can do with it but often drummers simply resort to what they learnt first.....hammering 8th notes throughout the song.Sometimes that is exactly what the song needs and it works very effectively but on other occasions we can use the hi-hat…

Double Strokes Workout in Grooves and Fills

Double Strokes Workout in Grooves and Fills Learn how to use double stroke rolls in drum beats and fills This Is The Double Strokes Workout in Grooves and Fills Welcome to the double strokes workout in grooves and fills. Here we will learn how to use the double stroke to get very musical and creative.Double strokes can make our fills and grooves sound really exciting and hard even though they are just a basic rudiment.Often we learn these rudiments as boring old exercises that are very uninspiring. But they unlock so many creative doors for us drummers and this lesson…