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Two Handed Sextuplet Grooves With Accents

Two Handed Sextuplet Grooves With Accents Learn how to play funk drums with this comprehensive funk drum course. This Is The Two Handed Sextuplet Grooves With Accents Drum Lesson Welcome to the two handed sextuplet grooves with accents. Here we will learn how to play some very funky drum beats.There are many ways we can use sextuplets (also know as 16th note triplets) in drum grooves and they instantly make everything sound more funky.In this drum lesson we will explore a few different sticking patterns but then deep dive on one to see where we can take it.We will use…

Six Eight Riverboat Song Studies

Six Eight Riverboat Song Studies Learn how to play interesting drum grooves in six eight time This Is The Six Eight Riverboat Song Studies Drum Lesson Welcome to the six eight riverboat song studies. Here we will learn how to play interesting drum beats in six eight time.Riverboat Song was a big hit for English band Ocean Colourscene in the 1990s. It is in six eight time signature but the placement of the snare is not where you would normally expect it.This creates a slightly odd sounding phrase within a very common time signature. That is a fun concept that…

Samba Rock

Samba Rock Learn how to play a cool samba rock drum beat This Is The Samba Rock Drum Lesson Welcome to the Samba rock drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some really fun samba rock grooves.As you may know, samba is a style of music that comes from Brazil. It is very energetic and exciting which is why it's so much fun to play on the drums.Traditionally it is played by lots of different percussionists using various percussion instruments. It's fun to learn the different samba parts and try to play them on a drum kit because…

Syncopated Bass Drum Workout

Syncopated Bass Drum Workout Learn how to play syncopated bass drums anywhere in the bar This Is The Syncopated Bass Drum Workout Drum Lesson In this syncopated bass drum workout we will learn how to play syncopated bass drums in the bar.Syncopation simply means that we are playing on the weaker, or less regular, beats of the bar. So if the main quarter note pulse is considered the strongest beats in the bar, playing on the offbeats (the 'and') of each beat will give it a syncopated feel.Playing regular, straight notes feels very natural and is much easier to play.…

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…