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Polyrhythmic Fills

Polyrhythmic Fills

Polyrhythmic Fills Learn how to use polyrhythms in drum fills This Is The Polyrhythmic Fills Lesson Welcome to this polyrhythmic fills lesson. We will learn how to use polyrhythms in drum fills. Previously we looked at the basics of polyrhythms, polyrhythm snares in grooves, and polyrhythm bass drum in grooves.So now let's explore some options with polyrhythmic drum fills. Using polyrhythm in fills instantly makes them sound interesting and more advanced. It adds an extra layer of rhythmic sophistication that can feel like you're taking the music somewhere different. Usually we will only use this technique briefly before returning to…
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Polyrhythm Bass Drum Grooves

Polyrhythm Bass Drum Grooves

Polyrhythm Bass Drum Grooves Learn how to play polyrhythmic drum beats This Is The Polyrhythm Bass Drum Grooves Drum Lesson Welcome to the polyrhythm bass drum grooves drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some fun drum grooves using polyrhythms.Previously we learnt polyrhythm beats with changing snare drums but today we will focus on shifting the bass drum to create polyrhythm.Polyrhythm can seem mysterious at first and some people might not see it as a useful but this lesson will show you easy ways to make your drum beats sounds really interesting by using polyrhythms. We look at…
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Polyrhythm Snare Grooves

Polyrhythm Snare Grooves

Polyrhythm Snare Grooves Learn how to play polyrhythmic drum beats This Is The Polyrhythm Snare Grooves Drum Lesson Welcome to the polyrhythm snare grooves drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some fun drum grooves using polyrhythms.Previously we looked at what polyrhythms are and broke down how to easily play them. In this drum lesson we take them to the next stage and develop some really fun drum beats that use polyrhythm between the bass and snare drum.These sound great and are highly useable so you will learn that polyrhythm is an important part of music to understand…
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Polyrhythm Training

Polyrhythm Training

Polyrhythm Training Learn how to play polyrhthyms This Is The Polyrhythm Training Lesson Welcome to the polyrhythm training for drummers. Here we will learn how to play polyrhythms on the drum kit.A polyrhythm is when you play two contrasting rhythms simultaneously. For example you might play 16th notes at the same time as eighth note triplets.Both rhythms resolve over one beat but they seem in conflict with each other until that resolution.That might not sound very musical but when you hear them together they sound really cool. However, it can  be difficult to play them both at the same time.…
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Funk Tom Beats With Left Foot

Funk Tom Beats With Left Foot

Funk Tom Beats With Left Foot Learn how to play funky tom based grooves This Is The Funk Tom Beats With Left Foot Drum Lesson Welcome to the funk tom beats with left foot drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play very funky drum beats with an added four limb independence challenge.Previously we looked at the funk tom tom beats which sound amazing but only use three limbs. So these new beats are a step up from those previous grooves.Creating funk beats and then moving them to the toms sounds really effective. But once we start utilising the…
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Swung Tom Tom Beats

Swung Tom Tom Beats

Swung Tom Tom Beats Learn how to play singing tom tom drum grooves This Is The Swung Tom Tom Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the swung tom tom beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some exciting swung drum beats on the toms which hark back to the big band glory days of the 1930s.We start by breaking down the classic Gene Krupa groove on the Benny Goodman recording of Sing, sing, sing. This is a really fun beat to play and involves all four limbs.From there we use it as a launch pad to learn some…
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Tom Tom Linear Beats

Tom Tom Linear Beats

Tom Tom Linear Beats Learn some powerful and funky linear tom tom drum beats This Is The Tom Tom Linear Beats Lesson Welcome to the tom tom linear beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some really effective tom tom beats. Previously we checked out some funk tom beats.But today we are tackling linear. With linear drumming you only play one thing at a time. So you don't layer up with different limbs as you would in a standard drum beat where you might play the bass drum and hi-hat at the same time.When we start learning…
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Funk Tom Beats

Funk Tom Beats

Funk Tom Beats Learn how to play funky tom tom rhythms This Is The Funk Tom Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the funk tom beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play funky grooves with a powerful twist.One very rewarding aspect of drumming is that we can repurpose old ideas and turn them into something new. And that is what we do here. We take some classic funk drum beats and give them a new lease of life.With a simple tweak we can make use of the tom toms to create very funky and powerful grooves. These sound…
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Rhythmic Displacement 16 Beats

Rhythmic Displacement 16 Beats

Rhythmic Displacement 16 Beats Learn how to displace funky 16 beats This Is The Rhythmic Displacement 16 Beats lesson Welcome to the rhythmic displacement 16 beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to displace 16 beat drum patterns.If you are new to this then you should start with the rhythmic displacement using 8th notes drum lesson.But today we will check out some funky 16 beats. Being able to displace these patterns means you have so many more creative options available. And those options are much funkier and more interesting drum patterns.This drum lesson is delivered so that a beginner can…
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Rhythmic Displacement Swung Rhythms

Rhythmic Displacement Swung Rhythms

Rhythmic Displacement Swung Rhythms Learn how to use displacement with triplet based rhythms. This Is The Rhythmic Displacement Swung Rhythms Lesson Welcome to rhythmic displacement swung rhythms. Here we will learn how to use displacement within the triplet based rhythms. We previously looked at displacement using 8th notes and 16th notes so you might find those to be better starting points if you're new to rhythmic displacement.Simply put we are going to take triplet based rhythms and move their starting point in the bar. These sound crazy and it's really hard to get your head around at first. However, we…
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