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Flam and Drag Drum Fills

Flam and Drag Drum Fills Learn how to use flams and drags in drum fills This Is The Flam and Drag Drum Fills Lesson Welcome to the flam and drag drum fills lesson. Here we will explore drum fills using these two common rudiments.Flams and drags are two of our core rudiments. When played on the snare they can sound very military, which harks back towards their origins. But they are really useable rudiments to spice up our beats and fills on the drum kit.In this drum lesson we break down how to execute the core rudiments properly. We then…

6 Stroke Roll Drum Fills

6 Stroke Roll Drum Fills Learn how to use six stroke rolls in drum fills This Is The 6 Stroke Roll Drum Fills Lesson Welcome to the 6 stroke roll drum fills lesson. Here we will learn how to use six stroke rolls in drum fills.Recently we looked at the 5 stroke roll and how we can use it to be creative on the drums. In this lesson we will progress this on to the six stroke roll. This is a great rudiment which lends itself well to 16th note triplets due to the nature of having six notes.So we…

5 Stroke Roll Drum Fills

5 Stroke Roll Drum Fills Learn how to use a five stroke roll to create fun drum fills This Is The 5 Stroke Roll Drum Fills Lesson Welcome to the 5 stroke roll drum fills lesson. Here we will learn how to use five stroke rolls in creative ways. You are probably familiar with a five stroke roll but just to be sure; It consists of five notes played as: r r l l R and then reverse the sticking to play l l r r L Those last single notes are accents and the first four notes are played…

Mixed Up Paradiddle Grooves

Mixed Up Paradiddle Grooves Learn how to play funky paradiddle based drum beats This Is The Mixed Up Paradiddle Grooves Drum Lesson Welcome to the mixed up paradiddle grooves drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play funky paradiddle based patterns. These grooves are based on the standard paradiddle and the inverted paradiddles. You don't need to know these before you watch this drum lesson but it does give you a much more solid foundation.In this drum lesson we take elements of the different versions of the paradiddle and stitch them together to create something unique. We learn each…

Inverted Paradiddle Beats

Inverted Paradiddle Beats Learn how to play inverted paradiddle beats This Is The Inverted Paradiddle Beats Lesson Welcome to the inverted paradiddle beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some amazing inverted paradiddle drum grooves.Hopefully you are familiar with the paradiddle but today we are taking this common rudiment to a deeper level. We will break down the inversions of the paradiddle which gives us much greater creative scope. We will then turn them into really fun drum beats that you can use right away.Once you start mixing these up, your playing will flow much more naturally…

Paradiddle Drum Fills

Paradiddle Drum Fills Learn how to play fun paradiddle drum fills This Is The Paradiddle Drum Fills Lesson Welcome to the paradiddle drum fills lesson. Here we will learn how to play some very effective and fun drum fills.The paradiddle is one of our core rudiments but it is more than just a boring exercise. We can get very creative with the paradiddle. We previously looked at paradiddle drum beats so you might like to check out that lesson because it pairs perfectly with these drum fills.In this paradiddle drum fills lesson we will explore different accent patterns in their…

Paradiddle Grooves

Paradiddle Grooves Learn how to play funky paradiddle grooves on the drum kit This Is The Paradiddle Grooves Drum Lesson Welcome to the paradiddle grooves drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play funk paradiddle drum beats.The humble paradiddle is one of the early rudiments that we learn and the sticking pattern is:R L R R L R L LSometimes it gets left as that; just a strange little sticking pattern learnt on a drum pad or snare. What's the point?But the paradiddle is such a useful pattern that can spawn so many funky drum beats and fills.So in…

Advanced Samba For Drumkit

Advanced Samba for Drumkit Learn how to play an advanced samba drum beat on the drumkit This Is The Advanced Samba for Drumkit Drum Lesson Welcome to the advanced samba for drumkit drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play a complex samba pattern.Previously we have looked at bossa nova and a basic street samba. But today we are going hardcore! This involves four limb independence. It involves hi-hat foot splashes. It involves muted and open tones on the toms. There's a lot going on!But we break it down into small parts and learn it very slowly. That means…

Basic Street Samba For Drumkit

Basic Street Samba Learn how to play samba influenced grooves on the drumkit This Is The Basic Street Samba Drum kit Lesson Welcome to the basic street samba drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some really fun and funky samba influenced drum beats.These are the lively rhythms of Brazil adapted for drumkit. We break it down very slowly for beginners and then build it up. It's a real four limb independence test but well worth the effort to learn.We then look at how we can apply these to our everyday drumming to deepen our drumming vocabulary.Scroll down…

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…