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What’s the difference between three four and six eight?

What is the difference between Three Four and Six Eight? Three four and six eight are confusing! Many people ask what the difference is between three four and six eight. And it's a really good question. After all they are mathematically identical. So what's the point of them? Why do they both exist? How do I know if it is one or the other? Do I need to know? Do I care? Why am I here? and what's the meaning of life? They are all valid questions and this article (and video below) will tackle all of them except the…

Drum Term Glossary

Drum Term Glossary Learn the definition of all the drum terminology This Is The Drum Term Glossary This free drum term glossary exists as a quick reference guide so you can look up any drum term in an instant. It's a dictionary for drummers and it means you can learn all the important drum terminology so you don't look uneducated when talking to other drummers and musicians. Soon you'll be able to maintain an air of total drum wisdom and become known as the professor of rhythm.But also it will help you in real musical situations when people give an…

Double paradiddle exercise

Double Paradiddle Exercise with Moving Bass Drums A double paradiddle exercise to develop your drumming This free double paradiddle exercise drum lesson is a great test of your independence control. I love anything that takes the humble old rudiments and creates a new challenging way to develop your drumming by using them. If you are not familiar with the double paradiddle then you must first become familiar with it. It is similar to the standard paradiddle with the sticking: R L R R L R L L Except that the double paradiddle adds two more single notes before the doubles…

Take Five Drum Beat

Take Five Drum Beat Lesson Learn Joe Morello's Take Five Drum Beat It's time to learn the Take Five drum beat people, and that's a good thing. If you're here reading this then you probably already know about Joe Morello's drum beat in the Dave Brubeck classic track 'Take Five'. If you don't then that's also cool because you're about to discover something very special which can help your drumming in so many ways. The tune was composed by the sax player in the band Paul Desmond and he performed that prominent sax melody as part of Dave Brubeck's pioneering…

Odd Groupings Funk Drum Beat

Funk Drum Beat with Odd Groupings An odd groupings funk drum beat to mess your mind This Is The Funk Drum Beat with Odd Groupings This odd groupings funk drum beat video lesson helps us get a little Garibaldi in our lives. UK readers I don't mean the Garibaldi biscuit, obviously although that is nice. I mean David Garibaldi of Tower of Power fame and one of my favourite funk drummers.One thing I love about Garibaldi is the clever way he displaces beats and turns them on their head to create unpredictable and interesting grooves. The funk drum beat below teaches…

Flam Fills Drum Lesson | Rock Drum Fills

Flam Fills Drum Lesson A fill using flams This Is The Flam Fills Drum Lesson This flam fills drum lesson is here to help get you out of a drumming rut when you keep playing the same old drum fills. It's primarily based on rock drum fills but really these can be used in any genre. It's just that the flam is a powerful rudiment and using them in the way we use them here is very powerful.We are using combinations of flams and bass drums so it is super simple in concept and creates a sound that we've enjoyed…

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…

Steve Gadd Drum Fill | Video Drum Lesson | Sheet Music

Steve Gadd Drum Fill A fill in the style of the master drummerThis drum lesson teaches a Steve Gadd drum fill. Well, at least a drum fill in the style of Steve Gadd. I'm not sure he's ever played this actual fill but it includes many of the core elements that are in some of my favourite Steve Gadd fills - making those elements Gaddisms! The key features are the use of ghost notes and accents on the snare drum, the fact that it is orchestrated on the hat, kick and snare so it's more of a groove than a…

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…

Black Hole Sun Drum Transcription | Soundgarden

Black Hole Sun Drum Transcription Soundgarden Drum Sheet Music Here is the Black Hole Sun drum transcription. This gives you the fully notated sheet music for the drum part of this classic song. This is one of their most popular songs and is a great showcase for Matt Cameron's drumming skills navigating through different time signatures and dynamics. He also shows class by holding back where needed but then letting go when the music allows with some awesome fills and heavy grooves. Released in 1994 on the 'Superunknown' album, this track is largely in four four time but then deviates…