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Paradiddle drum fill with moving accents

Paradiddle Drum Fill With Moving Accents This free video drum lesson breaks down a paradiddle drum fill This free drum lesson breaks down a paradiddle drum fill which moves the accents to create an interesting phrasing within that standard rudimental pattern. So you probably know the paradiddle as a sticking pattern which consists of RlrrLrll. If you feel at a loss with rudiments, what they are, how to play them and how to use them then head over to the mini course page for lesson courses that develop your rudiment playing as well as application in musical settings. But assuming…

Badass Paradiddlediddle Drum Fill

Badass Paradiddlediddle Drum Fill This free video drum lesson breaks down a paradiddlediddle drum fill This Is The Badass Paradiddlediddle Drum Fill This free drum lesson breaks down a badass paradiddlediddle drum fill so you can learn it and use it in your playing. The paradiddlediddle is a very popular drum rudiment and really it's an extension of an even more popular rudiment..........the standard paradiddle.So you probably know the paradiddle as a sticking pattern which consists of RlrrLrll. If you feel at a loss with rudiments, what they are, how to play them and how to use them then head over…

Black Hole Sun Drum Breakdown

Black Hole Sun Drum Breakdown Here we dissect Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun Drum Part Below is a drum lesson that breaks down the Black Hole Sun drum part for the bridge section on this Soundgarden classic track. Matt Cameron is at his best on drums here navigating a sneakily difficult section of music with creative brilliance and ease. It was tragic that Chris Cornell recently passed away but his legacy is great and it inspires to revisit some of those great tracks that his distinctive rock vocals were on. And with Matt Cameron laying it down solidly behind him, Soundgarden…

Faster Hands in 7 Days – Free Drum Course to Improve Hand Speed

Faster Hands in 7 Days FREE Drum Course Improve your drum hand speed in a week to get Faster HandsWe all want faster hands on the drums but so many drummers I see are missing the basic aspects of drumming that will take them to the next level. Many of those drummers are not lazy. In fact it's the opposite. They are putting in the work but they are missing the fundamental techniques that will allow them to play faster and smoother. This leads to inevitable frustration and despondency. In effect they are wasting their time! By clicking below you…

How to become famous – Tips to boost your drum career

How To Become Famous! Top tips on maximising your chances of getting your big break How to become famous: - I know the title is a little attention grabbing but hey, you're reading it! Really it's about creating our own luck to boost our music career rather than the X-factor fueled dream to become famous. This is an article I wrote that was published in Modern Drummer December 2007. I know that was a while ago but the advice (including some from well respected drummers such as Bill Bruford and Carmine Appice still stands firm. “Sorry Sting, my schedule is…

Quintuplet fill over sextuplets

Quintuplet fill over sextuplets Create a five over six with this quintuplet fill This quintuplet fill involves playing the five note phrasing over sextuplets (16th note triplets). Why on earth would you do that? Well, why not! But let's face it, 90% of the time it is totally fine to phrase our fills within the chosen rate. So moving around the kit in groups of four when playing in sixteenth notes. Or moving around the kit in groups of six when playing in sextuplets. BUT sometimes that's a little too predictable and it's more interesting and fun to move at a…

Nine Eight Drumless Playalong Drum Track

Nine Eight Drumless Playalong Backing Track Minus Drums This nine eight drumless playalong is at 122bpm. It's a great chance to try out your beats and fills in the odd time signature of nine eight. It's not the most common time signature but it is one that crops up with two examples being Sting's 'I hung my head' and Dave Brubeck's 'Blue Rondo A La Turk'. You can also learn some useful grooves and fills from the nine eight drum lesson that can be found on the single lessons page. Or otherwise dive straight in and have some nine eight fun! Here…

Simple Nine Eight Drum Beat

Learn a simple nine eight drum beat This nine eight drum beat is easy & gets you started in odd time immedaitely This simple nine eight drum beat video lesson will get you started right away by breaking a few things down. A lot of drummers run with fear at the thought of playing a nine eight drum beat but this is unnecessary and simply stems from a lack of understanding. A nine eight drum beat is NOT scary and with practice it can become as simple as playing in four four time (also known as common time). Nine eight time means…

Off beat hi-hat groove video drum lesson

Off beat hi-hat groove - video drum lesson Learn how to play off beat hi-hats in a groove This Is The Off Beat Hi-hat Groove Drum Lesson This off beat hi-hat groove sounds great, is applicable in loads of musical situations and is pretty easy to learn. In many of the live music situations we drummers find ourselves in we want to inject some fun and excitement into our grooves but if we deviate too far from the staple rhythm of the song then we will mess with the flow, get some raised eyebrows and possibly get sacked. And yes, most…

Easy and Cool Drum Fill Video Lesson 1

Cool Drum Fill That is Easy to Learn Learn how to play an impressive drum fill This Is A Cool Drum Fill That is Easy to Learn This cool drum fill is honestly really, really easy. BUT it takes work to make it sound good. That is the case for almost everything on the drums. It is all easy if we break it down and slow it down enough. Sorry but that's a fact and you've probably heard me banging on about it plenty of times before.So to a large extent great drummers are simply the guys and gals with…