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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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

Rhythmic Displacement 16th notes

Rhythmic Displacement - 16th notes Learn how to use rhythmic displacement on the drum kit This Is A Rhythmic Displacement Drum Lesson Welcome to the Rhythmic Displacement 16th notes drum lesson. Previously we have looked at rhythmic displacement using 8th notes but here we will go one step deeper and look at 16th notes.This is a difficult concept to get your head around, and it's even harder to get your limbs to do what they are told!But in this lesson we break it down to its simplest form so that a beginner drummer can understand the lesson and start to…

Rhythmic Displacement – 8th notes

Rhythmic Displacement - 8th Notes Learn how to displace rhythms within eighth notes This Is The Rhythmic Displacement - 8th Notes Lesson Here we are looking at Rhythmic Displacement using 8th Notes. Being able to displace your rhythms within the eighth note framework really opens up some interesting creative doors for you.Drummers often get stuck in a rut playing the same old predictable rhythms and it is very common to sit within very obvious rhythmic phrasing. That is all well and good for a majority of musical scenarios but sometimes we want to create something a little more interesting.One great…

Does This Drum Beat Slow Down? Or Is It A Trick?

Does This Drum Beat Slow Down? Or Is It A Trick? Learn how to play some weird rhythms in a fill This Is A Fun Rhythmic Illusion Welcome to this drum lesson where we ask you, "Does This Drum Beat Slow Down? Or Is It A Trick?With this drum lesson you will gain an understanding in how we can manipulate the rhythms by going inside different subdivisions.It sees us dabbling with metric modulation and polyrhythms. It is quite a tricky thing to get your head around but we will learn the drum fill in six simple steps. That makes this…

Playing Ahead And Behind The Beat

Playing Ahead And Behind The Beat Learn how to play ahead and behind the metronome This Is The Drummer Timing Course Welcome to this drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play ahead and behind the beat.As drummers we spend a lot of time learning how to play with a click and lock in tight. This is really, really important. But once you feel that you've mastered the click we can go a step further. And so I want to introduce these concepts to you in this drum lesson. Don't worry if you haven't yet mastered the click, it's…

Develop Your Internal Metronome

Develop Your Internal Metronome Learn how to develop metronomic timing Let's Develop Your Internal Metronome Welcome to this drum lesson where we will develop your internal metronome.You are probably aware that a modern drummer must be able to play in time with a metronome. It is not just a practice tool anymore. Most recording sessions are done to a click and many live shows are now performed with a metronome to sync backing tracks and other aspects of production.But did you know we can develop our timing in a much deeper way?That's exactly what we are doing in this drum…