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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…

Mixed Subdivisions Drum Lesson

Mixed Subdivisions Drum Lesson Learn how to play fills and grooves whilst changing gears. This Is The Mixed Subdivisions Drum Lesson Welcome to the mixed subdivisions drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play between different note values within a bar.This is sometimes described as switching gears and having command of these rhythmic shenanigans allows you to play very interesting drum beats and fills.Just imagine that every beat and fill you play is all sixteenth notes. It would get very predictable and boring. But after this lesson you will be able to flow between:Quarter notesEighth notesEighth note tripletsSixteenth notesQuintupletsSextupletsThese…

Quintuplet Drum Beats

Quintuplet Drum Beats Learn how to play quintuplet drum beats and fills This Is The Quintuplet Drum Beats Lesson Welcome to the quintuplet drum beats and fills lesson. Here we will learn how to play quintuplet drum beats. What the heck is a quintuplet beat you ask? Well let me start by saying that it is not the most common rhythm type. You definitely won't need this groove in a top 40 covers band! So these are definitely not essential grooves but they are a lot of fun and they are really interesting. So for me that's enough of a…

Polyrhythm Drum Challenge | Hemiola

Polyrhythm Drum Challenge Try this hemiola drum exercise This Is The Polyrhythm Drum Challenge Welcome to the polyrhythm drum challenge. This exercise uses the hemiola polyrhythm and incorporates some tricky limb independence.It's hard but you can do it. Actually this is great fun to try no matter how long you've been drumming.A polyrhythm simply incorporates two rhythms simultaneously that have a different pulse. At some point these rhythms will resolve so that they both fall on beat one.The hemiola polyrhythm that we are using resolves very quickly so we can loop this and use it in musical contexts. I often…

What is Metric Modulation?

What is Metric Modulation? Learn how to use metric modulation on the drums This Is The Metric Modulation Lesson Welcome to the metric modulation drum lesson. Here we will learn how to use implied metric modulation on the drums. What is metric modulation? Metric modulation is when you modulate, or move through, a different rhythmic grouping to transition to a new pulse, time signature or subdivision. Here we will tackle implied metric modulation so we will go into that transition phase but rather than transitioning somewhere else we will return to the original feel. This is a really fun rhythmic…

Metronome Challenge

Metronome Challenge Timing Exercise See if you can master this metronome challenge Timing is crucial for any drummer so try this metronome challenge What is this metronome challenge? OK so the metronome challenge here involves playing a basic rock beat along with a piece of music that lasts for four bars. The tricky bit comes in half way through because bars one and two have a metronome and backing music to play with. But bars three and four are totally silent. Your challenge is to keep playing through those silent bars and when the sequence loops back to bar one…

Roland drums timing exercise

Roland Drums Timing Exercise Learn how to use the Roland Drums Timecheck Function If you're considering which Roland drum kit to buy you might want to make sure it has this feature Which Roland drums to buy When you buy Roland drums you are buying the best electronic drums on the market. As a result they don't come cheap so you may be considering a second hand model. Because of their great build quality the second hand kits are often in great condition but after you watch the video below you might want to make sure you buy a model…

How a metronome is used

How a metronome is used Learn how to use a click Let's learn how a metronome is used. As a drummer it is crucial to learn how to play with a metronome To understand how a metronome is used it is important to understand why we use one. A metronome is often called a click in modern music. We use a metronome because timing is an essential skill for any drummer at any level. You can have the fastest chops known to mankind but if you can't play in time then you are no good to anyone. This is…

Drummer Timing Course 101

Drummer Timing FREE Drum Course Develop Great timing with this drummer timing 101 course Timing is a drummers most precious skill. This is the one that divides the great drummers from the average drummers. Many drummers today understand that timing is a big deal but so many drummers I speak to are not confident with their ability to have great time when playing drums. It really knocks their confidence and stops them playing to their optimum level. And the problem is that they don't really know how to take their timing to the next stage. Good timing is crucial to be a…

Drummer Timing Exercise No. 1

Drummer Timing Exercise No. 1 Try this drummer timing exercise to develop your internal metronome This Is The Drummer Timing Exercise No. 1 Why is this drummer timing exercise important? Well I think you'll agree that being able to play with a metronome is an essential skill for the modern drummer. And most of us start learning this skill early in our development today which wasn't the case in the past.However, if we're not careful we become too dependent on the click turned up loud hammering in our ear and this mean that we have lost the ability to use…