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Single Stroke Roll HIIT Workout

Single Stroke Roll HIIT Workout Get ready for a tough single stroke roll drum workout! This Is The Single Stroke Roll HIIT Workout Welcome to the single stroke roll HIIT workout. Here we will work you hard and by the end of it you will have an awesome drum warm up that you can use everyday to develop speed, strength, control and stamina.We will use the popular exercises format called HIIT which stand for High Intensity Interval Training.This involves playing intensely for a period of time (such as 40 seconds) and then resting for a short period (such as 20…

Polyrhythmic Independence Mind Bender

Polyrhythmic Independence Mind Bender Challenge yourself with this mind bending four limb independence drum lesson. This Is The Polyrhythmic Independence Mind Bender Welcome to the polyrhythmic independence mind bender. This will hurt, this will confuse you, this will make you feel inadequate.....but.......that just means you're human. And this type of drum workout is really useful to help you progress as a drummer with great independence between all four limbs.We take you through the process slowly and then build it up so you can benefit from this whether you've been playing drums for one week or decades!Developing your independence really gives…

Paradiddle Feet With Groove On Top

Paradiddle Feet With Groove On Top. Learn how to use paradiddles with your feet This Is The Paradiddle Feet With Groove On Top Drum Lesson Welcome to this paradiddle drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play paradiddles with our feet and then add grooves over the top.Paradiddles are one of the most common rudiments but we usually play them with our hands. The feet tend to get an easy ride when it comes to rudiments. But when you look at drummers such as Thomas Lang you can see just how capable our feet are if we train them…

Question and Answer Training

Question and Answer Training Develop your listening skills on the drums This Is The Drummer Ear Training Lesson Welcome to the question and answer training for drummers. Here we will develop your listening skills on the drum kit.This is crucial ear training on the drum kit. This is an essential skill to help you become a musical drummer that listens to other musicians and knows how to respond.A drummer who is not listening does not respond to other musicians. This can lead to them playing with the wrong dynamics or even playing completely inappropriate drum parts. We want to be…

Left Hand Builders

Left Hand Control Develop your left hand endurance and control This Is The Left Hand Control Course Welcome to the left hand control drum lesson. Here we will learn how to build your control and endurance with your left hand.Us drummers often spend lots of time developing out strong, dominant hand. It's easy to slip into this behaviour because it feels good. It learns quickly. It is gratifying. But all the time we develop the dominant hand on the drums, we widen the gap between that hand and the weaker hand.For many of us the weak hand is our left…

Independence Drum Headache

Independence Drum Headache Learn how to play seriously hard four limb independence on the drums This Is The Independence Drum Headache Lesson Welcome to the independence drum headache drum lesson. This four limb independence drum lesson will mess your head up! Do you like that sort of thing?OK good....me too. Four limb independence is crucial for us drum kit players so exercises like this really equip us for all the challenges that we will come against as we learn new beats and fills.Scroll down to start the independence drum headache lesson. Click to access the lesson Click here Faster Hands in…

Rudiment Conundrums

Rudiment Conundrums Learn how to play some fun rudiment based drum fills This Is The Rudiment Conundrums Drum Lesson Welcome to the rudiment conundrums drum lesson. Here we will learn how to use rudiments in interesting ways. This drum lesson uses common rudiments and mixes them into challenging phrases. Not only is it a great workout but each pattern can be used to create interesting drum fills. We start super slow on the snare drum and then look at how we can embellish these patterns and orchestrate them around the kit in interesting ways. We finish by looping them in…

Doubles with Feet Varied hands

Doubles with Feet, Varied hands Learn how to play rudiments between the hands and feet. This Is The Doubles with Feet, Varied hands Drum Lesson Welcome to the doubles with feet, varied hands drum lessons. OK, so I know it's not the catchiest lesson name but this really is a brain teaser drum lesson. This doubles with feet, varied hands drum lesson is a real four limb independence test that uses rudiments with the feet. Us drummers often neglect the feet even though we spend hours practising rudiments with the hands. Developing the same level of control with our feet…

Unison Exercises Right Left Split

Unison Exercises Right Left Split We develop limb independence on the drum kit This Is The Unison Exercises Right Left Split Drum Lesson Welcome to the unison exercises left right split drum lesson. This drum lesson delves into unison exercises which use the natural split between the right and left limbs but explores phrasings that will test you on the drums.It does feel natural to work your left hand with your left foot and the same with the right side, but it is a skill that many drummers overlook. The result is that they are not completely locked in and,…

Improvise With limited Sounds

Improvise With limited Sounds Learn how to create interesting drum solos This Is The Improvise With limited Sounds Lesson Here we will learn how to improvise with limited sounds on the drums.Why should you bother though? Well often we get to a drum solo and we panic. The result is that we hit everything as fast as we can.That can sound cool for a brief period but it gets boring quickly. So it's much better to form solid ideas and create a narrative. And to make that interesting we can squeeze so many different sounds and effects from the drum…