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Independence Drum Exercise

Independence Drum Exercise Learn how to play a four limb independence drum beat This Is The Independence Drum Exercise Welcome to this independence drum exercise. Independence is crucial for any drummer because we use all of our limbs and this lesson goes deep on four limb independence.But this isn't just an exercise. It's a very useable drum beat that work really well in funk and, as you'll discover on the lesson, we also found it works well in New Orleans Second Line grooves as well.Developing your four limb independence will make you a much better drummer who can easily learn…

How To Play All Right Now On Drums

How To Play All Right Now On Drums Learn how to play a classic Free song on drums. How To Play All Right Now On Drums Welcome to the drum lesson where we will learn how to play All Right Now on drums.This was a huge hit for the UK band Free in 1970 on the Fire and Water album. It features a quarter note hi-hat groove with syncopated bass drums.It also has a tricky section which we tackle using snare rolls in the lead up to the famous guitar solo.It then has some iconic drum fills that are actually…

How To drum Like Simon Kirke

How To Drum Like Simon Kirke Learn how to play the drum parts for Free's greatest songs How To Drum Like Simon Kirke Welcome to the Free drum course. Here we will learn how to drum like Simon Kirke.Simon Kirke was the drummer for UK rock band Free and was a part of an awesome rhythm section with Andy Fraser on bass guitar.In this mini course we will break down the drum beats and drum fills for Free songs such as All Right Now, Mr Big and Fire and Water. Fire and Water has a cool rock drum solo which…

Train Drum Beat

The Train Beat Learn how to play a classic country drum beat This Is The Train Drum Beat Welcome to the train drum beat lesson. The train beat is a classic country drum beat that I believe every drummer should know.But in reality this drum groove is used in nearly every genre in one way or another.In the country world you can hear this beat in songs such as Fulsom Prison Blues (Johnny cash) and The World (Brad Paisley). If you want a non-country example, you can hear a swung version on Aerosmith's Big Ten Inch Record. It's a cool beat and…

The WORST Drum Warm Up

The WORST Drum Warm Up [DON'T DO THIS] Learn how to warm up on the drums properly The WORST Drum Warm Up In this video we tackle how to warm up properly on the drums. First you will see the worst drum warm up.But then we discuss the right way to warm up. This is crucial if you want to play drums at your best level and avoid injury.We often disregard the injury aspect but drummer injuries are common due to the repetition and impact on our arms and hands. Not to mention drummer back injury.And as well as avoiding…

Awesome Tom Tom Drum Beat

Awesome Tom Tom Drum Beat Learn a powerful tribal drum beat. This Is An Awesome Tom Tom Drum Beat Welcome to the awesome tom tom drum beat. We are going to learn an exciting tribal tom tom drum beat. And it sounds really exciting.It sounds way harder than it is because we will break it down one beat at a time so you can learn a really hard sounding tom tom drum beat no matter how long you have been drumming.In fact this drum beat is based on a fairly standard funk pattern so you might already have the core…

How To Play The Black Velvet Drum Beat

How To Play The Black Velvet Drum Beat Learn how to play Black Velvet on the drums. How To Play The Black Velvet Drum Beat Welcome to this drum lesson where we will learn how to play the Black Velvet drum beat.Black Velvet was released in 1988 by Canadian singer Alannah Myles with Jorn Andersen on drums.It is primarily a standard shuffle drum beat with a twist. In this drum lesson we break down the basic shuffle drum pattern but we also discuss the theory behind that 'twist'. What I'm referring to is the instantly recognisable hi-hat accent pattern which…

Five Note Phrased Fills

Five Note Phrased Fills Learn how to play interesting drum fills This Is The Five Note Phrased Fills Lesson Welcome to the five note phrased fills drum lesson.We often phrase our fills in very predictable ways. Beginner drummers play two eighth notes on each drum, or four sixteenth notes on each drum.This works well and sounds good but it is predictable. Sometimes we might want to play less obvious fills and have ideas that sound more interesting.And that's where odd phrasing can help. In this drum lesson we use five note groupings and look at how we can orchestrate those…

How To Drum Like Roger Taylor

How To Drum Like Roger Taylor Learn how to play 1970s Queen drum beats This Is The Roger Taylor Drum Course Welcome to the Roger Taylor course. Here we will learn how to drum like Roger Taylor.Roger has been the drummer for Queen since the beginning and has played an integral part in their sound. Not only does he play the perfect drum parts for the songs, but he also contributes great backing vocals too.And his playing style is very distinctive with quirks such as the way he opens the hi-hat at the same time as hitting the snare drum.We…

Rebel Rebel Drum Notation

Rebel Rebel Drum Notation Learn how to play a classic David Bowie song on drums This Is The Rebel Rebel Drum Notation Welcome to the Rebel Rebel drum notation.Rebel Rebel is classic track from Bowie 70s period. Released in 1974 on the Diamond Dogs album, Rebel Rebel features Aynsley Dunbar on the drums.It came at the end of his glam rock period and is built around a guitar riff. The drums stay very straight which takes discipline for the drummer. This is quite an easy drum song to learn so keeping your place in the music and staying disciplined are…