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Clave Foot Groove Challenge

Clave Foot Groove Challenge Learn a tricky four limb independence groove This Is The Clave Foot Groove Challenge Welcome to the Clave Foot Groove Challenge. Here we will learn a fun four limb independence pattern that will bend your mind! It involves two separate bars in which the feet play opposite roles. So one foot is playing four on the floor and the other a modified son clave feel. Then in the second bar the feet switch patterns. Once you've got the individual bars we then loop them in sequence and that's where it gets really tough. Watch the video…

Improvised Melodic Drum Solo

Improvised Melodic Drum Solo A totally improvised drum solo just for fun! This Is An Improvised Melodic Drum Solo Welcome to an improvised drum solo that I thought I'd share. After a few days of learning songs for gigs and then the gigs themselves, I was done with all the regimented learning and playing. I had just a few hours sleep but felt a real desire to get in the studio and just play drums without any rules or agenda. I love having the freedom to see what comes out. So here it is warts and all. It was based on…

Melodic Tom Groove Challenge

Melodic Tom Groove Challenge Learn a challenging four limb independence groove This Is The Melodic Tom Groove Challenge Welcome to the Melodic Tom Groove Challenge drum lesson.This is a challenging four limb independence groove but as well as being a tricky exercise it is also a useable drum beat.This might be appropriate for a main groove in a song, a breakdown section or a drum solo.But more than anything I just love the challenge placed upon all four limbs with this type of drum beat.Watch the video below and then scroll down to start the Melodic Tom Groove Challenge......if you…

Unison Hands Funk & Jazz Fill Drum Lesson

Unison Hands Funk & Jazz Fill Drum Lesson Learn how to play a funky jazz exercise This Is The Unison Hands Funk & Jazz Fill Drum Lesson Welcome to the unison hands funk & jazz fill drum lesson. This is a great little exercise that develops your hand accuracy when playing in unison. It's a technique that we often overlook but is deceptively tricky. It is also commonly used any time we play with both hands together so it's well worth working on. The great news here is that this exercise also doubles up as a really useable groove or…

Overlapping Hands Drum Exercise

Overlapping Hands Drum Exercise Learn a fun drum groove in three four time signature This Is The Overlapping Hands Drum Exercise Welcome to the overlapping hands drum exercise. This is a really fun drum exercise in three four time which layers a triple hand pattern over the other hand. This layering technique is common in complex funk grooves so it's well worth getting used to it. But as well as being a fun, challenging exercise, this is also a really useable drum groove. In the lesson I demonstrate how it can be used in a funky, jazzy context. Click below…

KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen

KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen Learn a really fun advanced odd time groove....if you dare! This Is The KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen Welcome to the the KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen. This is a fun but challenging odd time groove. As well as being in the very unusual time signature of fifteen sixteen, it also incorporates use of the hi-hat pedal which makes it a four limb independence challenge as well. Hence why this is an advanced groove. Watch the video below and then scroll down to start the KILLER…

Trading Fours – How to Trade Fours on the Drums

Trading Fours Learn how to trade fours in a drum solo scenario This Is The Trading Fours Lesson Welcome to the trading fours online drum lesson. This teaches you the concept of trading fours and shows you how it works. This format is used for drum solos and allows us to interact with other musicians in a really exciting way. Traditionally you will find jazz musicians trading fours but as you'll see in this lesson, we can apply this in any genre. In this lesson you will learn how to trade fours and you will see that drummers of any…

Swung 16ths Funk Beats

Swung 16th Funk Beats Learn how to play funk drums with the swung 16th note funky grooves online drum lesson. This Is The Swung 16th Funk Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the swung 16th funk beats drum lesson. Having that slightly swung 16th note feel is a crucial rhythm type to master for funk drumming. It instantly gives a straight groove a funky make-over and creates a feel that is impossible for people not to dance along with. That is the power of the swung 16th funk beats. This lesson is taken from the much larger beginner funk course so…

Easy But Impressive Sounding Linear Beats

Impressive Sounding Linear Beats Learn how to play three awesome linear grooves This Is The Impressive Sounding Linear Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the impressive sounding linear beats drum lesson. This is a totally free drum lesson that gives you the video and the sheet music. Linear beats are really fun and give us an interesting approach that forces us to play rhythms that sound different to the usual bog standard grooves that we usually play. Here we are going to learn three linear drum beats that sound really hard but are actually easy to learn. They will take effort, they…

One Handed 16th Note Funk Grooves

One Handed 16th Note Funk Grooves Learn how to play one handed 16th note funk grooves. This Is The One Handed 16th Note Funk Grooves Lesson Welcome to the one handed 16th note funk grooves lesson. Playing 16th note hi-hats grooves in this funky context provides a really cool, laid back vibe. There is a certain tempo range that these work in, not least because you physically can't go above a particular speed, which is different for everyone, when playing with one hand. But the vibe they create is chilled and really effective for the right song. You can find…