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How to play when the levee breaks on drums

How to play When the Levee Breaks on drums Learn how to play Led Zeppelin's classic groove in a live setting In this drum lesson we will learn how to play When the Levee Breaks on drums. This is a Led Zeppelin classic track from the 1971 Led zeppelin Four album with none other than John Bonham on drums of course. There's a lot of mystique around this groove and the song is famous among musicians for the unique character of the drum. This was created largely by the space it was recorded in as well as certain effects that…

Paradiddle Mania Drum Beat

Paradiddle Mania Drum Beat Learn the paradiddle mania drum beat This Is The Paradiddle Mania Drum Beat This is a really fun beat called paradiddle mania. It combines common drum rudiments such as the double paradiddle, standard paradiddle and an inverted paradiddlediddle. What a mouthful! If you aren't too hot with your rudiments you might like the lesson that demonstrates the 26 essential rudiments. If you already know those three rudiments then the paradiddle mania drum beat is just a case of stringing them together to create a flowing pattern. Then we add a few bass drums and you will…

Jazz Drum Beat | Basic Swing Groove

Basic Jazz Drum Beat Lesson Learn a Jazz Drum Beat This Is The Basic Jazz Beat Lesson This is THE essential jazz drum beat that you have to know if you want to play jazz. I would argue that this is an essential rhythm that every drummer should know.A majority of jazz is swung which means it's based on the triplet subdivision. This means you must first understand how to play swing music using swung rhythms. It is not difficult but might seem strange if you've only ever played straight beats before like a basic rock beat.Once you have the…

The History of Drum Machines, Samplers and Electronic Drums

The History of Drum Machines, Samplers and Electronic Drums Learn the rich history of drum machines The history of drum machines and electronic drums is a really interesting one. Whether you like it or not drum machines, electronic drums and samplers are not going away. At first they created very dodgy sounds and drummers viewed them as small threat to the much loved acoustic drum. And although that love for acoustic drums is as strong as ever, we have made way in our hearts to embrace all that electronic drum sounds can add to our creative palette. Early drum machines…

Best Jazz Rudiment for Drums

Best Jazz Rudiment Learn how to play jazz like a pro with this effective rudiment This Is The Best Jazz Rudiment Drum Lesson Why is this the best jazz rudiment I hear you ask? Well, first of all it sits naturally in the swung rhythm and jazz is predominantly swung. Secondly it flows very easily around the basic jazz ride pattern.If you aren’t familiar with the basic jazz groove then watch this FREE video lesson.So what is the rudiment?We are talking about the mighty paradiddlediddle. What a name! If you aren’t too hot with your rudiments you might like the…

Cold Sweat | James Brown

The Cold Sweat Drum Beat Learn the Cold Sweat Groove from a James Brown Classic Here we are looking at the Cold Sweat groove by Clyde Stubblefield on the James Brown classic song. This groove epitomises funk with some of the key elements that define a funk groove. It's based on a regular 8 beat which is normal enough but it uses two techniques on the snare drum that place this drum groove squarely in the funk genre. The first technique is the displaced snare drum. Part of the character of Cold Sweat is the displaced accent which is accentuated by…

Make money from music | How to | Diversify

How to make money from music Diversifying is the key if you want to make money from music So many musicians want to make money from music. That's not because we're greedy but it's just a fact; if we earn enough money from playing then we don't need a different job which in turn eats all our time and stops us doing what we love.....playing our instrument! Our musical dreams come in different shapes and sizes but for most of us we would love to play our instrument all day long and money is the barrier that prevents that from…

Street Samba Drum Lesson

Street Samba Drum Beat Learn a street samba drum groove This is a street Samba drum beat adapted for the drum kit. The Samba is a rhythm type from Brazil which is lively, infectious and often seen at carnivals making people dance. Usually this rhythm is performed by the bateria which is a large group of percussionists that play on a drum or other percussion instrument each. These can range from drums to shakers, whistles, tambourines and scrapers. The collective sound is very powerful. So here we are going to try and replicate that street samba drum sound using just…

Jazz Samba Drum Beat Lesson

Jazz Samba Drum Beat Learn this basic Samba drum beat The samba drum beat is closely linked to the bossa nova drum rhythm, both of which are from Brazil. However the samba drum beat is taken from much livelier, carnival dancing music whereas the bossa nova is usually slower. And so authentic samba sees groups of percussionists, ranging from small to hundreds strong, making up the percussion group (bateria) performing these beats in the street at carnivals. There are different sounds being played from large surdo drums, through shakers, tambourines, caixa, cuica, pandeiro, repinique and whistles. The collective sound is…

Advanced Samba Drum Beat

Advanced Samba Drum Beat Learn this advanced Samba drum beat This advanced samba drum beat is an extension of the basic street samba drum beat. It takes that pattern which was already quite a challenging four limb independence exercise and makes it even harder. But it's worth it because the end result sounds great! You probably already know that samba is a Brazilian rhythm which is usually played by lots of percussionists. From the mid-20th century drummers have been adapting these rhythms for the drum kit which enables one person to do the job of many. To create this thick layered rhythm…