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Swung Tom Tom Beats

Swung Tom Tom Beats Learn how to play singing tom tom drum grooves This Is The Swung Tom Tom Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the swung tom tom beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some exciting swung drum beats on the toms which hark back to the big band glory days of the 1930s.We start by breaking down the classic Gene Krupa groove on the Benny Goodman recording of Sing, sing, sing. This is a really fun beat to play and involves all four limbs.From there we use it as a launch pad to learn some…

Tom Tom Linear Beats

Tom Tom Linear Beats Learn some powerful and funky linear tom tom drum beats This Is The Tom Tom Linear Beats Lesson Welcome to the tom tom linear beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some really effective tom tom beats. Previously we checked out some funk tom beats.But today we are tackling linear. With linear drumming you only play one thing at a time. So you don't layer up with different limbs as you would in a standard drum beat where you might play the bass drum and hi-hat at the same time.When we start learning…

Funk Tom Beats

Funk Tom Beats Learn how to play funky tom tom rhythms This Is The Funk Tom Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the funk tom beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play funky grooves with a powerful twist.One very rewarding aspect of drumming is that we can repurpose old ideas and turn them into something new. And that is what we do here. We take some classic funk drum beats and give them a new lease of life.With a simple tweak we can make use of the tom toms to create very funky and powerful grooves. These sound…

Rhythmic Displacement 16 Beats

Rhythmic Displacement 16 Beats Learn how to displace funky 16 beats This Is The Rhythmic Displacement 16 Beats lesson Welcome to the rhythmic displacement 16 beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to displace 16 beat drum patterns.If you are new to this then you should start with the rhythmic displacement using 8th notes drum lesson.But today we will check out some funky 16 beats. Being able to displace these patterns means you have so many more creative options available. And those options are much funkier and more interesting drum patterns.This drum lesson is delivered so that a beginner can…

Nine Eight Drum Beats

Nine Eight Drum Beats Learn how to play drum beats in the nine eight time signature This Is The Nine Eight Drum Beats Lesson Welcome to the nine eight drum beats drum lesson. Here we breakdown the mysterious time signature that is nine eight. It's actually not that mysterious at all.In previous lessons we looked at seven eight and spoke about it's relationship with four four. Four four has four quarter notes in a bar and, therefore, eight eighth notes. Seven eight has seven eighth notes which is just one less.Well nine eight is just as close to four four.…

Seven Eight Drum Beats

Seven Eight Drum Beats Learn how to play seven eight drum grooves This Is The Seven Eight Drum Beats Drum Lesson Welcome to the seven eight drum beats drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play drum beats in the seven eight time signature. These can seem scary at first but let's relate them to our comfortable four four time signature. In four four we have four quarter notes. If we split those in half we have eight eighth notes. We count them as: 1&2&3&4&. When we look at seven eight we have seven eighth notes in a bar.…

Five Four Drum Beats

Five Four Drum Beats Learn how to play drum grooves in the five four time signatureWelcome to the five four drum beats lesson. In this drum lesson we break down the five four time signature and learn a selection of drum beats.Five four can often seem mysterious and scary at first but it simply means that there are five quarter notes in a bar. That's just one more beat than our common four four time signature.Once we've established how to count this effectively we start to build it up into simple grooves. You can do this even if you've never…

Six Eight and Three Four Drum Lesson

Six Eight and Three Four Drum Lesson Learn how to play in three four and six eight time signatures This Is The Six Eight and Three Four Drum Lesson Welcome to the six eight and three four drum lesson. Here we will learn what the two time signatures are, what the difference is between them and how to play drum beats in both of them.Six eight and three four are mathematically the same but the phrasing is different. The cool thing is that once you fully understand their relationship you can dip between them to create some interesting polyrhythms.And in…

Drags In Beats and Fills

Drags In Beats and Fills Learn how to use the drag rudiment in musical scenarios This Is The Drags In Beats and Fills Drum Lesson Welcome to the drags in beats and fills drum lesson. The drag is one of the core rudiments and it has a very military style sound if we play it on the snare drum repeatedly.But the drag is such a useable rudiment in modern drumming styles on the drumkit. It can enhance all manner of drum beats and fills in many genres.So this drum lesson breaks down the drag. We discuss what it is and…

Jazz Basics With Snare Comping

Jazz Basics With Snare Comping Learn how to play funk drums with this comprehensive funk drum course. This Is The Jazz Basics With Snare Comping Drum Lesson Welcome to this jazz basics with snare comping drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play jazz drums.We will start with the absolute basics so that you understand the foundation rhythm needed for a majority of jazz music. We will then develop your left hand comping exercises to give you freedom to be expressive.Jazz drumming requires a totally different approach to pop, rock and funk. For a start jazz is often swung…