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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…

Sextuplet Linear Grooves

Sextuplet Linear Grooves Learn how to play rudiment based linear grooves as sixteenth note triplets This Is The Sextuplet Linear Grooves Drum Lesson Welcome to the sextuplet linear grooves drum lesson. Here we will learn some really fun drum beats.When we use linear drumming we just play one thing at a time. So we create some really interesting beats that sound a little different. But we going a step further in this lesson because we are combining the linear approach with the sextuplet (or 16th note triplet) subdivision. And then we're twisting up some common rudiments.This is a fun approach…

Linear Odd Note Groupings

Linear Odd Note Groupings Learn how to play interesting linear drum beats This Is The Linear Odd Note Groupings Drum Lessons Welcome to the Linear odd note groupings drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some interesting linear drum beats.Linear drumming simply involves playing one sound at a time. We've been delving into linear quite a bit lately such as this linear drum lesson.And in this lesson today we are going a step further and getting a little weird. We are working in four four time signature and using sixteenth notes; so it's all very standard. But we…

Linear Substituting Hi-hat Feet

Linear Substituting Hi-hat Feet Learn how to play interesting linear drum beats This Is The Linear Substituting Hi-hat Feet Drum Lesson Welcome to the linear substituting hi-hat feet drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play really interesting linear drum beats.Linear beats simply involve playing one thing at a time. So you don't layer your hi-hat and bass drum, for example.Linear is already an interesting approach to drumming. But we will go one step further today.In this drum lesson we will take some of the notes that were previously played by the hands and we will play them with…

Linear Drumming Building Blocks

Linear Drumming Building Blocks Learn how to create lots of linear drum beats This Is The Linear Drumming Building Blocks Drum Lesson Welcome to the linear drumming building blocks drum lesson. Here we will learn how to create masses of your own linear drum beats. Linear drumming involves playing just one thing at a time - so no layering up the bass drum and hi-hat for example. At first this can feel unnatural but once you get used to it, you will find that linear drumming opens so many creative doors for you. In this drum lesson we will learn…