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Paradiddle Drum Fills

Paradiddle Drum Fills Learn how to play fun paradiddle drum fills This Is The Paradiddle Drum Fills Lesson Welcome to the paradiddle drum fills lesson. Here we will learn how to play some very effective and fun drum fills.The paradiddle is one of our core rudiments but it is more than just a boring exercise. We can get very creative with the paradiddle. We previously looked at paradiddle drum beats so you might like to check out that lesson because it pairs perfectly with these drum fills.In this paradiddle drum fills lesson we will explore different accent patterns in their…

Paradiddle Grooves

Paradiddle Grooves Learn how to play funky paradiddle grooves on the drum kit This Is The Paradiddle Grooves Drum Lesson Welcome to the paradiddle grooves drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play funk paradiddle drum beats.The humble paradiddle is one of the early rudiments that we learn and the sticking pattern is:R L R R L R L LSometimes it gets left as that; just a strange little sticking pattern learnt on a drum pad or snare. What's the point?But the paradiddle is such a useful pattern that can spawn so many funky drum beats and fills.So in…

Advanced Samba For Drumkit

Advanced Samba for Drumkit Learn how to play an advanced samba drum beat on the drumkit This Is The Advanced Samba for Drumkit Drum Lesson Welcome to the advanced samba for drumkit drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play a complex samba pattern.Previously we have looked at bossa nova and a basic street samba. But today we are going hardcore! This involves four limb independence. It involves hi-hat foot splashes. It involves muted and open tones on the toms. There's a lot going on!But we break it down into small parts and learn it very slowly. That means…

Basic Street Samba For Drumkit

Basic Street Samba Learn how to play samba influenced grooves on the drumkit This Is The Basic Street Samba Drum kit Lesson Welcome to the basic street samba drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some really fun and funky samba influenced drum beats.These are the lively rhythms of Brazil adapted for drumkit. We break it down very slowly for beginners and then build it up. It's a real four limb independence test but well worth the effort to learn.We then look at how we can apply these to our everyday drumming to deepen our drumming vocabulary.Scroll down…

Polyrhythmic Fills

Polyrhythmic Fills Learn how to use polyrhythms in drum fills This Is The Polyrhythmic Fills Lesson Welcome to this polyrhythmic fills lesson. We will learn how to use polyrhythms in drum fills. Previously we looked at the basics of polyrhythms, polyrhythm snares in grooves, and polyrhythm bass drum in grooves.So now let's explore some options with polyrhythmic drum fills. Using polyrhythm in fills instantly makes them sound interesting and more advanced. It adds an extra layer of rhythmic sophistication that can feel like you're taking the music somewhere different. Usually we will only use this technique briefly before returning to…

Polyrhythm Bass Drum Grooves

Polyrhythm Bass Drum Grooves Learn how to play polyrhythmic drum beats This Is The Polyrhythm Bass Drum Grooves Drum Lesson Welcome to the polyrhythm bass drum grooves drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some fun drum grooves using polyrhythms.Previously we learnt polyrhythm beats with changing snare drums but today we will focus on shifting the bass drum to create polyrhythm.Polyrhythm can seem mysterious at first and some people might not see it as a useful but this lesson will show you easy ways to make your drum beats sounds really interesting by using polyrhythms. We look at…

Polyrhythm Snare Grooves

Polyrhythm Snare Grooves Learn how to play polyrhythmic drum beats This Is The Polyrhythm Snare Grooves Drum Lesson Welcome to the polyrhythm snare grooves drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some fun drum grooves using polyrhythms.Previously we looked at what polyrhythms are and broke down how to easily play them. In this drum lesson we take them to the next stage and develop some really fun drum beats that use polyrhythm between the bass and snare drum.These sound great and are highly useable so you will learn that polyrhythm is an important part of music to understand…

Polyrhythm Training

Polyrhythm Training Learn how to play polyrhthyms This Is The Polyrhythm Training Lesson Welcome to the polyrhythm training for drummers. Here we will learn how to play polyrhythms on the drum kit.A polyrhythm is when you play two contrasting rhythms simultaneously. For example you might play 16th notes at the same time as eighth note triplets.Both rhythms resolve over one beat but they seem in conflict with each other until that resolution.That might not sound very musical but when you hear them together they sound really cool. However, it can be difficult to play them both at the same time.…

Funk Tom Beats With Left Foot

Funk Tom Beats With Left Foot Learn how to play funky tom based grooves This Is The Funk Tom Beats With Left Foot Drum Lesson Welcome to the funk tom beats with left foot drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play very funky drum beats with an added four limb independence challenge.Previously we looked at the funk tom tom beats which sound amazing but only use three limbs. So these new beats are a step up from those previous grooves.Creating funk beats and then moving them to the toms sounds really effective. But once we start utilising the…

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…