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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…

Rhythmic Displacement Swung Rhythms

Rhythmic Displacement Swung Rhythms Learn how to use displacement with triplet based rhythms. This Is The Rhythmic Displacement Swung Rhythms Lesson Welcome to rhythmic displacement swung rhythms. Here we will learn how to use displacement within the triplet based rhythms. We previously looked at displacement using 8th notes and 16th notes so you might find those to be better starting points if you're new to rhythmic displacement.Simply put we are going to take triplet based rhythms and move their starting point in the bar. These sound crazy and it's really hard to get your head around at first. However, we…

Rhythmic Displacement 16th notes

Rhythmic Displacement - 16th notes Learn how to use rhythmic displacement on the drum kit This Is A Rhythmic Displacement Drum Lesson Welcome to the Rhythmic Displacement 16th notes drum lesson. Previously we have looked at rhythmic displacement using 8th notes but here we will go one step deeper and look at 16th notes.This is a difficult concept to get your head around, and it's even harder to get your limbs to do what they are told!But in this lesson we break it down to its simplest form so that a beginner drummer can understand the lesson and start to…

Rhythmic Displacement – 8th notes

Rhythmic Displacement - 8th Notes Learn how to displace rhythms within eighth notes This Is The Rhythmic Displacement - 8th Notes Lesson Here we are looking at Rhythmic Displacement using 8th Notes. Being able to displace your rhythms within the eighth note framework really opens up some interesting creative doors for you.Drummers often get stuck in a rut playing the same old predictable rhythms and it is very common to sit within very obvious rhythmic phrasing. That is all well and good for a majority of musical scenarios but sometimes we want to create something a little more interesting.One great…

John Robinson Drum Grooves

John Robinson Drum Grooves Learn how to play some of JR's Best Drum Beats This Is The John Robinson Drum Grooves Lesson Welcome to the John Robinson drum grooves lesson. Here we will learn how to play some of JR's best drum grooves.If you think you haven't heard of the drummer John Robinson, you have definitely heard his work! As a session drummer he is one of the most recorded drummers of all time!He has played on huge hits for a massive array of artists including Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Lionel Richie and many, many more.In this drum lesson we…

Jeff Porcaro Drum Grooves

Jeff Porcaro Drum Grooves Learn how to play some classic Porcaro drum beats This Is The Jeff Porcaro Drum Lesson Welcome to the Jeff Porcaro drum grooves lesson. Here we will learn how to play some classic Porcaro drum beats. Jeff is one of the best loved session drummers of all time and there are so many of his drum parts that are worthy of studying. But in this lesson we focus on some key grooves from the 1980s. These includes beats for Toto, Randy Crawford and Eric Clapton. And yes it does include Rosanna! Scroll down to start the…

You Make It Feel Like Christmas Drum Lesson

You Make It Feel Like Christmas Drum Lesson Learn how to play a fun Christmas song on the drums This Is A Christmas Song Drum Lesson Welcome to the You Make It Feel Like Christmas drum lesson. Here we will learn a really fun song by Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton.It's quite an easy drum part with just two main beats, but it throws some fun challenges in there. The first thing to notice is that the rhythm is swung so it is based on the triplet subdivision.It also starts with a verse rhythm that is almost entirely played with…

You Make It Feel Like Christmas Drum Notation

You Make It Feel Like Christmas Drum Notation Learn how to play a great Christmas song on the drums This Is The You Make It Feel Like Christmas Drum Notation Welcome to the You Make It Feel Like Christmas Drum Notation. This is the full drum sheet music for a lovely, upbeat Christmas song by Gwen Stefani featuring Blake Shelton.You can learn the drum part precisely note for note here and there's some fun aspects to it. Overall it's quite simple with a lot of repetition. First you have to notice that it is swung. It also starts with the…