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Using Buzz Rolls In Grooves

Using Buzz Rolls In Grooves Here we are breaking down the buzz roll and looking at how we can apply it to make our drum beats more interesting. Using Buzz Rolls In Grooves Welcome to this buzz roll drum lesson. Here we will learn how to start using buzz rolls in grooves.This is one of the fundamental drum techniques (sometimes also called a press roll) but many drummers overlook it and never really get the technique mastered. This is a big mistake because at some point in your drumming life you will need to play a buzz roll.In this drum…

RLKK Fill Ideas

RLKK Fill Ideas Learn how to play easy drum fills that sound awesome This Is The RLKK Fill Ideas Drum Lesson Welcome to the RLKK fill ideas drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play some really cool drum fills. This drum lesson is suitable for beginners but will also give you some great ideas if you've been playing drum for a while.The approach we are using here is to create a fixed sticking pattern and then look at how we can use that in different creative ways. This is an effective way to easily learn lots of fill…

How to play Cantaloupe Island on the drums

How to play Cantaloupe Island on the drums Learn how to play a classic Tony Williams drum part This Is The Cantaloupe Island Drum Lesson Welcome to the Cantaloupe Island drum lesson where we will learn how to play Cantaloupe Island on the drums.Cantaloupe Island was recorded for Herbie Hancock's 1964 album called Empyrean Isles. It featured Ron Carter on bass, Freddie Hubbard on cornet and Tony WIlliams on drums.It has became one of Herbie's best loved and most enduring tunes and the drum parts are well worth studying. So that's what we do here!This is delivered so that even…

Right Limb Unsion Grooves

Right Limb Unison Grooves Learn how to play funk drum beats using paradiddle derived unison phrases This Is The Right Limb Unison Grooves Drum Lesson Welcome to the right limb unison grooves drum lesson. Here we will learn some very funky drum beats.Our brain loves the right limbs working together, and it loves the left limbs working together. So you'll be pleased to know that this drum lesson doesn't involve painful independence exercises.Instead we use the unison approach to create some really interesting patterns that work really well to create drum beats that sound very complex. But when we break…

Seven Eight Rudiments

Seven Eight Rudiments Learn how to use rudiments in odd time grooves This Is The Seven Eight Rudiments Drum Lesson Welcome to the seven eight rudiments drum lesson. Here we will learn how to use rudiments to create awesome drum beats.Rudiments are a fundamental part of our drumming vocabulary but they are not just boring old exercises that we do because our drum teacher says we should. They are the building blocks for so many drum beats and fills.So in this lesson we will take some common rudiments and develop them into exciting drum beats. Not only that but the…

Bass Drum Workout

Bass Drum Workout This drum lesson will test your bass drum speed and endurance This Is The Bass Drum Workout Welcome to the bass drum workout. Here we will learn some really fun beats that work that kick drum foot of yours. We break this down so you can follow along even if you're a beginner drummer.We will develop some drum grooves that you can use in real playing situations and that you will hear in some of your favourite songs. But these grooves are also designed to work your bass drum foot hard. And we will turn this into…

Walk This Way Drum Breakdown

Walk This Way Drum Breakdown Learn how to play Aerosmith's classic song Walk This Way This Is The Walk This Way Drum Breakdown Welcome to the Walk This Way drum breakdown. Here we will learn how to play a classic Aerosmith track on the drums.Walk this way was originally released on the 1975 Toys in the Attic album featuring Joey Kramer on drums and it became the second single from that album. You might also know it from the collaboration with Hip Hop group Run DMC.But on this drum lesson we are focussing on the original drum parts which feature…

New Orleans-ey Funky Groove

New Orleans-ey Funky Groove Learn how to play a funky sort of New Orleans inspired drum beat This Is The New Orleans-ey Funky Groove Welcome to the New Orleans-ey funky groove drum lesson. I know it's a sightly rubbish name but it does describe what this is.It is a very funky groove that is New Orleans inspired but isn't strictly what you might call a New Orleans groove.In this drum lesson we break it down to the most basic level. That allows even beginners to learn a very complex drum beat. And once you learn this method you can break…

Paradiddlediddle Groove With Changing Bass Drums

Paradiddlediddle Groove With Changing Bass Drums Learn how to play some challenging rudiment based drum beats This Is The Paradiddlediddle Groove With Changing Bass Drums Lesson Welcome to this paradiddlediddle drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play this common rudiment as a funky groove and gain freedom with the right foot within that context.The paradidlediddle is a really useable rudiment both in drum beats and fills. Because it is a six note rudiment, it works very well for a sixteenth note triplet feel, or half time shuffle.In this drum lesson we use it in that exact way so…

How to play Come Together On Drums

How to play Come Together On Drums How to play Come Together On Drums Learn how to play Come Together on drums. This Is The Beatles Drum LEsson Welcome to this Beatles drum lesson. Here we will learn how to play Come Together on drums. Come Together was released on the Beatles Abbey Road album in 1969. It features an instantly recognisable bass line and an iconic drum groove. It is, of course, played by Ringo Starr on the drums and it is one of Ringo's greatest drumming moments because it is such a unique, interesting and recognizable drum groove.…