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Beginner Lessons
Welcome to the Beginners Section. 20 Drum Lessons! In this section we look at Basic Grooves, Independence Exercises, Rudiments,Rudiment Orchestration Idea’s, Bass Drum Technique, Moeller Technique, and we also have our first look at Funk Studies and playing the Blues. Remember! Play through each Drum Lesson many times until you feel in complete control. A Dan’s Drum Lessons …
Drum Lesson No. 20 – Blues Drumming No. 4
Drum Lesson No. 20 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing 4 way coordination blues grooves and blues fills. Playing the ride cymbal with a quarter note motion and playing the hi hats with the foot at various points within the eighth note triplets. We are also playing blues grooves, some incorporating polyrhythms, …
Drum Lesson No. 19 – Blues Drumming No. 1
Drum Lesson No. 19 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are taking a look at playing the blues. Playing eighth note triplets on the hi hats and missing out the second eighth note triplet of each beat to create a blues shuffle. Counting 1 trip let, 2 trip let, 3 trip let, 4 trip …
Drum Lesson No. 18 – Buzz / Press Roll
Drum Lesson No. 18 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a buzz roll, or press roll, on the snare drum. We can hold the drum sticks much looser to play this and we need to keep the sticks very low. Making sure we hold the drum sticks at the correct balance point …
Drum Lesson No. 17 – Basic 4-Way Independence
Drum Lesson No. 17 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are looking at four way independence. Drummers need coordination and independence to play the drum kit. Playing the hi hats with the foot as an ostinato and playing eighth notes on the ride cymbal with the leading hand. Playing a simple drum groove but …
Drum Lesson No. 16 – Funk Drumming Studies No. 1
Drum Lesson No. 16 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are looking at an introduction to funk drumming. Funk drumming requires more independence than playing straight ahead pop as drummers have to play more snare drum and bass drum notes off the beat. Funk drumming is great to play but does require a good …
Drum Lesson No. 15 – Moeller Technique
Drum Lesson No. 15 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are looking at moeller technique. Moeller technique is great for conserving energy and accenting notes when playing drum grooves and drum fills. Moeller technique is a single motion and requires a lot of wrist movement to play correctly making sure the drum sticks are …
Drum Lesson No. 14 – Bass Drum Technique
Drum Lesson No. 14 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are looking at bass drum technique. drummers use different bass drum techniques depending on what they are playing and the speed and/or dynamics of what they have to play. There are various bass drum techniques such as heel down (often used for quiet notes …
Drum Lesson No. 13 – Single Paradiddle Orchestration Idea’s
Drum Lesson No. 13 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a drum groove for one bar and then in bar two we are playing various single paradiddle orchestration ideas playing on various sound sources around the drum kit. Each exercise should be played many times to get comfortable with the groove and …
Drum Lesson No. 12 – 16th Note Single Paradiddles
Drum Lesson No. 12 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a rudiment called a single paradiddle through sixteenth notes playing on the snare drum. Aiming for an even flow of notes and playing quarter notes on the hi hat using the foot. When playing this rudiment made up of single and double …
Drum Lesson No. 11 – Double Stroke Orchestration Idea’s
Drum Lesson No. 11 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a drum groove for one bar and then in bar two we are playing various double stroke orchestration ideas playing on various sound sources around the drum kit. Each exercise should be played many times to get comfortable with the groove and …
Drum Lesson No. 10 – 16th Note Double Strokes
Drum Lesson No. 10 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a rudiment called double strokes through sixteenth notes playing on the snare drum. Aiming for an even flow of notes and playing the hi hat with the foot on the quarter note. When playing this rudiment we need to accent various notes, …
Drum Lesson No. 9 – Single Stroke Orchestration Idea’s
Drum Lesson No. 9 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a drum groove for one bar and then in bar two we are playing various single stroke orchestration ideas playing on the snare drum and around the drum kit. Each exercise should be played many times to get comfortable with the groove …
Drum Lesson No. 8 – 16th Note Single Strokes
Drum Lesson No. 8 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a rudiment called single strokes through sixteenth notes playing on the snare drum. Aiming for an even flow of notes and playing the hi hat with the foot on the quarter note. When playing this rudiment we need to accent various notes …
Drum Lesson No. 7 – 1/4 Note ‘Off-Beat’ Grooves
Drum Lesson No. 7 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing quarter note grooves playing the hi hats with the shoulder of the drum stick. The snare drum is played on beats 2+4 and the bass drum is played on various sixteenth notes in the bar. If the bass drum falls on an …
Drum Lesson No. 6 – 16th Note Grooves
Drum Lesson No. 6 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing sixteenthth note grooves. The hi hats are played single handed and also hand to hand. There won’t be any off beats as every bass drum and snare drum will fall in unison with a hi hat. We should play the hi hats …
Drum Lesson No. 5 – 8th Note ‘Off-Beat’ Grooves
Drum Lesson No. 5 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing off the beat. The bass drum will fall exactly half way between the eighth note hi hats. The off beat bass drum notes are played at different sixteenthth notes in each bar. As the bass drum falls half way between the hi …
Drum Lesson No. 4 – Basic Groove With Various Hi Hat Patterns
Drum Lesson No. 4 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a drum groove with various hi hat patterns. The hi hats need to be even, quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes played with the leading hand and hand to hand adding the snare drum on beats 2+4 and bass drum on …
Drum Lesson No. 3 – Independence Exercises
Drum Lesson No. 3 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are looking at exercises to help improve independence. Playing even eighth note triplets and sixteenth notes between hands and feet, right hand and left hand lead – these linear exercises are designed so the bass drum is played when the hands don’t – this …
Drum Lesson No. 2 – Basic Groove With Various Hi Hat Patterns
Lesson No. 2 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a basic drum groove with various hi hat patterns. The hi hats need to be played with the shoulder of the drum stick when playing quarter notes, or crotchets, then this changes when playing eighth notes and sixteenth notes playing hand to …
Drum Lesson No. 1 – Basic Drum Groove
Lesson No. 1 PDF Notation In this drum lesson we are playing a six stroke roll around the drum kit through four sub-divisions. Playing four 2 bar phrases using the ride cymbal and keeping the hi hats on the quarter note. Playing ghost notes on the ‘E+’ of beat 3 and keeping our snare drum …
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