Our latest lesson covers some essential drumming skills! I’m going to share 6 core foot patterns I use regularly – both in the practice room at on the gig. These essentials for my feet give me the foundations to play more diverse styles, solo with greater creativity and sit on the groove better. They even [...] Read more »
Single Accented Paradiddles
Let’s take a look at accents and paradiddles for this lesson. The number of ways you can use a paradiddle is endless but a great place to start moving it around the drums is the method of accenting. The first idea in this simple concept involves all right hand accents being on the floor tom [...] Read more »
Three basic Rudiments Part 2
Lesson this week is Three Basic Rudiments Part 2. In Part 1 we covered stick grip, what each rudiment was, why we have them and how to start learning them. In Part 2, we now take things a step further by adding a bass drum ostinato – repeated pattern. The aim here is to start [...] Read more »
Three Basic Rudiments
This lesson is something that is often overlooked, singles, doubles and paradiddles. If you watch any of the great drummers from Buddy Rich to Steve Gadd, all styles and all eras of playing, the common skill is their mastery of these 3 basic rudiments. If you’re looking to get around the kit that bit faster [...] Read more »
16th Note Patterns – Bass Drum
This lesson looks at incorporating some 16th note patterns for the bass drum in a basic beat. Let’s face it, they sound cooler! Being able to play 16th note subdivisions gives you the most flexibility in your groove for most situations and will enable you to be more creative. Join the forum discussion on this [...] Read more »
Train – Hey, Soul Sister | drum lessons
My whole take on this song was to use brushes to add colour and something different really. When I sat down to play something over it, the first thing that popped into my head was actually a Samba groove. This video concentrates on two of the main variations I played over the song. One in [...] Read more »