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 »
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In this lesson we are looking at playing some roll rudiments in a groove. Basically this concept involves looking at the most common roll rudiments – 5-stroke, 7-stroke, 13-stroke and 17-stroke rolls. If you are yet to explore roll rudiments, subscribing to The Drum Channel gets you a free essential rudiments guide. Read more »
Drum Rudiments = Drum Superstar
What’s a rudiment? Glad you asked! If you have gotten around to asking this question then you have opened your eyes and are taking steps to bettering your facility (or ‘chops’ as the pros call it) on the drums. Read more »