Beginning to advanced drum lessons covering drum beats and grooves. Learn to play some of the most common rock beats and then move on to more advanced beats. Learn what makes a beat or groove work for a particular song and then learn how to create your own grooves and beats. Learn how drum parts fit with guitar and electric bass riffs.
Other lessons here cover drumming independence, as well as alternative approaches to creating grooves, like linear playing.
We talk about jazz too. These lessons include how to develop the ability to play a good jazz beat on the hi-hat along with the ride cymbal.
We also cover odd time, learning to expand and modify common 4/4 beats to play in time signatures like 5/4 and 7/8.
We explore grooves in niche and unusual styles too. These include Second Line Drumming. They also include Latin styles, like Samba, Cha Cha Cha. We explore the difference between Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms, and talk about how to apply traditional Latin rhythms to the drum-set.
Today were going to talk about going to talk about the “Linear Drumming And Non-Independent Drum Beats,” referred to by Bob Moses, in his book, Drum… Read More »Understanding Linear And Non-Independent Drum Beats
I’ve always been a huge fan of Latin drumming. To me, it’s kind of the ultimate music for a percussionist. It’s always been somewhat mysterious… Read More »Latin Drumming Demystified by Zack Albetta
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