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Drumming And The Practice Pad
Some drummers hate practice pads; others are never without them. Some teachers recommend practice pads; others say that you should practice on the drums.
Creative Triplets For The Advanced Player: Part 1
The following two-part article has been designed to help you improve your ability to fill or solo using syncopated jazz figures amidst an underlying pulse of 8th-note triplets.
Teaching By Intimidation
Imagine how you would feel if, on your first drum lesson with a new teacher, the teacher said,
Eights And Sixes
We’re going to build upon the Eights and Sixes exercise that I introduced in Part 1 of this series by adding double strokes and rimshots into the routine.
Music As A Game
In his book Effortless Mastery, jazz pianist, composer, and author Kenny Werner wrote, “Don’t forget: Music is something we just made up. It doesn’t actually exist as anything but a game for us.”
Five-A-Diddles
Throughout their careers, great drummers such as Zigaboo Modeliste, David Garibaldi, and Dave Weckl have opened our imaginations to the possibilities of paradiddles and their inversions.
Funk In Five
In this article, we will develop some funk patterns based on the following left-foot hi-hat pattern. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
More Questions And Some Answers
I find that there are young drummers today asking some of the same questions, as well as some new ones. So I thought it was about time to address a few of those questions. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE…
Dennis Chambers’ Half-Time Shuffle
In this lesson, we’ll focus on variations of a groove that Chambers plays on the song “Babylon Sisters.” TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
“Golden Measures” and Fibonacci Rhythms
The Fibonacci sequence has fascinated cultures for centuries. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Eights and Sixes, Part 1
The goal is to improve not only your hand technique, but also your rhythmic understanding and comfort level between these figures. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Contemporary Coordination Exercises
The exercises in this month’s lesson are meant to challenge your concentration, coordination, and independence. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
16th-Note Triplets On Double Bass
In one bar of 4/4, a 16th-note triplet takes up one-half of a beat, which is the same amount of space as one 8th note or two 16th notes.
Perseverance
When successful people in all walks of life are asked how they achieved their success, they almost always attribute it to perseverance. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
