Rock 'n' Jazz Clinic

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The Bass Drum Owners Manual: Groove Etude and Hi-hat Substitutions

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By Michael Packer
Nov 1, 2023

The Bass Drum Owners Manual: Applying the Ankle, Leg, and Down Stroke to Consecutive Doubles and Grooves with Triplets

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By Michael Packer
Oct 1, 2023

Displaced Paradiddles

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Jun 3, 2020

Percussion Playing for Drummers

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by Damon Grant and Marcos Torres
Feb 28, 2020

The Power of Silence

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by Dylan Wissing
Dec 27, 2019
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“Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover”

In this lesson, we’re going to take a look at some ways to incorporate Ralph MacDonald’s tambourine part into that same groove.

by Dylan Wissing
Oct 29, 2019

Hand and Foot Rolls

This workshop is dedicated to what I refer to as hand and foot rolls, a particularly powerful and interesting way to orchestrate single-stroke rolls.

by Jost Nickel
Sep 30, 2019

The 5/4 Half-Time Shuffle

For those of you who’ve never heard the coveted half-time shuffle, which is also commonly referred to as the Purdie shuffle,...

by Daniel Bédard
Aug 26, 2019

Superimposing 4/4 Ideas Over 3/4

Simple Approach To Implied Time

by Ted Warren
Jul 31, 2019

Moving Around the Kit

In this workshop, we’ll explore moving fills around the kit easily in two directions: clockwise and counterclockwise.

by Jost Nickel
Apr 30, 2019

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.

by Jayson Brinkworth
Feb 27, 2019

Funk In Five

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by Chuck Kerrigan
Feb 5, 2019
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Playing Around With Time

One aspect of drumming that I enjoy very much is playing around with time.

by Rod Morgenstein
Dec 12, 2018

Beat Shifting

The rhythmic potential of a beat is not exhausted once it is mastered in its original written form.

by Howard Fields
Nov 8, 2018
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