Sunday, 30 August 2009
Intro into - Heavy Rock / Metal
This lesson is an introduction into playing Heavy Rock or Metal on the drum kit. Click on the sheet below to work through each style in your own time.
REMEMBER : This is a basic an introduction into this styles of music. We will, as the weeks go on, look further into this style.
Intro into - Heavy Rock / Metal
This lesson is an introduction into playing Heavy Rock or Metal on the drum kit. Click on the sheet below to work through each style in your own time.
REMEMBER : This is a basic an introduction into this styles of music. We will, as the weeks go on, look further into this style.
Intro into - New Wave, Punk and 2 Tone
This lesson is an introduction into playing 80s style New Wave / Punk and Ska or 2-Tone music on the drum kit.
Click on the sheet below to work through each style in your own time.
REMEMBER : This is a basic an introduction into these styles of music. We will, as the weeks go on, look further into each of these styles one by
Intro into - New Wave, Punk and 2 Tone
This lesson is an introduction into playing 80s style New Wave / Punk and Ska or 2-Tone music on the drum kit.
Click on the sheet below to work through each style in your own time.
REMEMBER : This is a basic an introduction into these styles of music. We will, as the weeks go on, look further into each of these styles one by
Intro into - Soul, Funk and Disco
This lesson is an introduction into playing Soul, Funk and Disco on the drum kit. Click on the sheet below to work through each style in your own time.
REMEMBER : This is a basic an introduction into these styles of music. We will, as the weeks go on, look further into each of these styles one by one.
Intro into - Soul, Funk and Disco
This lesson is an introduction into playing Soul, Funk and Disco on the drum kit. Click on the sheet below to work through each style in your own time.
REMEMBER : This is a basic an introduction into these styles of music. We will, as the weeks go on, look further into each of these styles one by one.
Friday, 28 August 2009
8th and 16th Note Grooves - Hand to Hand (3)
This is the final 8th and 16th Note Groove to cover. In this one, we are going to play the hi hat pattern (1-E a, 2-E a, 3-E a, 4-E a etc ... ) again using both hands. For right-handers the sticking is going to be R-L L, R-L L - left-handed guys are going to be sticking L-R-L, L-R-L etc...
REMEMBER : The sticking above will mean that the 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the 'ands' will again be on your lead hand with your following hand playing the 'E' and the 'a' of each beat. This will still mean that the back-beat on '2' and '4' will be on your lead hand.
NOTE : With this groove, the bass drum beats falling on the 'ands' will not coincide with a hi hat beat.
Click through the sheets below to work through the exercises in your own time.
8th and 16th Note Grooves - Hand to Hand (3)
This is the final 8th and 16th Note Groove to cover. In this one, we are going to play the hi hat pattern (1-E a, 2-E a, 3-E a, 4-E a etc ... ) again using both hands. For right-handers the sticking is going to be R-L L, R-L L - left-handed guys are going to be sticking L-R-L, L-R-L etc...
REMEMBER : The sticking above will mean that the 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the 'ands' will again be on your lead hand with your following hand playing the 'E' and the 'a' of each beat. This will still mean that the back-beat on '2' and '4' will be on your lead hand.
NOTE : With this groove, the bass drum beats falling on the 'ands' will not coincide with a hi hat beat.
Click through the sheets below to work through the exercises in your own time.
8th and 16th Note Grooves - Hand to Hand (2)
We have previously looked at 8th and 16th Note Grooves, once again this time we are going to play the hi hat pattern (1-E-a, 2-E-a etc ... or Lemon-ade, lemon-ade!) with both hands. For right-handers the sticking is going to be R-L-R, R-L-R - left-handed guys are going to be sticking L-R-L, L-R-L etc...
REMEMBER : The sticking above will mean that the 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the 'ands' will again be on your lead hand with your following hand only playing the 'Es' of each beat. This will still mean that the back-beat on '2' and '4' will be on your lead hand.
Click through the sheets below to work through the exercises in your own time.
8th and 16th Note Grooves - Hand to Hand (2)
We have previously looked at 8th and 16th Note Grooves, once again this time we are going to play the hi hat pattern (1-E-a, 2-E-a etc ... or Lemon-ade, lemon-ade!) with both hands. For right-handers the sticking is going to be R-L-R, R-L-R - left-handed guys are going to be sticking L-R-L, L-R-L etc...
REMEMBER : The sticking above will mean that the 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the 'ands' will again be on your lead hand with your following hand only playing the 'Es' of each beat. This will still mean that the back-beat on '2' and '4' will be on your lead hand.
Click through the sheets below to work through the exercises in your own time.
Thursday, 27 August 2009
8th and 16th Note Grooves - Hand to Hand (1)
We have looked at 8th and 16th Note Grooves before, however this time we are going to play the hi hat pattern (1 and-a, 2 and-a etc ... or ham burg-er, ham burg-er!) with both hands. For right-handers the sticking is going to be R R-L, R R-L - left-handed guys are going to be sticking L L-R, L L-R.
REMEMBER : The sticking above will mean that the 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the 'ands' will be on your lead hand with your following hand only playing the '-a' of each beat. This will also mean that the back-beat on '2' and '4' will also be on your lead hand.
Click through the sheets below to work through the exercises in your own time.
8th and 16th Note Grooves - Hand to Hand (1)
We have looked at 8th and 16th Note Grooves before, however this time we are going to play the hi hat pattern (1 and-a, 2 and-a etc ... or ham burg-er, ham burg-er!) with both hands. For right-handers the sticking is going to be R R-L, R R-L - left-handed guys are going to be sticking L L-R, L L-R.
REMEMBER : The sticking above will mean that the 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the 'ands' will be on your lead hand with your following hand only playing the '-a' of each beat. This will also mean that the back-beat on '2' and '4' will also be on your lead hand.
Click through the sheets below to work through the exercises in your own time.
16th Note Grooves - Hand to Hand
Ok, we've played 16th note grooves with our lead hand on the hi hat - playing all of the 16 beats (with a count of 1-E-and-a, 2-E-and-a etc). Now we're going to look at 16th Note Grooves but playing both hands on the hi hat - R L R L for right-handed people, L R L R for left-handed people.
Now, your lead hand will now be coming across to play the back-beat on the snare drum on '2' and '4' but returning back to the hi hat for all of the rest of the pattern.
NOTE : If you're playing 'open-handed' - i.e. left-handed on a right-handed kit, you'll have to experiment and find which method works well for you.
Click on the sheets below to work your way through the exercises at your own pace.
REMEMBER : At the moment we are only playing 8th notes on the bass drum so all of the bass drum beats will fall on your lead hand.
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