Groove Of The Week #50
We’ve reached week #50! Let’s celebrate with some cowbell! This week’s groove is a linear groove. The last time we played a linear groove was groove of the week #35. Linear grooves are when we don’t play two surfaces together at the same time. They can present timing and accuracy problems because you’re not playing…
Fill Of The Week #49
Para, diddle, didle, the cat & the fiddle, here’s a drum fill for you: This week’s drum fill is featuring the Paradiddlediddle rudiment. The last time we featured this rudiment was on fill of the week #41 where we used it in 16th note form; this time we’re using it in it’s more natural triplet…
Groove Of The Week #49
This week we’re taking a favourite rock beat and adding a couple of finishing touches. Check it out! I always find it amazing how just adding a four stroke ruff here and a couple of accents there can completely change the feel of a groove. Let’s learn the groove. Get The Groove Let’s start by…
Fill Of The Week #48
This week’s fill is a bit ruff. Check it out! This week we’re taking a fairly simple 8th note fill and spicing it up with open 4 stroke ruffs and going over the bar line. Let’s get to it! Learn The Fill Let’s start by looking at the basic 8th note fill that we’re going…
Groove Of The Week #48
The Stack Is Back! I’m not sure where this groove came from. I was messing around with inverted paradiddle grooves and orchestrating them around the kit and some how it morphed into this groove which uses double paradiddles, paradiddles and an inverted paradiddle. It sounded good to me, so here it is! Get The Groove…
Fill Of The Week #47
Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. This week’s fill is inspired by legendary Toto drummer Jeff Pocaro. Jeff is widely regarded as one of the best drummers ever and had a knack for producing the perfect drum parts for songs. I personally learnt a lot from listening to Jeff’s playing and trying…
Groove Of The Week #47
Here’s Groove Of The Week #47: We’re keeping things simple this week. We’re taking a common groove and just adding some open hi-hats to it to make it sound funkier. Let’s get to learning! Get The Groove Let’s start of with the basic groove we’re changing up: This groove has been featured in many songs…
Fill Of The Week #46
Here’s this week’s drum fill: This week’s drum fill is fairly straight forward. We’re playing 16th notes on the snare and throwing in the occasional open hi-hat. It’s a very simple yet effective drum fill. Let’s get to learning! Learn The Fill There’s not a great deal to this fill, we’re playing 16th notes on…
Groove Of The Week #46
Let’s get off-beat with this week’s groove. This week’s groove features an off-beat hi-hat pattern played over one of my favourite bass and snare patterns. Let’s check it out. Get The Groove The starting point for this groove is to play the bass and snare drum pattern with an 8th note hi-hat. Hopefully you can…
Fill Of The Week #45
Groove of the week #45 was in 7/8. Here’s a fill in 7/8 to go with it. We’re back using our old friend the 5-note grouping for this fill. We’ve used 5-note groupings several times; the last time was Fill Of The Week #33 where we used it in 8th note triplet form. This time…
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