• Groove Of The Week #40

    Here’s a fun groove that splits eighth note triplets up between the hi-hat and ride cymbal. Splitting eighth note triplets across different surfaces has always been one of my favourite things to do because you can create so many interesting patterns. This groove simply splits the triplets between the hi-hat and ride cymbal; the addition…

  • Fill Of The Week #39

    Let’s get the paradiddle out for a spin around the kit for this week’s fill of the week! The paradiddle is one of the most useful rudiments in the drummer’s toolbox. It can be accented and orchestrated in many ways to create musical ideas. The last time we messed with the diddle family was on…

  • Groove Of The Week #39

    It’s groove of the week time. Let’s get to it! Groove of the week #39 features a an interesting rhythm played between hi-hat, snare and the stack cymbal. This rhythm is often heard in drum fills and linear grooves, but this week we’re using it in a more regular groove. Get The Groove Let’s start…

  • Fill Of The Week #38

    Let’s learn how to lose a band in 28 notes or less. Fill of the week #38 uses a 7 note pattern, we’ve seen 7 note patterns in other fills; try fill of the week #35 for another example. In this fill, the 7 note pattern is played four times over 16th note triplets, which…

  • Groove Of The Week #38

    It’s time to get a little bit latin with groove of the week #38. This groove is taken from the classic early rock ‘n roll song La Bamba by Ritchie Valens. The song itself is a Mexican folk song, but Ritchie spiced it up and gave us the version we all know and love. Let’s…

  • Fill Of The Week #37

    Let’s flam our way through fill of the week #37. Fill of the week #37 features flams split across drums and some hand foot co-ordination that may be a little tricky. Let’s get learning! Learn The Fill Let’s start learning this fill by looking at what the hands are doing. Here’s the basic rhythm that…

  • Groove Of The Week #37

    Let’s spice up our hi-hats with groove of the week #37. Groove of the week #37 is a simple groove spiced up with some 32nd note hi-hats and some accents. Let’s get to it! Get The Groove Let’s start by taking a look at the basic groove that we’ll be spicing up. This is fairly…

  • Fill Of The Week #36

    It’s time to get groovy with fill of the week #36. Fill of the week is what I consider to be a groove fill. It mostly keeps the flow of the 8th note hi-hat going and focuses on the snare and bass drum & sounds like a variation on the groove. Let’s check it out!…

  • Groove Of The Week #36

    Let’s accent how awesome groove of the week #36 is: Groove of the week #36 shows how you can take a simple groove, and spice it up using accents. Let’s get to accenting. Get The Groove The groove that we’re spicing up with accents is a simple two handed 16th note groove with a sparse…

  • Fill Of The Week #35

    Here’s fill of the week #35: Fill of the week #35 was inspired by groove of the week #35. It features the same rhythm. After recording and writing about groove of the week #35, I noticed that the groove was essentially two blocks of seven 16th notes; One block started on beat 1, the second…

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