Fill Of The Week #74
Get yer paradiddles out. It’s drum fill of the week #74! Watch fill of the week #74 on instagram. This week’s drum fill sees us combining the humble paradiddle with some single strokes to create a great sounding drum fill. This drum fill is great if you’re starting to work on incorporating paradiddles into your…
Groove Of The Week #74
This week we’re going off beat. Watch Groove Of The Week #74 on Instagram Groove of the week #74 shifts us totally away from playing the snare drum on the backbeat. Our first snare drum appears just a little early on the “ah” of 1 and the second snare drum turns up late on the…
Fill Of The Week #73
This week’s fill sees us welcome back an old friend: The three 16th note pattern. Watch drum fill of the week #73 on instagram This a great sounding rock drum fill. The snare drum plays every third sixteenth note, the floor tom provides warmth and heaviness on the 8th notes and the bass drum fills…
Groove Of The Week #73
This week’s groove is an exercise in snare drum control… can you control your snare drum? View groove of the week #73 on Instagram This week, we’re playing a funky two bar pattern. The challenge with this groove is getting control of the snare drum. Some of our snare drum notes are loud and proud,…
Fill Of The Week #72
This week’s drum fill is getting funky. Check it out! Watch Drum Fill Of The Week #72 on Instagram. This kind of drum fill is what I refer to as a hybrid drum fill. It mixes a groove fill – where you’re focused on playing a fill between the bass and snare drum while keeping…
Groove Of The Week #72
Rim Click vs Bass Drum – The ultimate battle! Watch Groove Of The Week #72 on instagram This week’s groove is a two bar pattern featuring a conversation between the bass drum and rim click – at least that’s how I like to think of it. We’re using 16th notes on the hi-hat (played by…
Fill Of The Week #71
664 – the number of the drummer View Drum Fill #71 on Instagram This week’s drum fill uses our old friend, the 6-6-4 phrasing. We’re playing a 6 note grouping twice and then putting a 4 note group on the end. It’s a simple concept, but one that works well and sounds very musical. We’ve…
Groove Of The Week #71
The feet do the walking, the hands do the talking. Due to changes at instagram and facebook, I can’t share the video here right now… so… while I’m working on a solution to that, please click this link to enjoy the video on instagram: Groove Of The Week #71 This week’s groove is a fun…
Fill Of The Week #70
12 / 8 = drum fill of the week #70! This week’s drum fill, like groove of the week #70 is in the 12/8 time signature. You might want to check out groove of the week #70 for some further drum fill suggestions in 12/8. Our drum fill this week features flams and bass drums…
Groove Of The Week #70
It’s a 12/8 kinda week… This week’s groove is in the 12/8 time signature. That means we’re gonna have to count to 12… yikes! I don’t have that many fingers! Normally, when playing in 12/8 we still imply a 4/4 pulse. It’s like we’re playing 8th note triplets in 4/4. We use the 12/8 time…
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