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  • Groove of the week #54

    Let’s get groovin’: This week’s groove takes a simple groove and just spices it up with some 16th note triplets and some open hi-hats to create a two bar pattern. Let’s check it out. Get The Groove Let’s start by looking at the basic groove we’ll be messing around with: This is a fairly basic…

  • Fill Of The Week #53

    Here’s Fill Of The Week #53: For this week’s fill we’re incorporating the bass drum and hi-hat into a 16th note fill. Let’s get to learning! Learn The Fill Let’s start by looking at the basic rhythm for this fill. Hopefully you can play that and count through it with a metronome. Now we’re going…

  • Groove Of The Week #53

    Woo Hoo! We’re back after 3 months! Here’s groove of the week #53: This week’s groove is a layered/linear hybrid. The idea is to take a commonly played layered groove and create a linear version of it & then play the two back to back. You might not play this 2 bar pattern as a…

  • Fill Of The Week #52

    Here’s Drum Fill Of The Week #52: This week’s drum fill features an open hi-hat and a slightly tricky 16th note rhythm. Let’s learn the fill. Learn The Fill Let’s start by looking at the rhythm we’ll be applying around the kit: Start by playing this rhythm slowly with a metronome. Count out loud and…

  • Groove Of The Week #52

    Open Hi-Hats, No Bass Drum… are you sure? This week’s groove is a 2 bar pattern which features a busy bass drum pattern in the 1st bar and then just hi-hats and snare in the second bar. The two bars provide a nice contrast to each other and sounds like two sides of a conversation.…

  • Fill Of The Week #51

    This week’s drum fill has us playing double paradiddles to double our drumming fun! We’re starting this fill early, on the “&” of 4 and going over the bar line. We’ve done this a few times already so hopefully you’re getting used to it by now. The double paradiddle also comes into play for this…

  • Groove Of The Week #51

    Here’s this week’s groove: This week’s groove takes a funky snare and bass pattern and adds the bell of the ride cymbal and the tom toms to provide some colour. To hear a similar groove in action, check out song “Everlasting Now” by Prince with the late, great John Blackwell on drums. Get the Groove.…

  • Fill Of The Week #50

    Take your hat off to this fill: This fill is one of my go to fills, I find myself playing perhaps more often than I should. It’s a great sounding fill that’s easy to move around the kit to create something new. Let’s check it out. Learn The Fill Let’s start by looking at the…

  • 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…

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