Category: Tips for students

  • Groove Of The Week #24

    Shuffle along and get funky with Groove Of The Week #24 This week’s groove is a 2-bar funk shuffle with a little linear twist on beat 3 of the second bar. Let’s get to it! Get The Groove This groove is a 16th note triplet funk shuffle. Let’s start by looking at the funk shuffle…

  • Fill Of The Week #23

    It’s time to smack that stack with fill of the week #23. Let’s get to stack smackin’. Did you spot the 5 note grouping at work during fill of the week #23? We last saw 5 note groupings in fill of the week #14 when we were going over the bar line with them. This…

  • Groove Of The Week #23

    Let’s get Linear with groove of the week #23. Groove of the week #23 is a syncopated groove played two ways; First it’s played in the standard “Layered” method and then I’ve added some Linear elements to it to spice it up, keeping the basic groove the same. For those not in the know –…

  • Fill Of The Week #22

    SEVEN-FIVE-SIX – those are the magic numbers you need play fill of the week #22. Let’s see those numbers in action. Fill of the week #22 starts with a group of seven 16th notes then cuts a couple of notes off to make a group of five 16th notes and then repeats the first six…

  • Groove Of The Week #22

    It’s time for groove of the week #22, lets get to it! For groove of the week #22 I thought I’d try to take a classic groove – the Bossa Nova – and put a little funky bass drum twist on it. A kind of bossa nova for the 21st century. Let’s take a look…

  • Fill Of The Week #21

    Here’s fill of the week #21: Wow! That was a lot of notes! I counted 24 in total, and some of them were pretty fast! This is an advanced fill featuring 16th notes, 32nd notes and 32nd note triplets. Lets break it down and have a go at learning it. Learn The Fill Let’s start…

  • Groove Of The Week #21

    It’s Groove Of The Week time, let’s get shufflin’ along. This week’s groove is one of my favourite shuffles to play. Not an easy one to master, but lets break it down and see what makes it tick. Get The Groove There is a lot going on in this groove. Let’s break it down into…

  • Fill Of The Week #20

    Here’s the flam-tastic fill of the week. Who doesn’t love a good flam? This fill has four flams to satisfy all of your flam cravings. Let’s flam away. Learn The Fill This is a fairly simple fill, but lets build it up slowly. The place to start is with the basic hand pattern: Now let’s…

  • Groove Of The Week #20

    Start warming your hi-hats up because groove of the week #20 is gonna make them work! Groove of the week #20 is a busy beat. The bass drum and snare drum are straightforward enough, but the hi-hat is all over the place. Let’s take a closer look and break it down. Get The Groove The…

  • Fill Of The Week #19

    Here’s fill of the week #19, be warned we’re going where no fill has gone before… over TWO bar lines! Fill of the week #19 is a 7-note grouping played over 16th notes. This is a good way to get used to playing 7-note groupings before you try applying them to 16th note triplet or…

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