Category: Tips for students
Groove Of The Week #19
Here’s Groove Of The Week #19. Let’s see how it stacks up: Groove of the week 19 is our first groove to feature a stack cymbal. For those not in the know, a stack cymbal is where you take 2 or more different cymbals and stack them on top of the each other to create…
Fill Of The Week #18
You might need a doctor after fill of the week #18. This drum fill is going to herta a lot! Fill of the week #18 uses a rudiment known as the Herta which we met back in fill of the week #11. In fill of the week #11 we were using the herta in 16th…
Groove Of The Week #18
Here’s Groove Of The Week 18: Bam Bam Bam Bam! It’s time to whack that snare drum and drive the band. I first heard a groove similar to this on a Yamaha DD10 drum machine I had back around 1988/9. I think it was programmed beat number 8 – “R&B.” However, this kind of groove…
Fill Of The Week #17
Fish anyone? It’s time for a couple of buckets of fish. Fill of the week 17th features a 16th note triplet lick often known as “Bucket Of Fish.” The 16th note triplet rhythm between the snare, toms & bass drum is often referred to as “bucket of fish” because that’s how it sounds. Let’s go…
Groove Of The Week #17
Here’s groove of the week #17 – it’s time to go off-beat! Off-beat hi-hats, ghost notes, open hi-hats… there’s a lot going on in this cool sounding groove. Let’s learn it! Get The Groove The first step in learning this groove is to be very comfortable playing on the off-beats. So, if you’re not yet…
Fill Of The Week #16
Here’s fill of the week #16: Not a 16th note or an 8th note in sight on this fill, it’s all triplets; 16th note triplets for excitement and 8th note triplets for drama. Let’s get to work on our triplets. Learn The Fill This is a fairly simple fill in terms of co-ordination, but the…
Groove Of The Week #16
It’s time to get groovy! What was that?!?! I heard 8th notes, 16th notes, 16th note triplets, 8th note triplets, open hi-hats, closed hi-hats, snare drums, bass drums… and it all sounded funky. Let’s break down groove of the week #16. Get The Groove Groove of the week #16 is a pretty advanced groove. The…
Fill Of The Week #15
It’s Fill Of The Week Time, let’s check out fill of the week #15: What? No Tom-Toms? No-Flams? No Crashes? Just Bass, Snare and Hi-Hats? Is this really fill of the week? Yes, it is. Fill of the week #15 is what is known as a Groove Fill. Just a simple variation on the groove…
Groove Of The Week #15
It’s groove of the week time! Let’s get to number 15: MORE COWBELL! Gotta love grooves with cowbell in them. I figured that after 14 grooves of the week, it was about time that I hit the cowbell. There have been many great songs with cowbell parts over the years, some of the the most…
Fill Of The Week #14
Warning! This fill goes OVER THE BAR LINE and should only be used in extreme situations! Let’s check it out. This fill uses a 5 note grouping that’s played 4 times over 16th notes. That gives a grand total of twenty 16th notes, therefore it’s never going to fit in a bar of 16th notes…
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