Category: Tips for students

  • Groove Of The Week #83

    Let’s get groovy! Watch Groove Of The Week #83 on Instagram This week we’re adding a simple 16th note triplet flourish to a very common groove. The two 16th note triplets are played as ghost notes between beat 1 and the “&” of 1 and add a bit more texture to the groove. Get The […]

  • Drum Fill Of The Week #82

    Space: the final frontier and often sorely lacking in drum fills on instagram… but not this week! Watch drum fill of the week #82 on instagram This week’s drum fill is a simple one. But simple fills are often the most musical ones. Most memorable drum fills are simple. Everyone knows Jeff Pocaro’s drum fill […]

  • Groove Of The Week #82

    It’s Tom Tom Time! Watch Groove Of The Week #82 on Instagram This week’s groove sees us playing a simple foot ostinato while the right hand plays a tom pattern over top and the left hand keeps the back beat on 2 & 4. Get The Groove Let’s start by looking at the foot ostinato […]

  • Drum Fill Of The Week #81

    This week’s drum fill is a tried and trusted drum fill that works great when you’re rocking out! Simple, but effective. Watch Drum Fill Of The Week #81 on instagram This drum fill is what I’d call a partial groove fill. It keeps the 8th note flow going on the hi-hat until the “&” of […]

  • Groove Of The Week #81

    Let’s have fun with fives with this week’s groove. Watch Groove Of The Week #81 on Instagram. This week’s groove uses a five note group played between bass drum and hi-hat. We’re using the eighth note triplet subdivision in 4/4 for this week’s groove so we only have twelve notes per bar. That means we […]

  • Drum Fill Of The Week #80

    This week’s drum fill has a bit of an accent. Check it out! Watch drum fill of the week #80 on Instagram. This week’s drum fill takes a 16th note accent pattern and orchestrates it around the kit. The challenge here is to keep the snare drum notes nice and soft and to bring out […]

  • Groove Of The Week #80

    This week we’re going fast & getting trashy! Watch Groove Of The Week #80 on Instagram This week’s groove goes by at 200 bpm, that’s pretty quick! We’re playing a 4 bar pattern for the first time on this groove of the week. There are plenty of songs out there that use 4 bar patterns; […]

  • Drum Fill Of The Week #79

    It’s time for some fast tom fun. Watch drum fill of the week #79 on Instagram This week’s drum fill can be considered a back beat fill. That is, it keeps the snare drum on beats 2 & 4 happening during the drum fill. This is a very musical way of playing drum fills and […]

  • Groove Of The Week #79

    Seven is the magic number. Watch Groove Of The Week #79 on Instagram This week’s groove is built on a similar idea to groove of the week #77. Groove #77 was based on a repeating 5 note pattern played between the bass drum and hi-hat. Groove #79 is based on a 7 note pattern played […]

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