Where to follow my more recent content outside of the website

Hi, I’ve kept this website going for a long time now, over 15 years. It still generates quite a bit of traffic from old posts but when I first made the website I had loads of free time. After building up a full time self employed business and starting a family,...
Intermediate Drum Beats Fills and Exercises

Intermediate Drum Beats Fills and Exercises

I’m currently working on a new intermediate drum ebook for release in Feb/March 2024. I’ve posted quite a few worksheets on pinterest, which can be viewed on the TL Music Lessons Pinterest. For a limited time (Up to the end of Feb 2024),...
Beginners Drum Book 2023

Beginners Drum Book 2023

The new beginners drum book is out now! https://payhip.com/b/Rq2i9 You can view lots of the book’s content for free here on recent posts: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/tlmusiclessons/   35 pages in the drum book and 15 pages in the song suggestions booklet...
Around The Kit Drum Fill Exercises

Around The Kit Drum Fill Exercises

This sheet is included in the book Beginners Drum Book 2023. Practice each fill seperately first. They just go around the kit in order, sometimes more than once and sometimes with different rhythms. You need to count how many note heads there are, for example there...
Beginners Drum Book 2023

Beginners Drum Book 2023

To Drummers, I have a new drum book available for pre order, which includes some of the sheets that will be in the book when you pre order. I’m putting the price low, it’s only £1 to pre order and when it’s ready (by September this year),...
Sheet 4 – Hip Hop and Funk Skip Beats ebook

Sheet 4 – Hip Hop and Funk Skip Beats ebook

Video Demo / Instruction These hip hop / funk drum beats and drum fills are around the Grade 4-6 level, but can also be useful for anyone above that level too. There is a pdf ebook available with more of these sheets and the video covers the whole book.
Page 5 – 25 Hi Hat Patterns with drum beat examples

Page 5 – 25 Hi Hat Patterns with drum beat examples

Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 This page continues from the last one, combining 8th notes and 16t notes to create hi hat patterns. These hi hat patterns and drum beat examples are for styles such as rock, pop, funk, soul, all in a 4/4 time signature. These...
Page 4 – 25 Hi Hat Patterns with drum beat examples

Page 4 – 25 Hi Hat Patterns with drum beat examples

Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 This page and the next page concentrates on combinations of 8th notes and 16t notes to create hi hat patterns. These hi hat patterns and drum beat examples are for styles such as rock, pop, funk, soul, all in a 4/4 time...
Page 3 – 25 Hi Hat Patterns with drum beat examples

Page 3 – 25 Hi Hat Patterns with drum beat examples

Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 This page focusses on accents on the hi hats whilst playing 16th notes with 2 hands. Adding double strokes to some or all of the non accents would be one way to extend this sheet further, as would adding open hi hats and...
Page 2 – 25 Hi Hat Patterns with drum beat examples

Page 2 – 25 Hi Hat Patterns with drum beat examples

Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 These hi hat patterns and drum beat examples are for styles such as rock, pop, funk, soul, all in a 4/4 time signature. These patterns can be used with basic drum beats or more complicated ones. The Moeller technique works...