This collection of 50 beginners drum beats features in my ebook Beginners Drum Book 2023. I am planning to update this book at some point so the 50 beats may change or become more than 50, but if I do create a newer version, the 2023 version will still be included as...
PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Sheet 8 → Here is Exercise Sheet 7 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. This sheet only has 2 exercises because we have doubled the length to 8 bars. The structure is 7 bars of drum beats, with a 1 bar fill on bar 8, and then...
PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Sheet 7 → Here is Exercise Sheet 6 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. All of the 4 beats and fills exercises are in 6/8 time signature and the emphasis is naturally on beat 1 and 4. In the drum beats, the first beat of the bar...
PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Sheet 6 → Here is Exercise Sheet 5 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. Musical Theatre drumming generally has elements of swing, jazz, big band, blues, pop and rock. Unlike jazz music – which also has the swung hi hats...
PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Sheet 5 → Here is Exercise Sheet 4 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. The drum beats and drum fills are played in different time signatures (3/4, 5/4 and 2/4), as well as changing to and from the usual 4/4 bar length. Time...
PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Sheet 4 → Here is Exercise Sheet 3 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. The drum beats and drum fills are all in a 6/8 time signature. We will be putting emphasis on the beats 1 and 4 of the bar, which is standard for 6/8 drum...
PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Sheet 3 → Here is page 7 inside the book (40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2). This sheet includes 4 drum beat and drum fill exercises with stepped hi hats on all 4 beats of the bar. The right hand is playing the ride cymbal and the...
PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Sheet 2 → Here is part 3 of inside the book: 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. We have 4 exercises, consisiting of drum beats and drum fills, with 4 way coordination. The stepped hi hat plays on every exercise, so we are using...
PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Sheet 1 → Here is part 2 of inside the book: 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. This sheet is a warm up sheet for the drum kit, which includes 4 way coordination. The stepped hi hat and bass drum provide the parts for the feet,...
PDF Ebook Buy Now → Look Inside The Book → This book contains drum beats and drum fills in the styles of pop, rock, blues, musical theatre, jazz, heavy metal, hard rock, punk rock, and indie, as well as covering fundamental techniques such as stepped hi hat, open hi...
