The open hi hats can be seen in the sheet music where the hi hat has a circle around it. All the beats have open hi hats on the “and” of the beat (i.e. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +). These beats are a good introduction to playing open hi hats in general, and...
This drum grooves sheet is good for learning to improvise in a samba funk style. It was initially written for a drum lesson as a rough guide to the kind of things that could be improvised with during a Grade 8 Rockschool song from the 2006-2012 syllabus (Sampa Samba),...
Right handers should play ‘Right Left Right Left’ in a continuous pattern with the hands. Bring your left arm over to the left so both hands can play on the hi hat comfortably and without crossing the arms. The right hand would play the snare drum. Left...
Skip beats are intermediate and above drum beats where the snare drum skips in between a regular 8th note hi hat ostinato. The word syncopation is often used to describe the sound these kind of drum beats. Skip beats can be heard in many styles of music, including...
This is an open hi hat groove practice exercise with short drum fills every 4 bars to keep it interesting to play. There are a few ways to play the open hi hat. You can open it quite wide and hit on the top or the edge, or open it a couple of cm wide for somewhere in...
