40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2

40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2

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...
Intermediate Drum Warm-Up – Part 2

Intermediate Drum Warm-Up – Part 2

Following on from the Grade 1-3 Drum Lesson Warm Up posted recently, and the intermediate drum warm-up Part 1 for drummers that have reached a higher level of ability (about Grade 4-6 +), here is the second part of the Intermediate drum warm up. This second part of...
7 Jazz Drum Patterns with 3 and 4 way co-ordination sheets

7 Jazz Drum Patterns with 3 and 4 way co-ordination sheets

These jazz drum patterns are for at least grade 3 level. The 3 way co-ordination exercises could also be tried slowly by Grade 1-2. Drummers that are new to jazz could start with these even if they are a pro in other genres. These patterns will be hard if you are new...
8 Starter Jazz Drum Beats with 3 way co-ordination

8 Starter Jazz Drum Beats with 3 way co-ordination

Jazz music can be very difficult. Even these starter beats for Jazz drumming are a challenge, and beginners will probably need a teacher’s help to play these. The left foot is usually used in Jazz. To keep things simple we are just doing 3 way co-ordination in...
How to get good sounds from your cymbals when playing the drums

How to get good sounds from your cymbals when playing the drums

Photo Credit: Owen Byrne Hi Hats Beginners often play the hi hat too loud, and sometimes this is down to where they are hitting on the hi hat cymbals rather than how hard they are hitting. As a result, their playing sounds messy, and their sticks wear more quickly. If...
Learn to play the basic foundation Jazz drum groove

Learn to play the basic foundation Jazz drum groove

We are going to concentrate on the fundamental parts of playing Jazz drum beats. We are only going to concentrate on the right hand, and the left foot. Step 1 – Right hand With your right hand, play the ride cymbal 4 times. If this is too easy you can skip this...