FREE DRUM LESSON - 3/16 5/16 & 7/16 Cycles
The following are some examples of 3, 5 & 7 (16th) note groupings layer upon common time. The groupings have some rests to make them a bit more interesting, but really it's pretty straight forward.
The 3 feel is based on the RRL sticking, except we're removing the L strokes. So we get RR-RR-
The 5 feel is based on RLRRL sticking. When we remove the Left we get R-RR-
The 7 feel is based on RLRLRRL sticking. When we remove the L we get R-R-RR-
To get a sense of the patterns, separate your hands onto two distantly different surfaces. Then play the pattern split (with both hands) , after a little while you should start to hear the right hard part. If you can, try remove the left hand.
Once you've sense of the pattern, then try and get the kick/snare parts in.
3 Feel
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3/4
Count:| 1e a2 +a3e+ | 1e a2 +a3e+ |
Hh:| xx-xx-xx-xx- | xx-xx-xx-xx- |
SnD:| ----o------- | o-------o--- |
BD1:| o-------o--- | ----o------- |
5 feel
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5/4
Count:| 1 +a2e a3 + 4e a5e+ | 1 +a2e a3 + 4e a5e+ |
Hh:| x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx- | x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-x-xx- |
SnD:| ----o-------o------- | o-------o-------o--- |
BD1:| o-------o-------o--- | ----o-------o------- |
7 feel
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7/4
Count:| 1 + 2e a3e a4 + 5 +a6e a7e+ | 1 + 2e a3e a4 + 5 +a6e a7e+ |
Hh:| x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx- | x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-x-xx- |
SnD:| ----o-------o-------o------- | o-------o-------o-------o--- |
BD1:| o-------o-------o-------o--- | ----o-------o-------o------- |
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FREE DRUM LESSON - 5/16th grooves
The following grooves are created from the groupings of five 16th notes spread over a bar of 4/4 time. Since the main building blocks are groups of 5, and a bar of 4/4 contains sixteen 16th notes in a bar, then our groups aren't going to fit perfectly. So there's the last repeat we'll be adding some make up strokes.
This groove is created from the following 5,5,6 groupings split between the hi hat and snare.
5= RLRRL
6= RLRRLL
Goo
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Count:| 1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a |
Hh:| x-xx-x-xx-x-xx-- |
SnD:| -g--o-o--o-o--oo |
BD1:| o---o---o---o--- |
This groove is created from the following groupings 5,5,6
5= RLRLL
6= RLRRLL
Count:| 1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a |
Hh:| x-x--x-x--x-xx-- |
SnD:| -g-gg-o-gg-o--gg |
BD1:| o---o---o---o--- |
This groove is created from the following groupings 5,5,6
5= RRLRL
6= RLRRLL
Count:| 1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a |
Hh:| xx-x-xx-x-x-xx-- |
SnD:| --g-g--g-o-g--oo |
BD1:| o---o---o---o--- |
This groove is created from the following groupings 5,5,6
5= RLLRL
6= RLRRLL
Count:| 1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a |
Hh:| x--x-x--x-x-xx-- |
SnD:| -gg-g-gg-g-o--oo |
BD1:| o---o---o---o--- |
This one is based on 5,5,5,1 groupings . Can you see it ? - This one is perhaps a little less obivous than the others. The 5 pattern has a unison stroke in it and the 5th note is rested.
T= together
R= Right
L = Left
- = rest
5 note grouping
TLRL- (Together, Left, Right, Left , Rest)
1 note grouping
L
Count:| 1e+a2e+a3 +a4e a |
Hh:| x-x--x-x--x-x--- |
SnD:| gg-o-gg-o-gg-o-g |
BD1:| o---o---o---o--o |
Snare Drum / How to do a Buzz Roll / Press Roll
Drum Lesson - Improving hand to hand strength and coordination
For a drummer, learning to play off either hand is well worth the effort. A simple exercise is to play 1/16th notes (slowly) in various permutations. Starting with the right and left hand. Which can be lot harder than it sounds, in particular if it's something you've never really done before.
So the idea we have some fixed music (like bellow), where the only thing we're altering is the sticking. Once comfortable, we can start moving it around the kit.
SN|oooooooooooooooo|
BD|o---o---o---o---|
Hand patterns
#1 RLRLRLRLRLRLRLRL
#2 LRLRLRLRLRLRLRLR
#3 RRLLRRLLRRLLRRLL
#4 LLRRLLRRLLRRLLRR
#5 RRRRLLLLRRRRLLLL
#6 LLLLRRRRLLLLRRRR
#7 RRRRRRRRLLLLLLLL
#8 LLLLLLLLRRRRRRRR
#9 RRRLLLRRLLLRRRLL
#10 LLLRRRLLRRRLLLRR
#11 RRRLLLRRRLLLRRLL
#12 LLLRRRLLLRRRLLRR
Have fun..
Modern Drummer From the November 2013 Issue
Jazz Drummer's Workshop
Approaching Standards, Part 2: Melody and Form
by Steve Fidyk Jazz Drummer's Workshop: Stick Control Revisited, Part 3 (From the December 2013 Issue)
Watch on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd8SeKYTYE0)
In the Studio: Seeing Sounds, Part 5: Specialty Mics (From the November 2013 Issue) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JgRMYXXyG4)
Wally Schnalle: Four-Over-Three Fills (http://www.drummagazine.com/lessons/post/four-over-three-fills/)
By Wally Schnalle
Originally published in the October 2013 issue of DRUM! Magazine
Bernard Purdie shuffle pt.1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t0VlzJeNvA) Bernard Purdie shuffle pt.2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEVs4g6qyk) Steely Dan on Bernard Purdie (the Purdie Shuffle) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldtieSEyQM)
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Hands over feet - 4 Note Grouping Example (RLFF)Hands over feet - 6 Note Grouping Example (RLRLFF)Hands over feet - 8 Note Grouping Example (RLRLRLFF)
Drumset Lessons with John X: Jazz Triplet Fill ConceptsIn this lesson, John X demonstrates how to play alternate triplets between your left hand and bass drum, while playing a jazz ride cymbal pattern with your ride
Drum Lesson - Groove Breakdown with Jay Fenichel - YYZ by Rush - Part
Drum Lesson - Playing in 5
The following exercises are written in 10/8 even though I generally play them as quintuplets inn 4/4. The core idea is behind this is to try and make 5 sound even. So the primary accents on the bass drum and snare are falling on where the quarter notes would be in 4/4. Gives an interesting effect moving between a regular 1/8 note driven bar of common time then moving into a quintuplet feel.
Song: Exercises in 5
Artist: Kevin Picone
Tempo: 100
Date: 1/27/2015
Basic Feel
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10/8
| ======== 3x ======== |
Hh:| x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- | x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- |
SnD:| -----o---------o---- | -----o---------o---- |
BD1:| o---------o--------- | o---------o--------- |
4 note grouping XXX-
=====================
| ======== 4x ======== |
Hh:| xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx- |
SnD:| -----o---------o---- |
BD1:| o---------o--------- |
3 note grouping XX-
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15/8
| ============= 3x ============= |
Hh:| xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx- | xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx- |
SnD:| -----o---------o---------o---- | -----o---------o---------o---- |
BD1:| o---------o---------o--------- | o---------o---------o--------- |
Mixture #1 - With Bass Drum Accents
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10/8
Hh:| xx-xx-xx-xx-x-x-x-x- | xx-xx-xx-xx-x-x-x-x- | xx-xx-xx-xx-x-x-x-x- |
SnD:| -----o---------o---- | -----o---------o---- | -----o---------o---- |
BD1:| o-o-----o-o--------o | o-------o-o---o---o- | o--o-----oo-oo-----o |
Hh:| xx-xx-xx-xx-x-x-x-x- |
SnD:| -----o---------o---- |
BD1:| o---o---o-o---o-o--- |
Mixture #2
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| ======== 4x ======== |
Hh:| xx-xx-xx-xx-x-x-x-O- |
SnD:| -----O---------O-o-- |
BD1:| o-o-----o---o-o----o |
Bass Drum Variations
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Hh:| x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- | x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- | x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- |
SnD:| -----o---------o---- | -----o---------o---- | -----o---------o---- |
BD1:| o---------o--------- | o-o-----o-o--------- | o-------o-o---o----- |
Hh:| x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- |
SnD:| -----o---------o---- |
BD1:| o---o---o---o---o--- |
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Drum Lesson - 8th note Tom Ping Pong melody for new drummers This short drum pattern is for the long boring sunday afteroons. The lesson looks at the idea of playing a simple melody with the lead hand (in my case the right hand) between the floor tom, rack tom , snare and back to the rack tom. So the pattern is ping ponging back and forward between.
Initially we start with the basis 8th note versions, then move onto adding 1/16th notes on the left hand then sextuplets.
The sextuplet sticking is (right handed)
Count: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Stick: RLLRLLRLLRLLRLLRLL
Drum Solo - Single Stoke Rolls - Single Stroke Warm Up This clip is taken from the warm up exercise. Here i'm mostly just messing around, but there is a core idea behind it. Which is you play groupings of 2, , 4 , 6 or 8 strokes per drum. Slow to fast.
The second half of the short solo introduces the feet, generally in groups of the 6 or 8. The common cliched patterns are the ones I tend to use, which are RLRLFF, RLRLRLFF and RLRLFFFF. I've made some older videos showing. You'll find them in many drum solos..
Anyway have fun !
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This video expands upon a core idea shown in a previous video, which focused on a simple right hand melody played between the floor, rack tom and snare. That pattern starts as 8th notes and then is then dress up a little by adding the left hand to form a 16th note stream.
In this video we expand upon the the original idea by moving the left hand around the kit. This time we have some left against right styled patterns in alternate 1/16th note singles. 2 against 4, 3 against 4, and 5 against 3..
Here's the link to the previous video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCwpCykRXD4
Have fun !
Drum Lesson - 8th note 3 feels on the bass drum In today's drum pattern for a boring Sunday afternoon, we look at a some simple 8th note pattern on the bass drum creating a 3 feel. Later on we ramp the challenge up some what by moving a 16th notes on the bass drum.
3 feels appear in all type of music, so wrapping your mind around them can be very beneficial for the new drummer.
This video shows the workings of a left hand biased pattern that I find myself messing around it when jamming on the drums lately. In other words, it's pattern I currently like, which is something all drummers can no doubt relate to.
The actual pattern isn't overly complex or even a busy rhythm, it's all based on stream of 1/8th notes (in 4/4) on the lead hand with accents on the opposite hand on counts A, E+A and 4. In the video I'm not struictly keeping to that basic frame work and are randomly changing the accents from time to time, but those are accents that I'm generally thinking of when plaything this.
Well, I hope you have some fun with this and that you'll no doubt take it further than I have here..
This was actually recorded about a month ago, and was put together as a quick test of some new video editing software on 19th,Nov,2016
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This video takes the very new drummer through the basic building blocks of time keeping by breaking quarter notes down into 8th notes and then 16th note sub divisions. The focus here is on counting and the playing. Theory is that if you can get your counting working evenly then your limbs will follow. If you've been playing drums for a while then this lesson isn't going to be for you. It's pretty slow and pretty boring :)
This video takes the new drummer through some ideas for creating 16th based drum fills and grooves in 4/4 time. The ideas we cover include moving from an 8th note beat into a 16th note fill, 16th note disco beat and some light ghost note grooves.
If you've been playing drums for a while then you might find this a bit slow and boring... ;)
Drum Lesson: 4 Note Grouping RLRF in 16th notes This lesson looks at a 4 note grouping between the hands and the your foot, making it perfect for single bass drum players. The pattern we'll be using is RLRF (Right, Left, Right ,Foot) and played in a 16th note feel. You can voice it all over the kit, but in this video we mainly look at ideas for creating fills between the snare and toms and later on some hi hat grooves.
Have Fun !
Drum Lesson: Hand and Foot Fill Pattern - RLRK RLKL RKRL KLRL In this Drum Lesson we look at a Hand and Foot Fill Pattern for single bass drummers. The pattern is RLRK RLKL RKRL KLRL . (Right = Right Hand, L = Left hand, K = kick drum (or bass drum). It's made of 4 patterns stuck together. Each pattern is played as a block 4 1/16 note notes, replacing a bass drum with each count as we move through the pattern. So in count one we replace the A with a kick, in count two we replace the +, in count 3 we replace E and then finally the 4 re replaced. The idea is that when we replace a hand count with a kick (bass drum), the sticking doesn't change. So the parts can be mixed and matched together.
Drum Lesson - 8th Note to 16th Note transitions - KevsDrumShed
This drum lesson looks into a few simple idea for help new drummer maintain their consistency while moving between a basic 4/4 drum beat and 8th note and 16th note fills on the snare drum and around the toms. It was originally created for a fellow drummer on a facebook drumming group, but I thought i'd make it public for other new drummers too.
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Drum Fill - RLRF RLRL two beat Drum Lesson In this drum lesson we take a look at two beat fill and it's four beat brother.
The opening fill is in 16th notes and is played RLRF RLRL. So it boils down to replacing the ah count in beat three with a bass drum in a two beat group of single stroke 16th notes.
The second version is based around RLRF RLRF RLRF RLR- This version is really just orchestrated around the kit in an interesting way. Generally trying to hide that fact that's the same pattern repeating.
[ Drum Lesson Index: ]
00:00 - RLRF RLRL Example
00:20 - Drum Lesson two beat version
01:44 - Drum Lesson - four beat version (RLRF)
03:15 - Drum Lesson - Same Pattern different voicing
04:20 - Drum Lesson recap our drum fill ideas
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