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Drummergirl
Drum Solo by Brad Schlueter
This is a short drum solo that is based on a common pattern familiar to most
drummers. The first line has a RLRL sticking up until the paradiddle at the
end of the line that reverses the sticking and melody in the second line. The
second line has a LRLR sticking up until the paradiddle at the end of that line
that reverses the sticking and melody again. This isn't particularly hard to
play, but it's a fresh approach to an old idea, and makes for a good warmup
as well as a fun drum set solo. I've included a version specifically for drummers
with four piece kits, and another for drummers with five piece kits. It can
be a useful for drum teachers wishing to increase their students ability to
lead with either hand and improve their mobility around the kit.
Shuffle
Sampler by Brad Schlueter
This lesson is an assortment of four measure grooves and fills to help develop
coordination when playing shuffles.
Jazz
Lesson 1 by Sara Tomasetti
Do you want to play jazz? This lesson focuses on establishing
a solid ride cymbal pattern then adding snare and bass. It also touches on the
form/phrasing of playing jazz music as well as comping during solos.
1
2 3 4! Four Steps to Develop Your Groove by Lisa Lambert
Learning how to groove is fundamental to being not just a good drummer but an
in-demand drummer. Lisa's lesson describes four steps to help you develop ideas
and feel.
Explore
the Floor Pt 1 - Tighten up your Bass Drum Chops by Lisa Lambert
Tips and exercises for tightening up your bass drum chops.
Explore
the Floor Pt 2 - Nurturing the Hi Hat by Lisa Lambert
You've smartened up your right foot in Explore the Floor Pt 1 and now it's time
to shift your focus to your hi hat foot.
Funk
Grooves by Brad Schlueter
Check out these Funk Groove Samples to help improve your groove and your co-ordination.
Punk
and Ska Grooves by Brad Schlueter
The purpose of these grooves is to teach you some bass drum variations to standard
Punk or Ska style patterns.
Swiss
Triplets and Flammed Windmill Combinations by Brad Schlueter
This lesson is rudimental in style and is designed to build better hands through
learning how to use Swiss Triplets and Flammed Windmill combinations. It will
help you develop polyrhythmic phrasing by putting four note phrases in triplet
rhythms and three and six note phrases in 1/16th note rhythms.
Novice
Lesson by FreeDrumLesson.com (Site currently being updated. We will
post the link as soon as it becomes available)
This novice lesson begins by introducing the table of time. The table will teach
you basic reading of drum notation as well as your first drum rudiment. A rudiment
is a hard pattern that helps build your technique and rhythm for all styles
drumming. The lesson has audio examples to help you with timing.
Beginner
Lesson by FreeDrumLesson.com (Site currently being updated. We will
post the link as soon as it becomes available)
The beginner lesson begins with a very popular rudiment called the paradiddle
and then introduces an accent variation to a rock beat called the moeller technique.
The lesson has audio examples to help you.
Intermediate
Lesson by FreeDrumLesson.com (Site currently being updated. We will
post the link as soon as it becomes available)
The first half of this lesson introduces a flam rudiment with a double stroke
sticking while the second half of the lesson looks at the paradiddle played
as funk groove. The lesson has audio examples to help you.
Advanced
Lesson by FreeDrumLesson.com (Site currently being updated. We will
post the link as soon as it becomes available)
The advanced lesson begins with a rudiment called the pata-fla-fla. This is
played as a single stroke roll with flams placed on the first and last sixteenth
notes of every beat. The second half of the advanced lesson has been named a
"moellered, ghosted, half-time shuffle. Three drummers named, Bernard Purdie,
John Bonham and Jeff Porcaro revolutionized this groove into a favorite for
not only drummers, but musicians of all sorts." The lesson has audio examples
to help you.
Hotpocket
Lesson by FreeDrumLesson.com (Site currently being updated. We will
post the link as soon as it becomes available)
Hot pocket is all about grooves and groove concepts for happening drummers.
Thefirst groove is a two bar funk pattern that utilizes many different techniques.
These include dual ghosting, two surface grooving, open hi-hat, and moeller
technique. The next groove is a simulated jungle groove played on the bass,
snare and hi-hats. The lesson has audio examples to help you.
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