Course Highlights
  • Build your understanding of coordination, rhythm and timing
  • Improve knowlegdge of drums and drumming
  • Play rudiments to build hand coordination
  • Play a rock groove
  • Read drum music and understand how it works
  • Play complex hand and foot patterns
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum

3 Topics
Introduction - Welcome to the Course
Just Hit Things Right? Drumming Misconceptions Resolved
Are You Sitting Comfortably? - The Way to Get the Most Out of Your Drumming

1 Topic
Playing With Hands - This is How You Play the Drums With Your Hands

8 Topics
Rudiments Introduction - It's In Everything You Will Play
Rudiments Practice Download - This is What You'll Learn - Download & Print
Single Strokes - The First Step to Playing Drums
Single Strokes Test - Check Your Drums Knowledge
Double Strokes - The Second Step to Playing Drums - A Little Harder
Double Strokes Test - Check Your Drums Knowledge
Paradiddles - Your First Challenge of Drums Coordination
Paradiddle Test - Check Your Drums Knowledge

1 Topic
This is How You Play the Drums With Your Feet - Simple!

7 Topics
Rock Groove Introduction
Rock Groove Practice Download
Playing the Right Hand
Playing the Right Foot
Playing the Left Hand
Putting the Rock Groove Together
Rock Groove Summary

8 Topics
Introduction to Reading Drum Music
Barlines Clefs and Time Signatures
Playing Quarter Notes - Practice Download
Playing Quarter Notes
Your Solo of Quarter Note Exercise 1 - Read and Play Music On Your Own
Playing Eighth Notes - Practice Download - Exercise 2
Playing Eighth Notes
Your Solo of Eighth Note Exercise 1 - Read and Play Eighth Notes On Your Own

6 Topics
Introduction to Anatomy of the Drum Kit - What You Need to Know
The Drums - The Names You Should Know
The Cymbals - The Three Main Ones We Need
Acoustic Drum Kits
Electronic Drum Kits
How Drums Are Written in Music

7 Topics
Rudiments Revisted - Introduction - The low down on the big challenge
The Foot Pattern - It's As Easy As Walking
Single Strokes 2
Double Strokes 2
Paradiddles 2
Opposites
Opposites 2

3 Topics
Flams - Make your playing 'Fatter'
Drags - 3 notes using double strokes and dynamics
Ruffs - A quick succession of 4 notes involving singles strokes and dynamics

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