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Posted By: Admin on Monday, October 24, 2011

The pataflafla is the last pattern from the flam family of drum rudiments that we have here for you. Played at faster tempos, the pataflafla sounds pretty much like a Brazilian samba pattern. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the pataflafla and how to use within a couple of drum beats and drum fills. More »

Posted By: Admin on Friday, October 21, 2011

Easy Drumming That Sounds Hard

The 5/4 odd-time time signature drum beats you’ll find on DrumLessons.com are featured on the rock drumming section. This doesn’t mean that 5/4 can only be used with rock music. To show you exactly this, Dave Atkinson came up with jazz and double bass 5/4 drum beats for this lesson. He also takes this opportunity to show you a cool way of using drum rudiments for coming up with cool 5/4 drum beats. More »

Posted By: Admin on Thursday, October 20, 2011

The next pattern from the flam family of drum rudiments we’ll be taking a look at is the flam drag. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the flam drag accurately, and shows you how to use it to come up with unique drum beats and drum fills. More »

Posted By: Admin on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Posted By: Admin on Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Easy Drumming That Sounds Hard

This free drum lesson is the best place to start learning your first patterns in 5/4 odd-time signature. The three 5/4 drum beats taught by Dave “The Canuck” Atkinson in the video are quarter note and 8th note based. They are demoed at two different tempos so you can have an idea of how they sound when played at slow and fast tempos. More »

Posted By: Admin on Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Easy Drumming That Sounds Hard

Welcome to the first of a series of free drum lessons on the odd-time signature 5/4. Here, your host Dave Atkinson explains the differences between 4/4 and 5/4, and teaches effective ways of counting and developing a solid feel with 5/4 odd-time signature. This free drum lesson is the foundation on which the other free drum lessons on 5/4 build upon. So if you’re taking a stab at 5/4 for the very first time, we HIGHLY encourage you to watch this video before making your way to the 5/4 drum beats and drum fills. We used caps here, so you know we mean business! More »

Posted By: Admin on Monday, October 17, 2011

The next pattern from the flam family of drum rudiments we’ll be taking a look at is the inverted flam tap. The inverted flam tap has the same rhythmic pattern as the flam tap. It has a different sticking pattern as well, which will challenge your technique differently from what the flam tap did. In this free drum lesson, DrumLessons.com instructor Lionel Duperron breaks down the inverted flam tap on a practice pad, so you can see exactly how to play it accurately. He then takes you to the drum set, showcasing a couple of drum fills and drum beats that incorporate the inverted flam tap. More »

Posted By: Admin on Friday, October 14, 2011

Easy Drumming That Sounds Hard

In this video, Dave Atkinson jams along to “Calling” a song from Dying Hearts Desire, a modern Christian rock group that he was a member of. This rock drum play-along is a great place for you to practice all kinds of double bass patterns, tom-tom drum beats, hand-to-feet combos, and rock drum beats and fills. This free drum play-along comes with two MP3s that you can download and use to play along or study with – one with the drum tracks removed and an alternate version with a metronome added in. More »

Posted By: Admin on Thursday, October 13, 2011

Easy Drumming That Sounds Hard

In this free video drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches you how to count quarter note triplets, and how to relate them to 8th note triplets, 16th note triplets, 8th notes, and 16th notes. He does so by using some simple but effective exercises and fills. Jared also teaches you how to read and write quarter note triplets and how to notate quarter note triplet rests. More »

Posted By: Admin on Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Swiss army triplet – alongside 13 other drum rudiments – was added to the standard 26 American drum rudiments in 1984 by the Percussive Arts Society. This new set of drum rudiments would later be known as the 40 international drum rudiments. In the video, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play and practice the Swiss army triplet and how to incorporate it into drum beats and drum fills. More »