In this video, Jared Falk plays through a very mellow and relaxed shuffle based drum play-along. This drum play-along has a very cool structure to it. Not only can you take advantage of it for practicing shuffle drum beats, but also for practicing some solo ideas and drum fills to setup “shots”. This free drum lesson comes with three MP3s that you can download and use to play along or study with – one with the drum tracks removed, an alternate version with a metronome added in, and a full band track that you can use for further studying Jared’s licks or for enjoying the music. More »

The single paradiddle is one of the most popular drum rudiments. It opens a lot of cool possibilities on the drum set, since it helps you to alternate easily between leading hands. The single paradiddle is one of the few rudiments that almost every drummer on the planet knows how to play.

In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the single paradiddle, and how to apply it to the drum set through a couple of creative drum beats and drum fills. More »

The seventeen stroke roll is the last pattern from the drum roll family of drum rudiments that we have to teach you. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron breaks down the seventeen stroke roll on a practice pad, showing you exactly how to play it accurately. You’ll learn how to use the seventeen stroke roll within drum fills and drum beats as well. More »

The fifteen stroke roll is the next stepping stone on your way to become a master of the 40 drum rudiments. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron, of the DrumLessons.com team of instructors, shares some valuable tips on how to play the fifteen stroke roll and teaches you how to use it within drum beats and drum fills. More »

Drumsticks are to drummers what picks are to guitarists and bows to violinists, in that they are the tools used to get sound out of a given instrument or set of instruments. No matter the instrument, the tools you decide to use to play on it will affect the way it sounds. The tool’s shape, materials, density, and weight, condition the sound quality and volume. This has led drumstick companies to branch out and experiment with a large array of different drumstick designs. These sticks are usually called “specialty sticks”. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk goes through three different types of specialty sticks produced by Pro-Mark Drumsticks and compares them to regular drumsticks. More »

With this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to practice and play the thirteen stroke roll, a pattern from the drum roll family of drum rudiments. This lesson includes drum set applications for the thirteen stroke roll that you can use on your everyday playing, or as inspiration for coming up with your own thirteen stroke roll drum beats and drum fills. More »

In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches five beginner drum beats that incorporate cross-sticking, and goes through a bunch of very cool tips and tricks for playing the cross-stick accurately. Cross-sticking is a very popular method of changing the overall feel of a song. Although its mellower sound is used primarily to tone down sections of songs by subbing snare shots, cross-sticking can be used to raise the intensity level of a song as well, especially when included after sections striped down of snare shots. You’re gonna love what this small nuance will do for your drumming. More »

In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the eleven stroke roll, a pattern from the drum roll family of drum rudiments. Give this lesson a try if you’re interested on learning how to play the eleven stroke roll. Don’t worry if you don’t like practicing drum rudiments on a practice pad. This free drum lesson features drum beats and drum fills incorporating the eleven stroke roll. This way, you can practice the eleven stroke roll with your whole drum set. More »

In this video, Jared Falk and Jenn Krahn take you through the DrumLessons.com first ever drum set giveaway. They start by going over the rules for the contest before giving away two six-piece Casey Drums drum sets through a random drawing. More »

This free drum lesson is on one of the drum rudiments from the drum roll family, the ten stroke roll. In the video, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play and how to practice the ten stroke roll effectively, so you can make the best out of your practice time. The 40 drum rudiments aren’t meant to be played on a practice pad only, so you’ll learn how to apply the ten stroke roll to the drum set through a couple of drum beats and drum fills as well. More »