Nowadays, heavy-metal drumming is mostly associated with very powerful and fast runs of double bass patterns. However, this is not always the case. Double bass drumming in heavy-metal is used quite often to complement guitar riffs, which gives birth to sporadic bursts of broken patterns. It’s important to practice stock broken double bass drum patterns like the ones Sean Lang wrote for this free heavy-metal drum lesson. It will help you build a solid rhythmic foundation with your feet that’ll enable you to complement the most typical guitar riffs out there. More »
The double ratamacue is one of the ten drum rudiments from the drag family. With this free drum lesson you’ll learn how to play and practice the double ratamacue accurately, so you can perform it to your fullest potential sooner than later. This free drum lesson is also a great resource for all drummers interested in learning how to apply the double ratamacue within beats and fills. More »
Heavy-metal is a sub-genre of rock. However, because of the many variations heavy-metal has given birth to and due to its very unique identity and flavor, it has become a style on its own right whose study has to go beyond the scope of what rock music has to offer. With that in mind, Sean Lang put together this free heavy-metal drum lesson to get your heavy-metal drumming studies started in the right direction. Sean Lang shares some tips on what you can do to make your playing sound more “metal-ish” and takes you through six beginner single pedal heavy-metal drum beats that you can take to your kit to get those heavy-metal chops going. More »
In this free video drum lesson, sensei Jared Falk teaches you how to apply the heel-toe technique to your drumming through six very cool drum beat examples taken from the popular 14-hour long Bass Drum Secrets 2.0 training pack. We’ve included patterns for beginners, intermediate, and advanced drummers. Whether you’ve just began working on the heel-toe technique, or if you’ve been playing it for a while, there is something here for you to practice and take your bass drum technique to a whole new level. More »
The single ratamacue is one of the ten drum rudiments from the drag family and a very common pattern in old war movies and soundtracks. In the video, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to practice the single ratamacue on a single surface, and shows you a couple of drum beats and drum fills based around the single ratamacue. More »
Most rock music is based on the 8th note pulse. Playing 8th notes on the hi-hat all the time is almost a given for every beginner rock drummer. Much like the bass drum and the snare drum, you can use the hi-hat to emphasize parts from different instruments. Vocal, piano and guitar parts, which are usually higher pitched, really benefit from a drummer who’s able to complement their rhythmic output with syncopated rhythms on the hi-hat. With that in mind, Jared Falk designed this lesson to teach you how to free up your hi-hat hand to play whatever 8th note- and 16th note-based rhythms. If you’re a fan of Carter Beauford‘s broken hi-hat stuff, you’re going to love what this free drum lesson will do for your drumming. More »
The single paradiddle is one of the Percussive Arts Society’s (P.A.S.) seven essential drum rudiments, along with the single stroke roll, double stroke roll, multiple bounce roll, five stroke roll, flam, and drag ruff. It’s also one of the most used drum rudiments around the drum set. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches you a couple of great sounding drum beats and drum fills that make good use of the single paradiddle, and that you can use as inspiration for coming up with your own patterns. More »
In this free video drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches you how to play a half-time shuffle drum beat known as the “Rosanna Shuffle”. This half-time shuffle drum beat is one of the most recognizable and essential shuffle drum beats out there. The “Rosanna Shuffle” is a challenging pattern to perform accurately, but with Jared’s step-by-step approach you’ll be playing it in no time. More »
The dragadiddle #2 (also known as drag paradiddle #2) is the third and last pattern from the drag family of drum rudiments that incorporates the single paradiddle. The dragadiddle #2 is heavily based on the dragadiddle #1. In this free drum lesson, rudimental-pro Lionel Duperron takes you through the various steps needed to master the dragadiddle #2, and shows you how effective the dragadiddle #2 can be when applied to the drum set. More »
The dragadiddle #1 (also known as drag paradiddle #1) is the second drum rudiment from the drag family of drum rudiments that incorporates the single paradiddle. In this free video drum lesson, Lionel Duperron shows you exactly how to play and practice the dragadiddle #1. Once he’s done teaching you the basics behind the dragadiddle #1, Lionel makes his way to the drum set to show you how to apply the dragadiddle #1 to drum beats and drum fills. More »
