In this free drum lesson, Dave Atkinson teaches three brand new 5/4 odd-time signature drum fills. As expected from an intermediate lesson, the patterns you’ll find here are a little bit more demanding. You’ll learn how to play 5/4 hand-to-feet combinations, and how to incorporate ghost notes and the single and double paradiddles into 5/4 drum fills. More »
The double drag tap is a very cool pattern from the drag family of drum rudiments. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron – from the DrumLessons.com team of instructors – teaches you exactly how to play and practice the double drag tap and how to apply it to the drum set through a couple of drum beats and drum fills. More »
The single drag tap is the drag family equivalent of an inverted flam tap. This free drum lesson is all about teaching you how to play the single drag tap accurately, whether you’re playing it on a snare drum, a practice pad, or a drum set. In the video, Lionel Duperron shows you exactly how to practice the single drag tap, and how to use it within drum beats and drum fills. More »
In this free drum lesson, Dave Atkinson teaches you how to play three 5/4 drum fills. These 5/4 drum fills are 8th note- and 16th note-based. They’re a great way of introducing you to 5/4 drum fills, and of instructing you on how to add the bass drum to your drum fills. These 5/4 drum fills are played at two different tempos. This will allow you to have an idea of how they sound when played at slow and fast tempos. More »
The drag ruff works a lot like the flam. It has two or more grace notes that are followed by a primary stroke, and is featured on all the drum rudiments from the drag family. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the drag ruff and how to apply it to drum beats and drum fills. More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
This free drum lesson is all about the flam paradiddle-diddle (also known as flamadiddle-diddle), a very cool pattern from the flam family of drum rudiments. The flam paradiddle-diddle is a great option for working on triplet based drum beats, drum fills, and solo patterns.
In the video, rudimental pro Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the flam paradiddle-diddle and how to incorporate it into creative drum beats and drum fills. More »
