Linear patterns – whether in drum beat or drum fill format – are patterns that are played without overlapping strokes. You won’t find any unison figure in this type of pattern. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches three linear drum fills – known as hand-to-feet combinations – that you can use to further enrich your drum fill library and get used to playing this type of idea around the drum set. During the video, Jared goes into some detail about how to use these three drum fills for coming up with linear patterns of your own as well. More »
In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron takes you to the practice pad to show you exactly how to play and practice the nine stroke roll – one of the drum rudiments from the drum roll family. He then moves to the drum set, unveiling the nine stroke roll’s hidden potential as the main inspiration for designing drum beats and drum fills. More »
Most of the 40 drum rudiments are usually perceived as being effective and useful for orchestra and marching band settings only. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron takes care of all of those misconceptions by showing you how to apply the seven stroke roll to the drum set through a couple of drum beats and drum fills. More »
The six stroke roll is one of the coolest drum rudiments to apply to the drum set, and is actually one of the favorites among drummers. In this free video drum lesson, Lionel Duperron, one of the “DrumLessons.com” drum instructors, teaches you how to play, practice, and master the six stroke roll. Afterwards, he takes you to the drum set to show you exactly how the six stroke roll can be applied to the drum set in a couple of creative drum beats and drum fills. More »
In this free drum lesson, we’ll be taking a look at another pattern from the drum roll family of drum rudiments, the five stroke roll. In the video, Lionel Duperron shows you exactly how to play and practice the five stroke roll, so that later on you can take it to your drum set and apply it to a couple of creative drum beats and drum fills he wrote especially for you. More »
The triple stroke roll is very similar in nature to the single stroke roll and the double stroke roll drum rudiments. It’s an alternating roll that encompasses three strokes per hand. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the triple stroke roll, and how to apply it to your drumming through a couple of drum beats and drum fills. More »
This is the last free drum lesson in the three-lesson series on 7/8 odd-time signature drum fills. The three advanced 7/8 drum fills Jared Falk teaches you how to play in this free drum lesson are 16th note triplet and 32nd note based. These drum fills are extremely musical and incorporate hand-to-feet combinations and cymbals. More »
This free drum lesson is the second installment in a three-lesson series on drum fills played in 7/8 odd-time signature. In this video, Jared Falk teaches three intermediate 7/8 drum fills and discusses how these drum fills – or any other pattern for that matter – should be practiced. These drum fills incorporate 32nd notes, hand-to-foot combinations, and some cool cymbal patterns. More »
The double stroke roll is one of the most important patterns to learn from the drum roll family of drum rudiments. The double stroke roll is very similar in nature to the single stroke roll. It is an alternating roll that encompasses two strokes per hand. In this next free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to go about practicing the double stroke roll in an effective way, and exemplifies how to apply it to the drum set through a couple of drum beats and drum fills. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk, of the DrumLessons.com team of instructors, takes you through your first drum fills in 7/8 odd-time signature. These three patterns are a great way of getting you started with 7/8 odd-time signature drum fills. These drum fills will also have you working on your feel for playing in 7/8 odd-time signature, hand-to-foot coordination and playing drum fills with rests. Give this lesson a whirl – you won’t be disappointed. More »
