In this free live drum lesson, Jared Falk, Sean Lang, and Dave Atkinson take you through some of the most popular bass drum techniques out there and teach you some exercises to help you develop them. Jared teaches the heel-toe technique, Dave teaches the slide technique, and Sean teaches the flat foot technique. This free drum lesson is also directed to helping you develop your ability to play fast single strokes with the double pedal, and use your hi-hat foot creatively within your drumming. More »
In this free video drum lesson you’re introduced to broken 8th note drum fills. Broken fills are patterns that include rests, meaning that not all notes are to be played. The five drum fills taught in this free drum lesson include 8th note rests in them. Jared Falk displays each rock drum fill with a play-along loop especially designed for practicing full bar drum fills. You can download two versions of this play-along from this lesson – one with the drum tracks removed and an alternate version with a metronome added in. More »
The need to play hi-hat patterns with two hands stems from songs where it’s prohibitive to play them with only one hand, due to the fast tempos they are performed at. In this free video drum lesson, Jared Falk takes you through the ins and outs of playing two-handed hi-hat drum beats. He shows you how to get started, shares some important tips on how to play these grooves without hurting yourself, and teaches ten drum beats you can use to start practicing this concept. More »
This next free drum lesson is a great place for learning your first drum fills, or to add new patterns to your ever growing collection of drum fills. In the video, Jared Falk shows you five basic quarter note drum fills, and goes about teaching you how to better practice them so you can achieve your drumming goals a lot faster. More »
Welcome to the free drum lesson on intermediate tom-tom drum beats. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches you how to play 16th note triplet and 32nd note tom-tom drum beats. You’ll have to work that much harder to get them under your belt. But the enjoyment you’ll get from mastering these cool sounding patterns, not to mention your overall improvement will make it that much worth it. So let’s get cracking! More »
No! You won’t be learning the drum beats provided in this free drum lesson in half the time you would all the other ones. If you want to understand what half-time grooves are all about, you have to give this free drum lesson a try. In the video, Jared Falk shows you how to play ten half-time drum beats. He also explains what half-time is and shows you how it relates to full-time. More »
Learning 8th note drum fills has never been easier with this free drum lesson. In this video Jared Falk walks you through five cool sounding drum fills that are sure to spice up your drumming, and give you further inspiration for you to come up with your own. In the video, Jared also explains how quarter notes and 8th notes relate. More »
In this free video drum lesson, DrumLessons.com instructor Jared Falk teaches you how to play five beginner tom-tom drum beats that you can use to get acquainted with this concept. Jared also goes over some tips on how to use these exercises to practice 4-way coordination. More »
