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Category: Straight 8th Grooves
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8th Note Tom Grooves
Recycle your grooves by moving your HiHat patterns to the Floor Tom, and then develop that into some more interesting Tom Grooves.
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Mixed Note Rate HiHat Grooves
We have moved our Bass and Snares around, but what changes can we make to the HiHat pattern to enhance our Grooves?
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Open HiHat Grooves
It’s only a slight variation, but it makes your grooves sound so much more interesting by lifting up your HiHat foot in these places.
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Using The Crash Cymbal
Here are some 8th note crash placements designed to give you confidence inserting the crash within your grooves smoothly and effortlessly.
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All Content, INTERMEDIATE GROOVES, PREMIUM, Stepped/ Open HiHat Focused Grooves, Straight 8th GroovesLeft Foot Coordination
Bring your left foot into your grooves by keeping time in multiple ways. The visual element of the hihat ticking away is great for you, the band and the audience.
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Right Hand Variations
The HiHat is not just for keeping a grid that you play everything else against, it is a musical instrument which deserves something more musical than ‘tick tick tick’.
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Bass Drum Boot Camp
My go-to course for developing your foot technique in grooves. Focusing on two double stroke variations, plus kicks in between hihat notes.
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Basic Rock Grooves
Building from the Pop Grooves, we look here at moving snare notes around in a bar to build confidence in our coordination.
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Ghost Note Grooves 1
Ghost notes are super soft notes on the snare, and this course looks at placing them between hihat notes, and also how to move that concept to the Toms.
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All Content, BASIC GROOVES, Bass Drum Focused Grooves, PREMIUM, Straight 8th Grooves, Stylistic GroovesBasic Pop Grooves
A first look at groove playing, with a consistent hand pattern whilst moving bass drums around to create interest.
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