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Category: ADVANCED GROOVES
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Ghosted Shuffle Grooves 1
Applying Ghost Notes in unison with the hihat during shuffles.
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Two Handed HiHat Killer Kicks 3
We’ve got the coordination down, next lets push what we can do with the kick in this environment.
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Two Handed HiHat Killer Kicks 2
In Course 1 we looked at playing Kicks in time with the Left Hand, in this course we develop that into playing double strokes on the kick in time with the RL or LR hand pattern.
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Off Beat HiHat Syncopation Grooves 2
Developing all the components to become completely free in an off beat hihat environment.
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Syncopated 16th Double Kick Grooves 2
Things are getting musical with these partial syncopated double kick patterns under a solid backbeat.
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Syncopated 16th Double Kick Grooves 1
Exploring a great syncopation concept, which looks at playing simple grooves which get enhanced to become complex double kick patterns by simply playing left foot off beats.
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Off Beat HiHat Syncopation Grooves 1
Bringing it all together, Off Beat HiHat Doubling, Ghost Notes and Advanced Kick Patterns. Remember why you are practicing, and push on!
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Off Beat HiHat Killer Kick Grooves 2
By now we are not thinking too much about the hand pattern, we are pushing our right foot whilst at the same time making the off beat stuff completely second nature. Make sure you warm up for this one!
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Off Beat HiHat Killer Kick Grooves 1
We don’t want to go for an off beat hihat pattern and have the rest of our drumming get dull, just because we are having to focus so much on the hihat. Let’s kick it!
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Off Beat HiHat Ghost Note Grooves 2
Developing our Ghost notes further here with Ghosts directly before and after the backbeat, causing some major focus on hand technique and independence to pull it off.
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16th Double Kick Grooves 2
Exploring filling out a kick pattern by using the Left Kick pedal, as well as some broken patterns.
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16th Double Kick Grooves 1
Double Kick isn’t just about relentless strings of notes, it’s about musical patterns. In this course we explore the basics of double kick, with groups of 3, 4 and 5 underneath a solid backbeat.
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Off Beat HiHat Ghost Note Grooves 1
When learning straight ghost notes, we kind of rely on the HiHat for the placement of them. In this course we learn to give our ghost notes more independence so we can play them no matter what the HiHat is doing.
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Ghost Note Grooves 2
Let’s explore ‘diddled’ ghost notes, and timing them with the hihat to create some nice complimenting rhythms on the snare during a groove.
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Odd Time 5/4 Grooves 2
All that lovely advanced stuff you know how to play in Four… Let’s try it in FIVE! It’s going to be good!
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Odd Time 5/4 Grooves
This is a great introduction to understanding that Odd Time isn’t just to challenge our brains, but it’s a musical exercise for the mind which can sound great, if you get past the counting!
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5-Stroke Roll Grooves
RRLLR, a quick little phrase which can be applied in a multitude of fancy ways within grooves! Be that on the HiHat or with Ghost Notes.
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Syncopated 6/8 Grooves
Mixing some advanced Ghost Note and Kick Patterns to make your 6/8 grooves sound just as good as your 4/4 ones!
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Paradiddle Grooves
It’s not about RLRR,LRLL, it’s about music and exploring the musical applications that paradiddles make possible within grooves.
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