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Category: Rhythm and Theory
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Broken Stickings
Take your Normal RLRL sticking, and poke holes in it!
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The Advantage Of Slow Songs
If a song is fast, there is not much room for expression, so take advantage of slow songs where there is more space to fill with fancy stuff!
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All Content, Crash Fills, FREE, Grouping Fills, Rhythm and Theory, Rhythmic Fills, Speed and ControlSextuplets Sound Amazing!
Working on the Mechanics of getting around the kit in a Sextuplet environment.
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ADVANCED SKILLS, All Content, BASIC SKILLS, INTERMEDIATE SKILLS, PREMIUM, Rhythm and Theory, Speed and ControlThe Note Rate Pyramid
A course built around mastering ALL the possible note rates up to 32nd Notes, with basic, intermediate and advanced note rate pyramids covering all the issues you may face in pulling them off.
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8th Note Syncopated Rhythms
Syncopated Rhythms are a test for your rhythmic awareness, take them slow and play them with me to internalise your timing.
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HiHat Speed Change
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Groups of 3
Looking at two popular groupings of three, and using them together.
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Strawberry Coconut Rhythms
It sounds daft, but the food rhythms work, but I will also show you the traditional way to count these more complex rhythms too!
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Rhythm Permutations
Lets try this random rhythm, and then this random rhythm…? What about a systematic approach that covers all possible combinations for true mastery?
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Note Rates / Left Foot
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Understanding Time Signatures
A couple of tips to help you understand what those funny numbers mean, and how to use that knowledge when playing the drums.
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Playing Fills In A 5/8 Time Signature
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Drum Fills In Strange Places
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When Should I Do A Drum Fill
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All Content, BASIC SKILLS, Coordination, PREMIUM, Rhythm and Theory, Stepped/ Open HiHat Focused Grooves16th Note Rhythms
Moving on from Quarter and Eighth Notes, 16th Notes are the note rate which most drummers use for ‘fast’ fills.
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Quarter & Eighth Note Rhythms
Start your journey on understanding rhythm. Looking at how to split up bars with two ‘Note Rates’ which are the basis of all drumming.
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Rocky Right Hand Rhythm
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Musical HiHats
Learn a rhythmic hi-hat pattern that diverges from normal methods of using the hi-hat as a rigid grid for coordinating bass drum and snare drum notes.
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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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Sextuplet HiHat Confidence Groove
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Poly Floor Rhythm
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Stutter Fill
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Changing Into Triplets
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Triplet Check Fill
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Introduction To Counting and Rhythm
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