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Score for Ash - Burn Baby Burn

183:719009769 (Matthew Chivers) — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 19:15:03 GMT

8th Note Grooves - Snare Variations

Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:55:00 GMT

Wednesday 7:00 (25th June) - Groove

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:58:00 GMT

Here's the video for the groove we were playing in class. Start slowly, speed it up, then give it a go with a groove and along to a backing track.

Score for Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive

Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:30:00 GMT

Wednesday 7:00 (21/05/2014)

Thu, 22 May 2014 14:47:00 GMT

Here are the grooves we used to play along with "Before I Forget" by Slipknot. The grooves in the song are actually played with 1/4 notes rather than 8th notes, but makes sure you're comfortable playing both as you may find these grooves elsewhere with different hi-hat patterns.The fills are more of an exercise to get yourself more comfortable with playing both hands and feet, with different hand and foot variations. Before playing all four bars, make sure you're relatively comfortable with playing each variation on its own. For instance, try playing only RLBB and BBRL fills on their own before putting them together with the RLRL link.If you're happy with everything here, give the grooves and fills a go together either at your own speed, with a backing track, or both!

Monday 7:00 (19/05/2014)

Tue, 20 May 2014 10:02:00 GMT

Here are some fills we looked at last lesson, along with some of the main grooves found in Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead Or Alive".Try and implement some of the ideas we had to make our grooves and fills sound bigger and louder, such as rim shots, open hi-hats and more crashes. If you feel confident give it a go with the song, but pay attention to whats going on with the music - loud crashes and big fills may not go down well in quiet parts...Have a listen to the song to get an even better idea of the structure, if you know the song playing along will be much easier!

Reggae Grooves - Rockers

Mon, 12 May 2014 14:04:00 GMT

Rockers grooves are played with the bass drum on the 1st and 3rd beats. Above are some examples with variations on the snare and hi-hat.The variations seen in these grooves, as well as those in the steppers and one step grooves, can be mixed and matched - The hi-hat and snare variations here can be used in one step and steppers grooves as well!Try playing all of these grooves both straight and shuffled, and see if you can come up with some of your own.

Reggae Grooves - Steppers

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 09:50:00 GMT

The Steppers groove in Reggae is played with the bass drum on each beat. The examples above all have variations on the hi-hat.See if you can come up with some of your own hi-hat variations, and if you're happy give them a go with some tunes!

Reggae Grooves - The One Step

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 08:29:00 GMT

The one step in Reggae is played with the bass drum on the third beat. Above are some examples of one step grooves with variations on the snare drum. A lot of Reggae is played in a shuffled style, so try playing each groove as a shuffle as well as a straight 1/4 note groove.Also try to remember that Reggae is a very chilled, laid back style of music, so some of the later grooves would be more likely used as fills instead of the main groove.If you're fairly confident with these grooves give them a go along with some Reggae tunes.Have fun!

7/8 Grooves

Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:04:00 GMT

Here's a few grooves in 7/8 for you to practice. If you find counting along challenging, try counting as a group of four and three rather than one to seven.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 will become 1,2,3,4,1,2,3 or 1,2,3,1,2,3,4When playing the fills start simple, make it harder when you're used to the timing.If this is all good, try playing these grooves with the fills on the 'Drum fills in 7/8' sheet.

Wednesday 8:00 - Double bass patterns

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:42:00 GMT

Here are some of the exercises we had a look at in some of our previous sessions. The bottom two lines are some of the ideas we came up with while playing along to tracks.

Wednesday 8:00 - Double bass grooves w/ cymbal and snare variations

Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:56:00 GMT

Here are the grooves we looked at during our last session (13/11/2013)Make sure we're happy with the cymbal and snare parts before adding in the double bass drum. You might even find it helpful to play the grooves with single pedal before adding in the double.

Score for The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

Sat, 09 Nov 2013 16:30:00 GMT

Time Signatures

Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:41:00 GMT

If you're confused about time signatures or just want to know more about them, have a look at this.

Monday 6:00 - Mohair Mountain drum solo

Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:28:00 GMT

Here are the ideas we came up with for the solo in Mohair Mountain on monday. Give them a go and also have a look at the 7/8 drum fills sheet on this blog to come up with some more ideas.

Drum fills in 7/8

Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:17:00 GMT

Start off by just playing these fills on the snare drum, make sure you know how to play the rhythm, where each fill speeds up and slows down. When you have it work it around the kit. When you really have it, use the bass drum on a couple of notes instead of using your hands for every hit.The next step is to try it with a groove and then (for you grade 6 students) try them out in the drum solo in Mohair Mountain.

Printing off songs/worksheets

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:47:00 GMT

I've been told that the songs and worksheets on the blog come out really small when printed off.To get a full size print out, save the image to your computer (JPEG files work) and print it from there rather than printing from the website.Happy drumming!

Drum Fills

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:38:00 GMT

Here's a sheet on playing drum fills. Make sure that we keep the right hand (or left hand for left handed players) on 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +, our other hand should be filling in the gaps on the a's and the e's. This will make the hand playing our hi-hat stay the same speed, and makes the transition from groove to fill much easier.If we're confident playing these fills, give them a go using the other drums too.

Score For Biffy Clyro - Biblical

Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:18:00 GMT

Dotted 8th Note Grooves

Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:13:00 GMT

A dot next to a note means we need to add on half of the notes' value. For example; a quaver (or an 8th note) lasts for half a beat. If that quaver/8th note has a dot, we need to add on half of half a beat, in other words a quarter of a beat, meaning the note will last for 3/4 of a beat.With these dotted rhythms, we need to make sure that the note following the dotted quaver/8th note comes between the hi-hats ( on the a) and will be played on their own.To help get you started, the first groove will be counted 1 + a 2 + 3 + a 4 + (the bass drums are on 1 and 3 as well as the a's, the snare drums on 2 and 4)

16th Note Grooves

Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:08:00 GMT

When playing 16th note grooves we can play the hi-hats with either one hand or both hands.We're going to practice these using both hands as it's the most effective way to play them, especially at high tempos. To do this, we simply play single stroke rolls on the hi-hat, bringing our right hand down to hit the snare on 2 and 4. In each of these grooves, the bass and snare drum will all be played on our right hand.

Paradiddle Variations

Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:54:00 GMT

Monday 7:00 lesson - Triplet Fills

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:43:00 GMT

Here's the groove and fills we played in our last lesson.Remember to count the fills as 1 e + 2 e + 3 e + 4 e +, this will be the best way to make sure we're playing the triplets correctly.

Monday 6:00 lesson - 16th note grooves

Mon, 09 Sep 2013 22:45:00 GMT

Here are the grooves we looked at in the lesson, remember that the bass drums in the first two grooves are the parts to focus on, we can play the hi-hat and snare part easily.Don't forget that we play a few bass drums at the same time as the left hand in the last groove.One way to make things easier - play the groove with just the bass and snare and add the hi-hats when you're feeling more comfortable with it.

Monday 5:00 lesson - Slam Dunk Funk

Mon, 09 Sep 2013 22:34:00 GMT

Start off just playing the bass and snare drums, when you're happy with that add in the hi-hats on the +'s to finish it off.