Drums Highlights

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This video lesson will show you how to spice up simple rock grooves by opening and closing the hi-hats at a specified time within the beat. Jared gives tips and tricks to keep in mind when first playing open-close hi-hat beats, and then demonstrates four patterns that make use of this powerful dynamic drumming technique.

You can create countless variations for one beat using the transformations system when playing the drums.

In this section, Chris Traylor shows you how to do a note fill using the entire kit.

These bass drum comping exercises are designed to build independence within your bass drum foot. They work the same way the snare drum comping patterns do, but are focused around the bass drum. They are great for jazz drumming, but are sure to improve many other areas of your drumming at the same time.

Learn how to close the hi-hat while playing the cowbell pedal with your heel.

In this video drum lesson, you will learn the two most popular bass drum techniques. This includes the heels-up and heels-down methods. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, so it is highly recommended that you eventually learn both methods.

Drum Rudiments are the basic tools of the drummer. All rudiments have very specific sticking patterns, or the pattern and order in which sticks (right or left) are used to strike the drum.

Knowing all the important drum related terms is valuable if you want to talk about drums in an online discussion forum or at your local music store. Learning all the correct terminology ensure you are able to communicate with other drummers in a clear and concise manner, and will give you more confidence as a musician.

Chris Traylor teaches you the standard 4/4 rock beat for the drums.

Learn how to create triplet based transformations when playing the drums.

Chris Traylor shows you how to perform a single stroke roll on the drums.

This video lesson includes six drum beats that are designed to build bass drum independence. They are musical patterns that can be used in a rock playing situation, but are here for the purpose of developing your bass drum foot. Work through them slowly at first, and eventually increase the speed as you gain more control.

Learn about some alternative stick ideas to use when playing the drums. Rather than using a traditional drumstick, you can try one of these examples!