Two Handed Sixteenth Note Beats - Drum Lessons

In this rock drum and video lesson, we’re going to be playing some two handed 16th note beats. All these exercises are played using a single stroke role which is right left, right left, right left, right left. These are counted one E and a two E, and a three E a,nd a four E and a. You can start them real slow as slow as you want even if you go one E and a whatever you need to do to make sure you’re playing the beat correctly. I’m going to be playing them using the metronome set at 100 beats per minute. Take a look at exercise one on the provided sheet music. You can see how on beats two and four, my right hand comes down from the hi hats to hit the snare drum. Watch as I’ll demonstrate. [Demonstration] Remember how I told you all these exercises are played using a single stroke rule. Right left, right left. You can see on beat four I have to bring my left hand down to hit the snare drum. So it go four E and a. Now you want to start this slow because if you start too fast and you’re not used to it you could actually hit your risk and injure yourself. So make sure your left hand goes underneath your right hand. [Demonstration] Number three is a little bit different as we don’t have a snare drum on beat two. The snare drum is on the a of one so my left hand comes down from the hi hat to hit the snare. It’s going to fill a little funny at first when you start playing it because you’re going to be used to hit ini the snare on the two and four. But we want to get use to it, this is a powerful beat. [Demonstration] Exercise four is a fun one. Listen and I’ll play it for you now. [Demonstration] When I wrote this next beat I was trying there’s something a little bit different and not just right another stack drum beat that you hear all the time. The snare drum is on the end of one then it’s on the four and the A of four. Watch as I play it for you now. [Demonstration] Every time I play this next group at a show, I always get someone coming out to me and saying how much they love the way that sounded. All it is, is my right hand on the right, left hand on the hi hat, beats two and four with my right hand on the snare drum kicked on the one and three. Listen to how it sounds. [Demonstration] It’s really important to learn to play these groups within context. So next time you’re playing with your band or jamming with your friends, maybe you could throw one of this in. If you can’t do that you can always put on your favorite CD and jam around with the groups that way.