Practice Room

Grooves

101: Basic Rock Grooves

Learn the foundation for playing rock and pop music.

201: Snare Drum Independence

Add some dynamic interest and momentum to your grooves by varying your left hand rhythms.

202: ‘Riding’ on the Floor Tom

Move the Snare Drum Independence patterns you learned in the previous lessons onto the toms.

203: Bass Drum Independence 1

Start creating rhythmic variation in your grooves by varying the bass drum patterns.

206: Offbeat Open Hi-Hat Grooves

Open the hi-hat on the offbeats to create energy and excitement in your grooves.

301: Bass Drum Independence 2

Continue to expand the rhythmic variety of your grooves by building further independence on the bass drum.

Fills

204: Broken Fill Patterns

Take your fills to the next level by introducing rests to create new rhythms.

205: Tom Accenting Fills

Pick notes out on the toms to create more dynamic fill patterns.

302: Six-Stroke Roll Fills Part 1

Using RLL and RRL combinations to create 8th note triplet fills.

303: Broken Fill Patterns 2

Continue to learn and develop broken rhythms and apply them as fill patterns around the kit.

402: Six-Stroke Roll Fills Part 2

Play six-stroke roll fills as sixteenth note triplets.

403: Five-Stroke Roll Exercises & Fills

Exercises to build competence and confidence with the 5-stroke roll.

404: Seven-Stroke Roll Exercises & Fills

Develop your understanding of the 7-stroke roll and begin to integrate the rudiment into your fills.

405: Broken Fills Around The Kit

Test your time-keeping and independence with these more advanced broken fill patterns.

Songs

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Getting Ready For Christmas

Introductions to some classic Christmas tunes, including Jingle Bell Rock, Rocking’ Around The Christmas Tree, and Merry Xmas Everybody.