Practice Room
Grooves
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 lesson onto the toms.
203: Bass Drum Independence 1
Start creating rhythmic variation in your grooves by varying your 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.
403: Five-Stroke Roll Exercises & Fills
Exercises to build competence and confidence with the 5-Stroke Roll.
404: Seven-Stroke Roll Exercise & 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 timekeeping and independence with these more advanced broken fill patterns.
Songs
Getting Ready For Christmas
Introductions to some classic Christmas tunes, including Jingle Bell Rock, Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree and Merry Xmas Everybody.