In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches three 16th note linear drum fills geared towards the intermediate drummer. These drum fills introduce two new themes. The first one is the use of cymbals instead of tom/snare shots. This is a great way of incorporating new textures into your tom/snare based linear drum fills. The second theme comes in the form of spreading single stroke rolls between one hand and the bass drum foot, which is great for further developing your 4-way coordination. More »
Linear patterns – whether in drum beat or drum fill format – are patterns that are played without overlapping strokes. You won’t find any unison figure in this type of pattern. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches three linear drum fills – known as hand-to-feet combinations – that you can use to further enrich your drum fill library and get used to playing this type of idea around the drum set. During the video, Jared goes into some detail about how to use these three drum fills for coming up with linear patterns of your own as well. More »
Throughout the beginner and intermediate free drum lessons on ghost notes, you were introduced to the essential techniques and basic independence required to play great sounding ghost notes. With this free drum lesson, Jared Falk, from the DrumLessons.com team of instructors, takes things up a notch by showing you some creative approaches for incorporating ghost notes into single paradiddle, 8th note and 16th note triplet based drum beats. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches you how to play drum beats that incorporate ghost notes as 16th note triplets, and exercises where the ghost notes are played exactly one 16th note after and before accented shots. Jared also goes through some ways you can practice these drum beats for developing them accurately. These are challenging drum beats that will greatly improve your hand technique, feel, and ability to play dynamically. More »
In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron takes you to the practice pad to show you exactly how to play and practice the nine stroke roll – one of the drum rudiments from the drum roll family. He then moves to the drum set, unveiling the nine stroke roll’s hidden potential as the main inspiration for designing drum beats and drum fills. More »
Ghost notes are basically very soft strokes. Ghost notes add feel to whatever you play, being especially applicable to groove based music like funk, hip-hop, blues, fusion, and drum ‘n’ bass. Nonetheless, it’s common to listen to ghost notes in jazz, Latin, pop, and a lot of different styles of rock music. Therefore, learning how to play consistent and low sounding ghost notes is a must if you want to take your drumming to the next level, or even be a professional drummer. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches you three beginner drum beats that encompass ghost notes, and shares some tips that are sure to help you play ghost notes to your fullest potential in no time. More »
Most of the 40 drum rudiments are usually perceived as being effective and useful for orchestra and marching band settings only. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron takes care of all of those misconceptions by showing you how to apply the seven stroke roll to the drum set through a couple of drum beats and drum fills. More »
Using the opening and closing of the hi-hat throughout a whole song can be a bit overkill at times. You can think of these techniques as embellishments to the main groove or even as subtle drum fills. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches three advanced and cool sounding patterns, showing you exactly how they can be used as enhancements to the main grooves of songs. More »
The opening and closing of the hi-hat can be done with a lot of different subdivisions. As a way of showing you just that, Jared Falk came up with three two-handed 16th note hi-hat drum beats that include the opening and closing of the hi-hat, and that he’ll teach you how to perform with this free drum lesson. These drum beats contain 8th and 16th note, as well as syncopated hi-hat openings. This is a fun and challenging collection of drum beats. Give this free drum lesson a try. You’ll have a ton of fun with it. More »
The six stroke roll is one of the coolest drum rudiments to apply to the drum set, and is actually one of the favorites among drummers. In this free video drum lesson, Lionel Duperron, one of the “DrumLessons.com” drum instructors, teaches you how to play, practice, and master the six stroke roll. Afterwards, he takes you to the drum set to show you exactly how the six stroke roll can be applied to the drum set in a couple of creative drum beats and drum fills. More »
