Drum Lessons

PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Sheet 7 → Here is Exercise Sheet 6 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. All of the 4 beats and fills exercises are in 6/8 time signature and the emphasis is naturally on beat 1 and 4. In the drum beats, the first beat of the […] The post 4 Blues Drum Beats and Fills Exercises – Sheet 6 – 40 Beats and Fills Book 2 appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

PDF Ebook Buy Now → Here is Exercise Sheet 5 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. Musical Theatre drumming generally has elements of swing, jazz, big band, blues, pop and rock. Unlike jazz music – which also has the swung hi hats – there is often a prominant snare on beats 2 and […] The post Musical Theatre Drum Beats and fills – Sheet 5 – 40 Beats and Fills Book 2 appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

PDF Ebook Buy Now → Here is Exercise Sheet 4 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. The drum beats and drum fills are played in different time signatures (3/4, 5/4 and 2/4), as well as changing to and from the usual 4/4 bar length. Time Signature Changes: “Do not panic – they’re quite […] The post Drum beats and drum fills in different time signatures – Sheet 4 – 40 Beats and Fills Book 2 appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

PDF Ebook Buy Now → Here is Exercise Sheet 3 from 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. The drum beats and drum fills are all in a 6/8 time signature. We will be putting emphasis on the beats 1 and 4 of the bar, which is standard for 6/8 drum beats. The counting should […] The post Drum Beats and Drum Fills in 6/8 time signature – Sheet 3 Inside the book appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

PDF Ebook Buy Now → Here is page 7 inside the book (40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2). This sheet includes 4 drum beat and drum fill exercises with stepped hi hats on all 4 beats of the bar. The right hand is playing the ride cymbal and the left foot is playing the […] The post Sheet 2 – Inside the book: 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2 appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

PDF Ebook Buy Now → First 8 pages are free if you click ‘preview’. Here is part 3 of inside the book: 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. We have 4 exercises, consisiting of drum beats and drum fills, with 4 way coordination. The stepped hi hat plays on every exercise, so we […] The post Sheet 1 – Inside the book: 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2 appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

PDF Ebook Buy Now → Here is part 2 of inside the book: 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2. This sheet is a warm up sheet for the drum kit, which includes 4 way coordination. The stepped hi hat and bass drum provide the parts for the feet, to play along with the […] The post Warm Up – Inside the book: 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2 appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

Hi Everyone – I’m preparing to post some online drum lesson videos in July. The videos will be pre recorded and posted on Youtube and Facebook. Please subscribe to my youtube channel and follow me on Facebook and you’ll see the videos when they are available: Subscribe to TL Music Lessons on Youtube Follow TL […] The post Free Video Lessons Coming Soon appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

Video showing Exercise 1 & 2: There are quite a few double stroke rudiment exercises in the 40 official drum rudiments, but none of these are in them. While the ’40 drum rudiments’ cover many of a drummers needs, in terms of practicing, there are many more double stroke exercises that are useful to learn. […] The post 10 Double Stroke Rudamental style exercises appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

Many of my students have learned this piece and passed their exams. It’s an enjoyable piece to play with lots of energy and it’s deceptively hard to perform the whole song without mistakes. The videos were recorded using a phone camera and a Zoom HD1 microphone. I think these performances would get a fairly good […] The post Guitar Drums and Bass performance of ‘Indecisive’ – Rockschool Grade 3 Piece appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

Buy The Book → Introduction This book contains drum beats and drum fills in the styles of Hip Hop, Rap, Grime and Funk, Soul and Rock/Pop. The book has some grade 3-4 level exercises and also some harder ones, ranging from Grade 5 to Grade 8. The book would be an ideal add on for […] The post 40 Hip Hop and Funk Skip Beats and Fills Exercises ebook – Grades 3-8 appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

PDF Ebook Buy Now → First 8 pages are free if you click ‘preview’. This book contains drum beats and drum fills in the styles of pop, rock, blues, musical theatre, jazz, heavy metal, hard rock, punk rock, and indie, as well as covering fundamental techniques such as stepped hi hat, open hi hats, […] The post 40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2 appeared first on Learn Drums For Free.

PDF Ebook Buy Now → Next Page: Warm Ups → Here is part 1 of inside the book of “40 Beats and Fills Exercises Book 2“. As you can see in the featured image, this post is showing you how to read the drum notation in the book. This is going to to be quite […]

This book contains drum beats and drum fills in the styles of pop, rock, blues, musical theatre, jazz, heavy metal, hard rock, punk rock, and indie, as well as covering fundamental techniques such as stepped hi hat, open hi hats, 16th note hi hats, 4 way c...

Free PDF download: 10 Basic Skip Beats with 16ths – 40 Skip Beats and Fills Exercises. This free PDF download includes 10 basic skip beats, with 16th note hi hats. They do get a little tricky towards the end. The two basic beats sheets should be mastered (or at least not a real struggle) before […]

Full video showing you every exercise in the book.