The best way to acquaint yourself with each and every drumming technique! With the help of these courses, you – irrespective of your level or preferences – will be able to improve your way of playing. Études and, above all, musical applications have been placed at your disposal, so that you can practice keenly these numerous playing techniques which really make all the difference.
Playing Single Stroke Rolls
The single stroke roll is a basic drum rudiment; it consists in alternating right hand (indicated by white circles) and left hand (black circles) single strokes. This snare drum rudiment is ...
Playing Double Stroke Rolls
The double stroke roll, also called ’mummy-daddy’, is a basic rudiment; it consists in alternating right hand (indicated by white circles) and left hand (black circles) double strokes. This ...
Playing Single Paradiddles
The single paradiddle is an eight-stroke drum rudiment combining single and double strokes. This combination works wonderfully well with a binary feel/rhythm – both in drum grooves and fills. ...
Playing Double Paradiddles
The double paradiddle is a twelve-stroke drum rudiment combining single and double strokes. This rudiment is particularly well-adapted to the ternary feel/rhythm – both in drum fills and ...
Playing RLL and RRL Stickings
These stickings are hybrid drum rudiments comprising every possible combination between one single stroke and one double stroke. The right hand is indicated by white circles and the left hand by ...
Playing Hybrid Rudiments
Snare drum rudiments provide a solid basis for learning and playing drums; that does not mean that your study of the instrument should be limited to them. It is entirely possible to mix different ...
Playing Single Flams
Flams consist of two strokes: the first stroke – the grace note – is a small, light stroke sounding just before the stronger main stroke. The impact of the two strokes should be heard nearly ...
Playing the Open Hi-Hat
The open hi-hat sound on on-beats or off-beats allows you to decorate your drum grooves with numerous ornaments. The main difficulty consists in synchronizing the movement of the left foot with ...
Accentuation & Dynamics
Accents and musical nuances have the same effect as punctuation in writing. Indications like “crescendo” and “decrescendo” suggest a gradual raising, respectively lowering of the sound ...
Playing with Jazz Brushes
Jazz brushes are used very often, especially in jazz and world music. They lend subtlety to your drum playing. The deciding factor is the mastering of the gestures: the bristles can either scrape ...
Playing Ghost Notes
Ghost notes are snare drum strokes which are executed much more softly and quietly than their neighboring strokes. They contribute considerably to the feel that is created by drumming giving it ...
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