The best way to master rhythm and rhythmic figures on the drums! With the help of these courses, you will gain insight into the workings of rhythm by practicing specific rhythmic figures and other more subtle timing exercises, all set in different musical contexts. If you want to be able to play in time, these courses are absolutely necessary.
Playing Binary Eighth-Note Grooves
As a drummer you should know how to play binary drum grooves based on eighth notes. Most of them are readily accessible. You will find binary eighth-note grooves in very many musical styles – ...
Playing Binary Sixteenth-Note Grooves
Binary drum grooves based on sixteenth notes are indefinitely modifiable. Sixteenth notes can be played linearly, but combined they can also form a variety of figures: dotted eighth/sixteenth ...
Playing Ternary Eighth-Note Grooves
As a drummer you should know how to play not only binary, but also ternary drum grooves based on eighth notes. You will find these grooves in very many musical styles – obviously in rock, but ...
Playing Ternary Sixteenth-Note Grooves
Ternary grooves based on sixteenth notes result from combining eighth note triplets and sixteenth note triplets, also called sexuplets. You will encounter applications of these rhythmic figures ...
Playing Shuffle Grooves
A shuffle is a ternary or triplet rhythm/feel which consists in playing only the first and third eighth note of a triplet. In this case we also speak of “swung eighths”. Swung eighth notes ...
Playing Half-Time Grooves
In drumming, half-time grooves consist in accentuating the third beat – principally with the snare drum. Half-time beats are not to be confused with backbeats (or afterbeats), where the accent ...
Swinging the Traditional Ride Cymbal Pattern
The ’traditional’ ride cymbal pattern is a ride cymbal motive employed in jazz drumming, and more specifically in swing. The swing ride cymbal pattern, which can be performed in several ...
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