Drum Lessons

Linear Drumming Pattern

A good warm up exercise. Focus on clean strokes with good time at lower tempos. Accents can be alternated between hand and foot.

Grammys Fill (transcribed)

Break down the fill into parts. Work on the hand and foot combinations separately first, then put it together and gradually increase the tempo.

12/8 Groove

Count this out at slow tempos in order to get comfortable with the 12/8 feel. Count every second 8th whilst playing to improve timing.

Doubling Up

You may need to experiment with different bass pedal settings to find the right spring tension for you.

Unison Fill

Practise moving from flams to unison and back again to improve accuracy. This example is mostly finger work.

Drum Solo Excerpt

Pay attention to Steve's masterful use of dynamics and timing...