Drum Lessons: Funk - Page 6

Drummers Sharing Tips, Tricks and Knowledge on subjects such as Drum Tuning, Drum Rudiments, Paradiddles, Shuffles, Groove Ideas,
Drum Kit Dynamics, Drum Fills, Triplets, Drum Micing, Drum Recording, Changing Drum Heads and so much more.

Billy Ashbaugh: Applying 16th Notes to Grooves

by billy ashbaugh on 05/11/2009 | 13,402 Views | 1 Comments

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In this lesson we're going to practice applying 16th note rhythms from the "Understanding 16th's" lesson to the kick drum to create a series of grooves. Hope you enjoy!

Drum Lesson: Funky Ride Cymbal Pattern

by ThatDrummerKid on 05/08/2009 | 8,696 Views | 3 Comments

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In this lesson Thomas Sienko will show you how to funkifize a simple groove using a paradiddle.

Billy Ashbaugh: Ghost Note Grooves Pt. 2

by billy ashbaugh on 04/10/2009 | 16,474 Views | 8 Comments

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Here's another lesson involving ghost notes in a groove. Today we're going to phrase them as 16th note triplets...pretty cool sounding stuff! Not to mention a great workout for the left hand. Hope you enjoy.

Drummer Todd Walker - Soul'fil Groove & Fill

by King on 03/18/2009 | 4,222 Views | 1 Comments

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This is Todd Walker,a Florida resident who operates a drum studio out of the Port St. Lucie area. In addition to being a session/studio player and instructor Todd performs with one of Florida's most premier groups Bobby and the Blister's. You can find out more about Todd by checking out his website and some more of these great instructional vids! Here Todd plays a really cool fill that can also be used as a linear groove. Very tasteful. http://toddwalkerdrumstudio.com  

Keith Thomas - 7 Stroke Groove

by ThatDrummerKid on 03/06/2009 | 13,603 Views | 3 Comments

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Here's Keith giving his very first lesson on his application of the 7 Stroke Roll to the kit.

Billy Ashbaugh - Half Time & Double Time Grooves

by billy ashbaugh on 02/23/2009 | 15,566 Views | 2 Comments

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Here's our first look at Half Time and Double Time Grooves. In this lesson I'll demonstrate how these two grooves are really glued together with an 8th note pulse.   Hello again welcome back. Billy Ashbaugh, I'm here in the Drum Room and today we're going to talk about half time & double time grooves. Now when you're listening to music and it goes into a half time feel chances are it's going to create the illusion that it's almost slowing down. And likewise when it goes into a double time feel it can create the illusion that it's actually speeding up. This is not really happening though. What's going on is the quarter note stays rock solid through out this as the groove sort of shifts around. So before we can get inside of what's going on with half time & double time, let's look at the quarter note pulse. I like to give this analogy. Visualize cement posts OK, that's your quarter note pulse. They're rock... more...

Billy Ashbaugh: 32nd Note Funk Groove #1

by billy ashbaugh on 02/20/2009 | 8,125 Views | 2 Comments

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Here's our first look at playing 32nd notes between the snare & hi-hat in a groove setting....I love this stuff!! Hey everybody welcome back to the Drum Room. Billy Ashbaugh here, DrummerConnection.com. We're going to have some fun today. We're going to explore 32nd notes in a groove setting, primarily between the kick the snare & the hi-hat. We're going to look at the hands first. Now, this is some advanced stuff so you guys be patient right away. If you're just getting started with this I've got a little tip for you. Basically what we're going to do with these 32nd notes is combinations of singles & doubles, a lot like doing 5, 7 or 9 stroke rolls with some singles thrown in there. So there's a good little warm up exercise to sorta get use to this that you can do. You want to take and do doubles OK, just constant doubles with your right hand on the hi-hat and your left hand on the snare. What you want to do is practice applyi... more...

Billy Ashbaugh: Ghost Note Groove #1

by billy ashbaugh on 02/13/2009 | 8,391 Views | 5 Comments

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This is a little funk groove inspired years ago by Rod Morgenstein. I've incorporated a 5 stroke roll along with opening the hi-hat to help spice it up a bit.....enjoy!! Hello Billy Ashbaugh here with DrummerConnection.com and we're here in the Drum Room again. We just shot a lesson about dynamics and sort of getting use to rimshots and ghost notes, hi-hat, the tip of the stick, the bell of the ride, all these things. So I thought hey let me hit you guys with sort of a funk ghost note groove that Rod Morgenstein sort of exposed me to years ago on his 1st video...VHS at the time. At that time in my playing it really helped me out a lot. I did sort of a version of that I want to share with you. What he did that sort of inspired me was that he took straight 8th notes on the hi-hat with the right hand and did â€œeâ€'s and â€œaâ€'s filled in lightly, tapped as ghost notes with the left hand, keeping his hands there, and then came down for 2 & 4 on the snare... more...