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Drum Kit Dynamics, Drum Fills, Triplets, Drum Micing, Drum Recording, Changing Drum Heads and so much more.

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Paradiddle Exercise

by ThatDrummerKid on 06/17/2008 | 18,368 Views | 1 Comments

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This is the overall breakdown of the Paradiddle. This lesson also gives other examples of how to play the paradiddle not only as a rudiment itself, but how to incorporate it into a beat or drum fill. Such examples can include - placing the 1st accent on the toms, or breaking it up over several toms along the kit.

Double Stroke Roll

by ThatDrummerKid on 06/17/2008 | 16,739 Views | 0 Comments

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This is the Double Stroke Roll with the accent on the second stroke. Great if your trying to clean up your double stroke roll!

Chuggada Chuggada on the Drum Pad

by ThatDrummerKid on 06/17/2008 | 16,530 Views | 0 Comments

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Classic flashback warm up from the good ol days of marching band. This is a triplet based exercise with emphasis on the Moeller technique. I like this exercise because it has a good feel it and you can use it as a foundation to play some great tom patterns which you'll see in the next Chuggada Chuggada lesson.

Double Stroke Roll Fill

by ThatDrummerKid on 06/17/2008 | 18,002 Views | 0 Comments

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In an earlier lesson we saw Keith demonstrate practicing the double stroke roll by accent the 2nd note of each double stroke. In this section I use that same principal to play it as a drum fill between my hands and feet. Without the addition of accents 16th note fills can tend to get pretty boring so I hope this adds some variety to your playing.

The Double Beat Exercise

by ThatDrummerKid on 06/17/2008 | 20,140 Views | 1 Comments

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Introductory exercise for drummers to work on thier double strokes which is essential for producing a clean roll. There are many different variations of this exercise but just about every drumline you come across has played this more times than they've cared to. It's sounds identical to the infamous drum fill to "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.

The 5 Stroke Roll

by ThatDrummerKid on 06/17/2008 | 18,767 Views | 1 Comments

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A brief explanation of the 5 stroke roll. Most often heard in military cadences and various other marching parades, the five stroke roll is one of those rudiments you play without actually realizing you're playing it =) For some reason beginning drummers become intimidated by this rudiment because they feel they're roll sounds DIRTY. Just slow down and concentrate on the consistency of your DIDDLES and everything else will fall into place.

Exercise with 3's and 5's

by ThatDrummerKid on 06/17/2008 | 8,732 Views | 0 Comments

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This is a pattern which alternates from a triplet to a five stroke roll. The transition is fairly easy as long as you maintain a quarter note pace of R,L,R,L. It may seems confusing reading this so just check out the video instead.

3/2 Tom Pattern

by ThatDrummerKid on 06/17/2008 | 8,317 Views | 3 Comments

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This is an improvised tom pattern in 3/4 time. It is played between the hands and feet with the accent pattern following 123,12,123,12 on the hands and filling in the gaps by alternating between singles and doubles on the feet. Once again if confused....click play.

Half Time Shuffle - Drum Lesson

by ThatDrummerKid on 06/17/2008 | 19,368 Views | 1 Comments

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The shuffle beat is like Kung- Fu, there are many styles. Here is Keith to perform one of the more famous versions called the half time shuffle. You may heard this groove already from Led Zepplin's "Fool in the Rain". A great exercise to focus on independance, especially once you move from the hi-hat to the ride cymbal.

Danny Carey Fill - Drum Lesson

by King on 06/17/2008 | 23,353 Views | 3 Comments

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Danny Carey by far is one of my favorite drummers....period. I was inspired after listening to 46 and 2 to play more drum fills in odd times such as 7/4. Here is one I was came up with years ago while learning how to split my fills up between my hands and feet. So here is the Danny Carey Fill!