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Beginner Drum Lessons

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The course starts with teaching the basics, such as the concept of time; how to develop proper grip, playing area, and sound; and how to achieve balance and evenness between your hands. You will perform helpful strengthening and dexterity exercises and explore drum rudiments, including the double stroke roll, single stroke roll, paradiddle, double paradiddle, triple paradiddle, drag, drag paradiddle #1, flam, and flam accent. You will develop basic snare drum reading skills and how to interpret drum set charts, including various time signatures such as 4/4, 2/4, 3/4, 12/8, 6/8, 9/8, and 5/4. The course moves on to topics related to two-, three- and four-way coordination, touch, balance, dynamics, and shadings in the context of common groove patterns found in Rhythm & Blues, Pop-Rock, Funk, Rock, Jazz, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban music.

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  • Lesson 1 - Intro to Your Drum set

  • Lesson 2 - 7 mistakes drummers make

  • Lesson 3 - Warm-up & Stretches

  • Lesson 4 - Reading Drum Notation

  • Lesson 5 - Counting Techniques

  • Lesson 6 - Triplets Techniques

  • Lesson 7 - Style and Time Signatures

  • Lesson 8 - Intervals

  • Lesson 9 - Intervals Pop Quiz

  • Lesson 10 - Triads, Triads, Triads

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