Become A Drummer

MORE FREE DRUM LESSONS HERE   Buzz Strokes And Buzz Rolls I will be adding more to this page soon! Back to lesson contents

MORE FREE DRUM LESSONS HERE  Double Stroke Roll There will be more on this page soon! Back to lesson contents

MORE FREE DRUM LESSONS HERE  Four Different Kinds Of Drum Strokes There are  4 different kinds of strokes that drummers use in a broad sense.  These 4 different drum strokes helps connect notes together.   1.  Start High/End High 2.  Start High/End Low 3.  Start Low/End Low 4.  Start Low/End High The 1st, and 3rd are continuous motions, since they start and end in the same place.  If you have many loud drum notes, you would continuously use stroke 1.  And likewise, many quiet drum notes would require stroke 3.   For stroke 2 and stroke 4, those are transitions in stick height which translates to volume.  They each require different techniques to pull off smoothly.  This video describes them pretty well:  After you practice these on their own, try the following exercises to apply them!  (If there's nothing there, it's becuase I'm still working on putting this together so check back soon!)  Back to lesson ...

MORE FREE DRUM LESSONS HERE Rebounds and Single Stroke Exercise The following exercise is similar to the 8 on a hand.  It actually does the 8 on a hand in the first half.  If you use the hand doing the 8s as an anchor, and throw in the other hand in between, you are now using both hands and playing notes twice as fast!  When you go back and forth between your hands, you are playing single strokes which is the very first rudiment for drummers.  This exercise works rebounds, single strokes, and gets you switching between two note values, 8th notes and 16th notes.   Back to lesson contents

MORE FREE DRUM LESSONS HERE   Essential Warm-Up:  8 On A Hand This warm up will help you further develop your rebound technique, but all gives you some structure in doing so.  It helps you warm up your hands, practice rebounds, and begin counting while you play.  This isn't just a stepping stone drum lesson, but a lifetime one!  Drummers playing their entire lives still warm up with this essential one!  Warm Up Description The Warm Up - 80 BPM Back to lesson contents

MORE FREE DRUM LESSONS HERE  Foot Pedal Technique: Heel Up This video describes the heel up foot technique, for power and control over your bass drum aka "kick drum". Now go ahead and play you bass drum to the beat of any music!  Back to lesson contents

MORE FREE DRUM LESSONS HERE Gripping The Sticks This is a great demonstration on how to hold the sticks. Now that you are holding the sticks, use the sticks!  The rebound stroke is one of the most used drum strokes that drummers utilize.  It allows the stick to bounce back to starting position so you can efficiently play with consistency and eventually, speed.  Now that you've practiced the rebound stroke, play along to any song you want.  Play the beat, but make sure you are using the rebound stroke!  If you'd like to play along to the next video, I am simply playing the beat on the high hat.  You can copy what I'm doing if you have one, or just practice the rebound stroke to the song on a practice pad or drum! Back to lesson contents