How to play the drums
Students will learn how to hold the sticks, play the bass drum and other important techniques. This course is designed for beginners to advanced students. Magesh will show you how to play cool beats and drums fills. Also an easy way to read drum music quickly.
$50.00
The Basics
How to hold the sticks
Basic rudiments
The single stroke roll
The bass drum
How to play the bass drum
Singing the beat
singing the beat
Singing the beat part 2
More beats
The basic beat in 4/4 time.
Rests in drum music notation
1/4 note rests
1/8th note rests
Using a metronome
how to play with a metronome
Playing drum fills
Introduction to playing drum fills
Playing 1/4 notes and 1/8th notes in a fill
Introducing 16th notes
fills with quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes.
16th note drum fills
Mixed subdivision fills
More mixed subdivision fills
Off Beats.
Co Ordination exercises
Co Ordination exercises
More co ordination exercises
8th note triplets
8th note triplets
16th notes
16th notes on the hi hat
Technique and feel
How to swing a beat
The Rim
The Rim click
The rimshot
ghost notes
The play along section
The play along section
Rock play along section
Rock beat example play along 2
Rock beat example play along 3
Rock beat example play along 4
Funk play along
Playing along with triplets
Paying along with triplets intro
Triplet play along 1
Triplet play along 2
Triplet play along 3
The shuffle rhythm
intro to the shuffle rhythm
The shuffle rhythm play along 1
The shuffle rhythm play along 2
The shuffle rhythm play along 3
the halftime shuffle
intro to the halftime shuffle
The implied shuffle
the implied shuffle intro
the implied shuffle beat
16th notes play along
16th notes play along 1
16th note play along 2
Practicing tips
practicing tip 1
Practicing tip 2
Final practice tip
Magesh
As a musician I have performed with Rhianna, Lionel Richie, Ricky Martin, Chris Brown, Kimbra and Vernon Reid (Living Colour). I recently completed an online drumming course you can check out here. https://www.lessonface.com/apply/how-play-drums/ I was ranked one of the 'Top 20 Millinium players' by 'Drumscene magazine. I have appreared in 'Modern Drummer' (U.S.A), Rhythm (U.