This lesson shares some good sounding drum beats and fills designed to keep beginner to intermediate level drummers motivated (and sounding cool).
Drum beats 1-4 use only 8th note phrasing (i.e. 8th beat grooves). The two-measure repeating patterns in the groove draw out the groove and make the beats sound less repetitive. Number 4 introduces sixteenth-note phrasing with the snare drum on the “e” or “ah,” which of course falls directly in between the hi-hat strokes.
Numbers 5-10 introduce some great sounding, yet playable, drum fills. You can experiment with these fills by moving the strokes around the kit to different drums or introducing a crash cymbal along with the other strokes.
This lesson shares some good sounding drum beats and fills designed to keep beginner to intermediate level drummers motivated (and sounding cool).
Drum beats 1-4 use only 8th note phrasing (i.e. 8th beat grooves). The two-measure repeating patterns in the groove draw out the groove and make the beats sound less repetitive. Number 4 introduces sixteenth-note phrasing with the snare drum on the “e” or “ah,” which of course falls directly in between the hi-hat strokes.
Numbers 5-10 introduce some great sounding, yet playable, drum fills. You can experiment with these fills by moving the strokes around the kit to different drums or introducing a crash cymbal along with the other strokes.
OnlineDrummer.com
Drum Sheet Music
Play your favorite songs today with our note-for-note drum sheet music.
Shop
By Nate Brown (82 pages) — Exploring drum beats from the 60s through today’s most popular music, Chart-Topping Drum Beats is designed to develop your skills through sequential lessons with an empha...
Free Fallin' is the opening track from Tom Petty's debut album, Full Moon River (1989). The drum part is relatively slow, simple, and contains only a few fills, so is perfect for any level of drummer.
By Dawn Richardson (62 pages) — Exploring drum fills from the 60s through today’s most popular music, Chart-Topping Drum Fills is designed to develop your skills through sequential lessons with an ...
By Dawn Richardson (137 pages) – Beginner To Band: Drum Set was created to focus specifically on developing the fundamental skills necessary to play drum set in a band. Although individual drumming...