Free Drum Lessons
Swiss Army Triplet Groove
This lesson focuses on expanding the Swiss Army Triplet rudiment into a cool groove & drum fill.
Triplet It and Give It a Kick
In this lesson, Nate Brown explores a triplet groove pattern with a bass drum diddle. Move it around the kit to create a handful of great grooves. Check Out Nate's Book
La Grange - ZZ Top - Rock Shuffle - Lesson
ZZ Top drives the rock shuffle to the top of the charts with La Grange. In this lesson, we'll look at the rock shuffle, groove timing and some triplet fills used in La Grange by ZZ Top.
Drum Fill Improv Template
This lesson outlines a template to use for practicing your filling technique. Play a new drum fill where indicated in the practice template.
Open Hi-Hat Layering
The open hi hat techniques creates interesting 2-measure repeating beats by adding layers to your grooves.
Beats with Stick Control #33 - Part 1
Nate Brown shares some beats derived from the famous hand-pattern 33 from the book Stick Control, perhaps best recognized as the classic Steve Gadd fill.
Beats with Stick Control #33 - Part 2
A continuation of last week's groove idea, this lesson expands the grooves derived from the famous hand-pattern #33 from the book Stick Control, perhaps best recognized as the classic Steve Gadd fill.
6/8 Rock Grooves
In this lesson Nate Brown lays down some foundational 6/8 rock grooves and then shares some alternative hand patterns to embellish the grooves.
Groove Embellishment
Starting with a foundational groove, this lesson adds embellishments to develop the groove and create two-measure repeating patterns.
Applying The "Hand Kick Kick" - Double Bass Pattern
This lesson demonstrates a foundational double kick pattern and applies it to create some cool grooves.
Ghost Lesson
This lesson explores embellishing grooves with ghost-strokes. Starting with a foundational groove, each exercise adds more ghost strokes.
How You Measure Up
This lesson explores gaining full control over your dynamics. Stick control is important to express the feel of the groove appropriately.
