Free Drum Lessons
Syncopated 9/8 Grooves
In this drum lesson, learn a funky beat played in 9/8, techniques for counting 9/8, and also some cool variations of the 9/8 groove.
Tom Craze
In this lesson, we start with foundational groove and then embellish it by moving strokes to the toms. This sheet is organized so that each groove keeps all of the toms from the previous groove while adding more.
Ain't It Fun - Paramore - Chorus Lesson
Slapping the open hi-hat on the up-beats throughout the chorus really lights this song up. Further building that fun sounding energy, this groove uses a triplet swing feel (or sixteenth-notes to broken-sixteenth-note-triplets metric modulation, for those of us drum geeks!).
How To Play Jump - Van Halen Guitar Solo On Drums
This week's lesson goes over the drum part for the guitar solo portion of Jump by Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen claimed this was his favorite guitar solo he never wrote.
How To Play Guilty All The Same - Linkin Park
This week's lesson walks through the drum part played during the outro of Guilty All The Same and some ways to use the grooves from this song with your own beats.
How To Play Behind These Hazel Eyes - Intro
This lesson explores the intro to Behind These Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson and some techniques for applying the fills in a creative way to your own drumming.
How To Play Pompeii by Bastille
This lesson accompanies Nate Brown's video drum lesson teaching an excerpt from Steve Ley's full drum sheet music for Pompeii – Bastille. Learn the second pre chorus's very recognizable drum part, including some great Bo Diddley snare grooves.
How To Play Best of You - Foo Fighters - Outro
This is a high-energy song, as many Foo Fighter's songs are. The outro repeats a refrain on beats 1 and 2 throughout the entire outro and throws quick, syncopated fills on beats 3 and 4.
How To Play Uprising By Muse
A low-tom twist gives this classic 12/8 rock shuffle some meat. In this lesson, learn the groove from the bridge of Uprising along with two versatile drum fills.
How To Tune Drums
Learn the ins and outs of tuning drums to finally produce the sound you're looking for. Find insights into wood types, drum heads and complete video instruction for tuning drums.
How To Play Royals by Lorde
Break away from those straight eighth note or sixteenth note grooves. The groove from Royals applies some creative hi-hat techniques that you can pull from time to time.
Classic Fill From Stairway To Heaven
This fill creatively applies the hybrid rudiment, the herta, around the toms and bass drum for an explosive, instantly recognizable drum fill. In the excerpt below, we've provided the grooves leading up to the fill to make the context clearer.
