The four-on-the-floor phrase is a catchy way to describe drum beats that feature the bass drum on beats 1, 2, 3, and 4. This bass pattern is often used in...

The open hi-hat technique is often used to create an off-beat feel or to accentuate a particular stroke or two. These 8 groove examples incorporate 4 unique open hat patterns...

Accenting the down-the-tom fills with crashes brings a new flavor to the classic fill technique. These four drum fill examples feature the bass drum along with each crash. The audio...

Reinforce your students' knowledge of drum rudiments with this fun crossword puzzle for drummers.

Even a standard sixteenth note drum fill can be spruced up by replacing some of the strokes with the crash and bass. In this lesson, we first take a look...

The National Association of Rudimental Drummers (NARD) originally published The 26 Standard American Rudiments in 1933. The Percussive Arts Society, in 1984, added 14 rudiments to the American Standard Rudiments,...

Challenge your students with this one-week plan to increase roll BPM by 10! Spending time developing the open-stroke roll technique goes a long way. Having a crisp, clean open roll...

This lesson explores the improvised drum fills from the "1 ah" drum lesson, providing notation, counting, sticking and extra examples.

Learn 5 classic drum fills from the songs "Listen To The Music," "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing," "Free Fallin'," "The Promised Land," and "Volunteers." An emphasis is placed on...