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Tom Backbeat

Nate Brown2015-11-09T18:27:40-05:00
By Nate Brown Drum Lessons, Level 2 Drum Lessons, Monday Drum Lessons, Techniques & Concepts tom groove

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Learn a simple technique to spice up your beats.

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The above grooves have the tom notated as a high tom, but any tom (or even a cymbal) can be used. Explore with what sounds best to you.

This technique of playing the tom on the backbeat and the snare on the “e” can be applied to any of your drum beats. Try it out on your favorite beat. If you come up with something cool, please share it with us in the comments below!

Check back tomorrow on OnlineDrummer.com for Steve Ley’s Tuesday drum beat with audio.

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Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education at John Carroll University and Master of Arts in Education at the University of Findlay.


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