Applying Rudiments to the Drum Set – Part 1

This is the seventh beat sheet in a series designed to devlop jazz drumming skills. Starting from simpler beats... read more

This beat sheet incorporates the buzz technique with beamed 8th and sixteenth notes and the rim to make the... read more

Finally wrap your head around the table of time with these exercises. Notes can be spaced a number of... read more

Play eighth notes connected to sixteenths in this challenging piece of sheet music. This piece of music is... read more

Patrick brings us part 2 of the Tresillo Cubano grooves. Enjoy this slick groove! read more

This is the first beat sheet in a series designed to develop jazz drumming skills. Starting from simpler... read more

Lesson 3 of Patrick's Stick Control applications for the drum set. read more

Triplets! Learn and play eighth note triplets with this drumming music. Multiple surface playing between the rim... read more

Get your sticks out and add this funky groove to your drum beat repertoire. This week's Thursday lesson demonstrates... read more

This week, Patrick shares another Afro-Funk Groove from his bag of slick drum grooves. Check Out PATRICK'S BOOKS read more

This beat sheet is the 2nd beat sheet designed as an introduction to drum fills, a great start for... read more

This week, Patrick shares an Afro-Reggae groove. Try this one out! Check out PATRICK'S BOOK read more

This week, Patrick shares some great grooves for building jazz comping over the right stick ride jazz pattern. Check out... read more

To kick off the new year, Patrick shares some 16th note triplet fill patterns in this week's exercise. Check Out... read more

Realizing that in today's popular music, drummers don't see many rests or get much practice reading and playing around... read more