Grooving In Groups – Part 2

This week, Patrick brings us a practical four-way independence exercise. Separating the hands from the feet is often a... read more

This week, Patrick lays out some 12/8 Afro grooves. Great for building coordination! read more

Patrick shares Part 2 of this hi-hat foot practice series. read more

This drumming music sheet is a practice sheet designed to focus practice on quarter notes, eighth notes and quarter... read more

This is the fifth of a series of drumming music sheets (series title: "Drum Set Time") that is designed... read more

This sheet music accompanies Alex Ribchester's video drum lesson about some great hand workouts for the practice pad. read more

Patrick shares some more great grooves. These are adopted from West African rhythms. read more

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

This week, Patrick takes exercises from the ubiquitous Stick Control drum book and moves them around the kit. This... read more

This week Patrick brings us some great Afro-Funk grooves to keep you thinking this week. read more

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

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

Patrick continues the Mixing Rudiments series with some ideas for the single-stroke 3 and the 5-stroke roll. read more

Quintuplets (groups of 5 notes) can be tough to evenly space in a beat. This exercise focuses on the... read more

The fourth edition of our The Pad exercises focuses on accenting while using alternating sticking. read more