Orchestrating a Syncopated Rhythm
Learn six drum fills based on the same rhythmic pattern. The re-orchestration technique allows you to create many drum... read more
Syncopated ‘E’ Drum Fills
This lesson explores four drum fill ideas that feature the crash and bass to accent the Es. read more
Syncopated Sixteenths Rock Grooves
This syncopated groove plays the bass drum along with all of the sixteenth notes on the hi-hat. Be sure... read more
Wrapping Your Head Around Syncopated Notation
To a lot of drummers, syncopated notation (and playing the notation, for that matter) seems to be an alien... read more
Have Some E Ands
This groove uses a funky, syncopated sixteenth note ostinato on the hi-hat. read more
Syncopated Hi-Hat and Bass Drum – Drum Beat
We borrowed a technique used by Rodney Holmes in the Santana song Smooth to create this syncopated groove. read more
Simple Man – Lynyard Skynyrd – Verse
This two-measure groove is heard throughout the verse sections of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” – a fan favourite from... read more
Hold Back the River – James Bay
This tribal groove appears in the second chorus of Hold Back the River (1:30). The right-hand rides in eighth... read more
Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin – Verse
This beat is heard throughout the second verse (0:57), then again in the third verse – embellished with crash... read more
Syncopated Hi-Hat
In this lesson, learn a cool drum beat that uses syncopated hi-hat, snare and bass drum strokes. read more
Drum Fill #10 – Standard Syncopated Sixteenths
Our 10th Friday Drum Fill Lesson focuses on the standard syncopated sixteenth note drum fill. read more
Drum Fill #7 – Keeping It Syncopated
Keeping in-line with this week’s Wednesday Pad Exercise, this fill pattern is syncopated. read more
The Pad – Exercise 5
Our 5th The Pad Exercise concentrates on syncopation. Appreciate those Es and Ahs! read more
