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Level 1

Eighth Note Rock Beats

28/1/2020

 
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Once you have you can play and loop all of these beats, try playing along with this next lesson and putting them all together
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Eighth Note Rock beats with rests

27/1/2020

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If you can play the first page of Eighth Note Rock Beats, then its now time to try including some rests in the bass drum parts to create some more interesting rhythms.
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Once you can play and loop all these beats, try playing along with this lesson and putting them all together.
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Two Bar Rock Rhythms

20/1/2020

 
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Adding the Crash

15/1/2020

 
Hitting the crash cymbal on the first beat of a bar is a way of emphasising that beat - Or making it stand our.  A bit like how when we are writing we use a capital letter at the start of a sentence.
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Vary Your Beat

12/1/2020

 
We can change the volume and intensity of our beat by changing what instrument we play our riding pattern on
Playing on the closed Hi-Hats produces a clean rhythmic sound
Riding on the ride produces a fuller more sustained sound
Riding on the crash produces a full and loud sound
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Putting it all together

12-8 Beats

19/12/2019

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This drum beats first became common in popular music in the 1950's in the early age of Rock 'n' Roll in songs such as Blue Berry Hill fist made popular by Fats Domino and then by Elvis Presley.  It helped serve as a bridge between the triplet based Jazz era and the 'even eighth' rock era.
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Fallin' by Alica Keys

18/12/2019

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Once you feel confident playing in 6/8, try doubling the length of the loop and playing in 12/8.  That is creates a beats that is pretty close to what he hear on the original recording
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Shuffle Beats

6/12/2019

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While the shuffle feel has been used and associated with the Blues since the early 1900's, it wasn't until the mid 50's that it really made it presence felt in popular western popular culture.  Like the 12/8 feel, the Shuffle is another beat that was widely used in early rock and be heard in songs like Just a Gigolo by Louis Prima.
​It helped bridge the triplet based jazz feel with the back beat on the SD on beats 2 and 4 was soon to be called 'Rock' 
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           A Jazz approach  lesson                                              A Rock approach lesson
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16th Notes Beats

5/11/2019

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Adding 16th note subdivisions has been played since the 70's to create a funky feel.  They are often played at slow tempos in ballads.  Where possible playing all the Hi-Hats with the right hand is preferable as it allows us to accent all four down beats.  However once the tempo is faster than we can mange with one hand, we then need to use alternate sticking and play with both hands on the Hi-Hat to produce that Disco sound and tempo.
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Playing 16th notes on the Hi-Hat and '4 on the floor' was the beat of choice for Disco songs from the early 1970's.  Four on the floor meant playing the bass drum on all four beats of the bar.   Have a listen to artists such as Donna Summer, The Bee Gee's or KC and the Sunshine Band.  

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Try playing the beats along                                    
   with this backing track                                          Or this one without the drum track.
The Disco sound and beat continued through the 80's in main steam pop and then made a huge resurgence with the advent of club dance music in the 90's.  From then until now, it has never disappeared and it is still the mainstay beat of pop music today.
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Try Jamming along with these videos                     And this one is drummless
This one has a drum track                                   which mean you really have to listen 
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16th Note Beats and Fills

3/11/2019

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Fast 16th Note Beats using RLRL Hi-Hat

Now that you can create your own fills using just your right hand on the Hi-Hat, its time to try playing faster.  To do that we can use alternate sticking on the Hi-Hat. 
Once you can play the written fills, try adding some toms instead of only using the snare.
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    Contents



    Techniques
    ​ Stick Grip - matched
    ​                     - traditional
     Practice Practice Practice- Hand Warm Up's
    ​Checkpoint 1
    ​​
    Chapter 1
    5 Steps to Full Strokes
    Stick Control Exercises
    Paradiddles around the drums
    The Drum Kit
    -Drum Kit Notation
    Check, Check 1
    ​Quarter Note Rock Rhythms
    ​Seven Nation Army
    Quarter Note Rhythm Reading
    ​Little Talks
    ​Checkpoint  2 
    ​
    Chapter 2
    Eighth Note rhythm Reading
    Multi Perc solo - Woody
    ​
    Under Control
    16th Note Rhythm Reading
    8th  Note Rock Beats
    8th Note beats with Rests
    Boulevard of Broken Dreams
    Time Signatures
    Multi Perc solo - Horn Rimmed
    Basic Rudiments
    Eighth Note Fills
    Checkpoint 3
    21 Guns
    My Friends
    Sweet Home Alabama
    Two bar Rock Rhythms
    Dynamics Exercises
    ​Multi Perc - Dynamics
    ​
    Multi Perc - Quinstop
    Adding the Crash Cymbal
    Flams
    Anthem for the Year 2000
    Vary Your Beat
    Sixteenth Note Rhythm       Reading
    Dynamically Speaking
    When I Come Around
    Sixteenth Notes Fills
    Four and More!
    Checkpoint 4
    The Learning Process
    Rhythmic Summary One
    Multi Perc solo - Quintstop
    Hit That
    Paradiddles Around the Drums
    Multi Perc Solo - Dynamics
    You Shook Me All Night 
    Open Hi Hat Beats
    Phrasing
    Five Alive - drum solo
    Checkpoint 5

    Chapter 3
    8th note Triplet rhythm reading
    12/8 Beats
    Fallin'
    Multi Perc solo - Trois Chord
    12/8 Fills
    Drum Solo #4- Triplet Time
    Check point 6
    Soul Full of Blues
    Shuffle Beats
    Gold On The Ceiling
    Shuffle Fills
    Drum Solo #5- Shuffly Time
    12 Bar Blues
    Checkpoint 7
    Jazz
    The Pink Panther
    Jazz Rhythm with fills
    Checkpoint 8

    Chapter 4
    16th note Beats
    16th Note Beat Songs
    16th Note Beats and Fills
    Blue Ballad - Drum Solo
    Without Me
    Rock With You
    Checkpoint 9

    Summary
    Basic Warm Up Routine
    EDM - Electronic Dance Music
    3/4 Beats
    Level 1 Beats - Summary
    Punkin' It Up - Drum solo
    Pop Song Form
    Finding the Right Beats
    Pop Music Timeline
    Checkpoint 10

    Categories

    All
    Beats
    Drum Solo
    Eighth Notes
    Fills
    Jazz
    Multiple Percussion Solo
    Phrasing
    Quarter Notes
    Rhythm Reading
    Rudiments
    Shuffle
    Sixteenth Notes
    Song
    Technique
    The Drum Kit
    Triplets

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