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Level 2

Level 2

11/3/2020

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Welcome to Essential Drum Beats and Songs level 2. 
In this course we will learn how to add subdivisions in between the beats to the grooves that we learnt in level 1
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Chapter 1

9/3/2020

 
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Four Stroke Types and Accents

8/3/2020

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Once we can play all four stokes with good control, we can use them to create dynamics and accents in our playing.

.Or if you would prefer to watch and listen to our resident rudimental snared rum master, please watch this Dr. John Wooton video

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Accented Eighth notes and Dynamics

7/3/2020

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Quarter Note Rock Beats - with subdivisions

5/3/2020

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Punkin' It Up

3/3/2020

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This is a short Drum solo written by Kevin Tuck that uses quarter note in the right hand cymbal parts to create a punky sound
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Holiday

1/3/2020

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The version that we have learnt in not a direct transcription of the original drum part, but a bit simpler.  Here's a great cover version that is the same as the original.  See if you can pick what is different. 
​You will notice that Kristina plays the opening jazz pattern on the floor tom using two hands rather than one.  What ever works for you!
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Loosen Up!

28/2/2020

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We can help to control the spaciousness and intensity of a group by the how tightly we hold the Hi-Hats together.  Very tightly gives a very clean poppy, funky, or electronic sound.  Loosely gives us a much fuller sound and helps to lift the intensity of the music.
As we gradually reduce the pressure we start to hear the length of the Hi-Hat get longer as the Hi-Hats rattle together.

If we hold our Hi-Hats very tight when playing a repetitive rhythm pattern on the Hi-Hats like in a quarter or eighth note rock beat we create some empty space between each hit.  As we loosen the the pressure on the Hi-Hat we can begin to think about how much of the empty space our Hi-Hats take up. 

A good place to start is 1/4 of the space, (one sixteenth note) 1/2 the space, (an eighth note) 3/4 of the space, (a dotted eighth) or the full space (a quarter note).

As we continue to loosen the Hi-Hats we create an overlapping sound which we usually describe as a loose Hi-Hat sound.  We can use this overlapping Hi-Hat sound to create a very full sounding beats as we are now filling up all the space


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We can also gradually loosen or tighten our Hi-Hats as we are playing.  This helps to increase or decrease the energy, or intensity of our playing.
Try to do this over these 4 bar exercises.
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Come As You Are

26/2/2020

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Here is another tutorial.

Once you have learnt all the basic patterns, time to put it all together.  Check out this cover version to hear how all the sections join together
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Dotted Notes

24/2/2020

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We are going to start this lesson with a quick rhythm reading review
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Now, lets look at what happens to a notes values when we add a dot next to a note.
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    ​Contents


    Chapter 1
    - 4 Stroke Types 
        and study in accents
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    - Accented Eighth Notes
       and Dynamics

    Quarter Note Rock Beat
        with Subdivisions

     - Punkin' It Up
    Holiday
    Loosen Up
     - Length of HH sound

    Come As You Are
    Dotted Note Rhythms
    ​ - Call Us Dotty
    ​Eighth Note Sticking Patterns
    16th Note on Hi-Hat Review
    Smile Like You Mean It

    Chapter 2
    Snare Drum In Between
    16th Note Combination 1
    16th Note Combination 2
    Drags
    Chad Smith Funky Tricks
    Dani California​
    Califonication
    Accented 16th Notes
    16th Note Combination 3
    Semi-Madness SD solo
    16th Note Combination 4
    Adding 16th's on the Snare
    Measure Rolls
    Bass Drum in between
    -More Rock beats with Bass     Drum in between
    Smells Like Teen Spirit
    16th Note Sticking Patterns
    ​Bring Me to Life
    Rhythmic Summary 4 and 5
    Subdivisions of 1's-8's


    Chapter 3
    Counting in 12/8
    Adding 16th on the SD in 12/8
    ​Tambourino - Multi Perc
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    Accented Triplets
    Toxicity Practice Beats
    The Kill
    Triplet Sticking Patterns
    Black Night
    ​Shuffles with SD in between
    Half Time Shuffles

    Chapter 4
    16th note on the HH Grooves
    ​Shimmy
    16th Note on the Hi-Hat Songs
    32nd Notes

    Level 2 Beats  - Summary
    ​
    Warm Up 

    Categories

    All
    6/8
    Accents
    Beats
    Dynamics
    Jazz
    Multiple Percussion
    Quarter Notes
    Rhythm Reading
    Sixteenth Notes
    Songs
    Sticking Patterns
    Triplets

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