Learning Drums Lesson - Stylistic Studies #1 Video Lecture - Learn how

in this lesson we're going to be
creating some rhythms using techniques
and concepts studied this far in
previous lessons or if you want to think
of this lesson as a cheat sheet for
learning to memorize a few really common
rhythms used by working drummers today
rhythms
you should be familiar with just in case
you're ever asked to play one this
lesson is by no means an exhaustive
study of each style but instead a basic
guide to get you started with techniques
we've learned so far
I would encourage everybody to study
many styles of music in great depth and
look at the history of any particular
key musicians as well as cultural
rhythmical harmonic and structural
components of that music in order to
gain a true insight into how people play
and feel their music in a truly
authentic way let's start off nice and
easy with a basic quarter note rock roof
exercise one quarter note rock one two
three four
now let's change that to a slightly
slower eighth note rock pop beat
exercise - rock pop beat 1 2 3 4
here's a classic feel for a slow triplet
blues or 12-8 feel exercise 3 slow
triplet blues 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
another common feel for blues is the
shuffle this shuffle has a
four-on-the-floor feel exercise for
blues shuffle 1 2 3 4
we'll be looking at this jazz or swing
ride cymbal pattern in great detail in
later studies but for now try to keep a
strong two and four on the high hat with
the foot and make sure that the triplet
shuffle notes are accurate exercise 5
jazz ride cymbal pattern 1 2 3 4
this next exercise is a classic 3/4
waltz time with rim clicks exercise six
three four walls one two three sixteenth
note pop ballad is up next watch out for
the use of both rim click and snare
played normally on the batter head
exercise seven sixteenth note pop ballad
one two three four
exercise eight is a two-handed hi-hat
pattern with sneaky bass drums and open
hi-hat it's useful for medium and fast
funk pieces exercise eight 200 hi-hat
pattern one two three four
this next exercise should be played with
your lead hand on the right cymbal and
your non lead hand playing both rim
click and high top we're trying to
achieve a rim click sound similar to a
conga slap and the Tom is meant to
emulate the sound of open tone on congas
we'll see more of this later but for now
it's a kind of Latin rock feel exercise
9 Latin rock feel but to people
here's a group from Brazil called bossa
nova all new beat make use of the right
cymbal as well as two and four on the
high hat with the foot don't forget to
count like mad in order to time the rim
clicks accurately exercise 10 bossa nova
one two three four
here's a classic indie rock funk groove
with back beats exercise 11 indie rock
funk one two three four
this next exercise is a disco house
groove using both hands on the hi-hats
four-on-the-floor
and offbeat openings on the hi-hat
exercise 12 disco house groove 1 2 3 4
this next one is a soul funk beat with
open hi-hat on the and of one and the
and of 3 just watch out for the
displaced snare drum at the end of the
first bar exercise 13 soul funk beat 1 2
3
this one's a sneaky triplet metal groove
with alternating snare and bass drum
exercise 14 triplet metal groove 1 2 3 4
and finally an exercise which depending
on temple could be classed as a 2 for
sounding show feel blue grass or even
blast beat exercise 15 1 2 B 4 hopefully
this lesson has been not only a bit of a
recap of previous lessons but also a
healthy introduction to some Styles you
were not already familiar with by
increasing your stylistic knowledge and
technical skill set you'll be able to
perform on your instrument in a greater
capacity try to research all of the
different styles mentioned in this
lesson or pick out some of your favorite
musicians and research the people and
the music who influenced them then go
back one level further and research
those people and their music and so on
and you'll discover a thread that
connects your musical preferences to
some interesting and probably unlikely
sources
good luck and bye for now