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Professional drummer Darren Ashford has helped literally hundreds of drummers achieve their drumming goals through his private lesson practice and as a faculty member at one of Europe's leading schools of modern music. Now you have a chance to benefit from Darren's 20 years of experience as a professional drummer with this high quality drum tuition podcast. Take your drumming to the next level with the Drum Lesson Academy.
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This intro fill spans two beats of a 4/4 measure before playing hits on beat three and the second sixteenth note of beat four before finishing with a flam on beat one of the second bar.Ex.01 The first part of the fill is based around a paradiddle-diddle. The sticking is RLRRLL. This is followed with two notes on the kick drum, a right hand on the f…
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The sticking for this fill is based around a linear five pattern, which consists of 4 hand notes and one kick drum note. You may find it helpful to practice this pattern in a continuous flow of notesEx.01 The fill spans the first two beats of a 4/4 measure in 16th note triplets (sextuplets). Here we have the fill leading into a single crash and kic…
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In this two part video lesson I'll teach you how to get started with linear drumming using a easy to learn pattern. I'll walk you step by step through a creative process I've found to be very effective in adopting fluid movements around the drums. Adding linear drumming to your repertoire will also give your playing a dynamic and contemporary sound…
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DLA 03: Awesome lick used for stops and set ups
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In this lesson I’ll show you how to play a lick that I first heard Buddy Rich play on an album with Lionel Hampton. This versatile lick can be used as a stop or a set up for a hit or push. This lick has been widely used by many of the worlds top drummers spanning a variety of musical genres.In the top tip I answer a question posted by one of my sub…
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In this lesson we change the internal dynamics of a simple 16th note groove to give it added depth.Exercise 1 Our basic pattern features a 16th note flow notes played with hand to hand sticking (single strokes). 16th notes are where we subdivide the beat or pulse into 4 evenly spaced notes. In a 4/4 time signature we can use the phonetic 1 e + d 2 …
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DLA 01: Boost your technique with the 5 Stroke Roll
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In this lesson I show you 3 ways to play a 5 stroke roll to help boost your technique.The basic 5 stroke roll consists of 2 doubles and a single. (RRLLR), we then repeat the pattern starting with the opposite hand (LLRRL). The last note of the 5 stroke roll is accented, therefore we have four unaccented notes and one accented note.Exercise 1 is in …
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