Music Basics

Rightfully or wrongly, musicians are often stereotyped. From the effete neighbor who looks down his nose as we load our gear into the car to the drunken bar patron who thinks his request to “Play...

Serious drummers know that they will constantly be judged by the condition of their drum set. It's hard to rock out if your drum set isn't properly constructed and doesn't have the right...

Reading sixteenth note rests on drum sheet music for beat two is important for every drummer to be able to play any piece of music with little to no practice. Read and play simple drum beats and...

Reading sixteenth note rests on drum sheet music for the "And" beat is important for every drummer to be able to play any piece of music with little to no practice. Read and play simple drum beats...

Reading sixteenth note rests on drum sheet music for beats one and two is important for every drummer to be able to play any piece of music with little to no practice. Read and play simple drum...

Reading eighth note rests on drum sheet music for beat two is important for every drummer to be able to play any piece of music with little to no practice. Read and play simple drum beats and...

Reading eighth note rests on drum sheet music for beats one, two and three is important for every drummer to be able to play any piece of music with little to no practice. Read and play simple...

Reading eighth note rests on drum sheet music for beats one and three is important for every drummer to be able to play any piece of music with little to no practice. Read and play simple drum...

Reading eighth note rests on drum sheet music for every downbeat is important for every drummer to be able to play any piece of music with little to no practice. Read and play simple drum beats...

Triplet drum beat patterns are three notes played evenly in the place of one note. Read and play triplet drum patterns on beats two and four with tips from a professional drummer in this free...

Triplet drum beat patterns are three notes played evenly in the place of one note. Read and play triplet drum patterns on beats three and four with tips from a professional drummer in this free...

Triplet drum beat patterns are three notes played evenly in the place of one note. Read and play triplet drum patterns on every downbeat with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on...

Speaking a 16th note drum beat sounds like one, e, and, uh; two, e, and, uh; etc. Read and play a 16th beat drum note pattern without an "e" beat with tips from a professional drummer in this free...

Speaking a 16th note drum beat sounds like one, e, and, uh; two, e, and, uh; etc. Read and play a 16th beat drum note pattern without an "uh" beat with tips from a professional drummer in this...

Speaking a 16th note drum beat sounds like one, e, and, uh; two, e, and, uh; etc. Read and play a 16th beat drum note pattern without the "e" and "uh" of beat two with tips from a professional...

Speaking a 16th note drum beat sounds like one, e, and, uh; two, e, and, uh; etc. Read and play a 16th beat drum note pattern without an "e" of beat one and the "e, and, uh" of beat two with tips...

Triplet drum beat patterns are three notes played evenly in the place of one note. Read and play triplet drum patterns with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Triplet drum beat patterns are three notes played evenly in the place of one note. Read and play triplet drum patterns on quarter notes with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on...

Play drum and-one, and-three swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum and-two, and-three swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum three, and-three, four swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum and-three, four, and-four swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum four, and-four, one swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum one, and-three swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum two, and-four swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum and-one, and-four swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum two, and-three swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum one, and-four swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum two, and-four swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum brushes on snare swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum and-one, two, and-two swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum two, and-two, three swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play drum and-two, three, and-three swing grooves with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.

Play sixteenth doubles with a left hand lead on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play triplets on your drums with a left hand lead on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Using drum stick warmups can improve your drum hand coordination; learn some stick warmup tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play sixteenth singles with a left hand lead on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play quarter doubles with a left hand lead on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play eighth doubles with a left hand lead on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play quarter singles with a left hand lead on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play eighth singles with a left hand lead on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play quarter doubles on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play eighth doubles on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play sixteenth doubles on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play eighth singles on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play sixteenth singles on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play a basic foot pattern using your bass and cymbal pedals; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Play quarter singles on your drums, concentrating on your hand coordination; learn how with tips from our expert drummer in this free drum coordination video tutorial.

Learn the paradiddle idle for playing the drums - free video on basic drum rudiments.

Learn the paradiddle for playing the drums - free video on basic drum rudiments.