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How to Get the Best Sound Out of a Snare Drum
Getting the best sound out of a snare drum requires tuning it to achieve a desired beat. Get the best sound out of a snare drum with tips from an experienced drummer in this free music video lesson.
How to Play the Drums
Playing the drums requires coordinating the limbs, regular practice and knowledge of basic drum beats. Play the drums with tips from an experienced drummer in this free music video lesson.
How to Record Drums
Recording drums requires a couple of microphones wired to a mixer or computer. Record drums with tips from an experienced drummer in this free music video lesson.
How to Play Drums Where You Can't Be Loud
Playing the drums where you can't be loud involves purchasing a drum pad that is much quieter than a full drum set. Practice drums quietly with tips from an experienced drummer in this free music...
How to Make a Homemade Drum
Making a homemade drum requires gathering household items that have the same rebound to practice on. Create a homemade drum with tips from an experienced drummer in this free music video lesson.
How to Play Air Drums
Playing the air drums involves imaging where the different pieces of a drum set are and enthusiastically beating the air. Play air drums with tips from an experienced drummer in this free music...
How to Buy a Drum Set
Buying a drum set from a music store or pawn shop should include a kick drum, a snare drum and a hi-hat. Buy a drum set with tips from an experienced drummer in this free music video lesson.
How to Tune a Drum Set
Tuning a drum set requires tuning each piece in relation to the other pieces. Tune a drum set with tips from an experienced drummer in this free music video lesson.
Reading 16th Note Drum Rests: Beat 2
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 16th Note Drum Rests: The And Beat
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 16th Note Drum Rests: Beats 1 & 2
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 8th Note Drum Rests: Beat 2
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 8th Note Drum Rests: Beats 1, 2 & 3
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 8th Note Drum Rests: Beats 1 & 3
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 8th Note Drum Rests: Downbeats
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...
Snare Drum Flams
A drum flam is played with both drum sticks by striking the drum slightly separated from one another. Play flams on a snare drum with these great tips from an experienced drummer in this free...
Snare Drum Flam Taps
The drum flam tap is a normal flam with a another note played just after it that is not accented. Play flam taps on a snare drum with these great tips from an experienced drummer in this free...
Reading Triplet Drum Beats: Exercise 2
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...
Reading Triplet Drum Beats: Exercise 3
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...
Reading Triplet Drum Beats: Exercise 4
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...
Snare Drum Paradiddles
Playing paradiddles on a snare drum is one of the most basic drum rudiment patterns of right, left, right, right, left, right, left, left. Play paradiddles on a snare drum with these great tips...
Reading 16th Note Drum Beats: Exercise 1
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...
Reading 16th Note Drum Beats: Exercise 2
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...
Reading 16th Note Drum Beats: Exercise 3
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...
Reading 16th Note Drum Beats: Exercise 4
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...
Reading Triplet Drum Beats
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.
Reading Triplet Drum Beats: Exercise 1
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...
How to Play Electric Bass Guitar
For bass players, being tight with the drummer is the most important thing to remember. Discover a few of the most important features of being a good bass player from an experienced musician in...
Beginning Drums: Snare
The snare drum can be hit in the middle or at the rim for a Latin sound. Play the snare drum with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Toms
The toms can be hit in the center, the edge, the rims or the side of the drum for different sounds. Play the toms with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Ride
Playing the ride by hitting it on the outer edge offers more of a ringing sound. Play the ride with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Crashes
In drumming, the crashes are not used to keep time but more for accents. Play the crashes with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Bass
A bass drum can be played with heel up or heel down on the pedal. Play the bass drum with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Single & Double Strokes on Bass
A single stroke on the bass drum is one hit; a double stroke requires the foot to slide down and up the pedal. Play single and double strokes on bass drum with tips from a professional drummer in...
Beginning Drums: High Hat
In drumming, the high hat is played with both the hands and feet. Play the high hat with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Moving Around a Kit
In drumming, moving around the kit, is a matter of turning the body. Move around a drum kit with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Experiment With Sounds
Each drum is capable of producing different sounds. Experiment with sounds with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drum Techniques
Learn beginner drum techniques, such as how to hold drumsticks and foot positioning, from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Posture
For drums, sit with the thighs slightly higher than the knees, back straight and shoulders up. Play drums with correct posture with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music...
Beginning Drums: Holding Sticks
Holding a drumstick is a matter of finding the fulcrum, stay loose and let gravity do the work. Hold drumsticks with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Basic Grips
For drumming, there are three grips in the match script way: German, French and American. Learn basic drumstick grips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Striking a Drum
Hit a drum with loose shoulders, elbows tucked, striking in the middle. Strike drums with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Single Stroke
A single stroke on drums is one stroke per hands going right, left. Play a single stroke on drums with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Beginning Drums: Double Stroke
The double stroke on drums is two strokes per stick. Play double strokes on drums with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Drum Swing Exercises: Displace 8th by Half
Play drum eighths displaced by half for swing music with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Drum Swing Exercises: 2, And 2, Three
Play drum two, and-two, three for swing music with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Drum Swing Exercises: 2, 3, And Three
Play drum two, three, and-three for swing music with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Drum Swing Exercises: 3, And 3, Four
Play drum three, and-three, four for swing music with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Drum Swing Exercises: Bass on And 3, 4, And Four
Play bass drum on and-three, four, and-four for swing music with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
Playing Drum Swing Exercises & Patterns
Play drum exercises for swing music with tips from a professional drummer in this free video on music instruction.
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