How to Play Odd Time Signatures on Drums

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Play odd time signatures when playing drums; learn how from our expert drummer in this free drum technique video music lesson on percussion drills.

By: Steve Blank

Source: Expert Village

Length: 2:34

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"Welcome to Expert Village I'm Steve Blank drummer in the Cruisers here to talk to you about some advanced drum exercises. Let's start with five four four five kind of sing the song take five while I count it it's an example on how the melody be your guide and working with odd times (In the background you hear someone singing four five) (In the background you hear someone counting until 7) Here's seven what other ways can we count seven. Much easier to be loose with the counting when you count it this way. What about something really hard (you hear someone in the background counting) this I know comes from Steve Smith this idea"

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