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What is a Half-Time Drum Beat?
Half-Time Shuffle Drum Beat
Half-Time Shuffle Drum Beat Pattern
Half-Time Shuffle Back Beat on 3 Drum Pattern
Half-Time Shuffle Without Bass Drum on 1 Pattern
Half-Time Shuffle with Bass Drum on 4 Pattern
Half-Time Shuffle with Bass Drum on 1 Pattern
Half-Time Shuffle with Bass Drum on 1 Variation
Half-Time Shuffle Variation
Half-Time Shuffle Basic Pattern
Using Ghost Notes for Drum Patterns
Using Hands for Ghost Notes in Drum Patterns
Ghost Note Drum Pattern Variation
Half-Time Shuffle Hi-Hat Pattern
Half-Time Shuffle Pattern with Toms
Half-Time Shuffle Overview
Summary: Want to learn how to tweak that half-time drum beat you're playing? Learn to accentuate the back beat on 3 from our drumming expert in this free video clip.
David Pakman is a longtime drummer trained in rock, funk, jazz, blues and music theory, and is also a casual piano/keyboard player. He has played with two alternative/modern rock bands...read more
"Our next example of the half-time shuffle, we'll just play quarter notes on the bass drum, but really that back beat on three is where that half-time shuffle feel comes from. You'll see here that I'm going to add some bass drum notes. It's not going to change the fact that it still feels slow like a half-time beat. And, here it is with the shuffle hi-hat pattern. So, you probably will need to at first, count this a little bit to make sure you get that back beat on three. You'll want to play the back beats on two and on four. But, once you get this idea of the half-time feel, you'll have time playing all these examples."
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