How to Play Drums: Beat 7

Video Transcript

"JOEL SIEGEL: Okay. So we've done eighth notes on one and three, and then one and three. What we're going to do next is we're going to do--we're going to keep that quarter note on one in the kick drum and we're going to put an eighth note instead of after beat three, like that first one we did in this eighth note series, we're going to put it before beat three, which means it's going to be on the upbeat of two, okay? So I'll count and play at the same time, just the kick drum. It's going to sound like: one, two, three, four, one, two and three, four. All right? So if you think about this, think about what's lining up and where the things are in relation to each other. With the hi-hat, you're going to have those eighth notes lining up, okay? So you have one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. And go ahead and--I want you to think about, too, what's happening--the interplay between the snare and the kick drum, 'cause this is going to feel a little different than maybe what we've done so far. It's going to feel like one, two and three, right? So the snare kind of falls right into the bass drum, okay? So it sounds like this: one, two and three, four, one, two and three, four. All right? This is the idea. We'll go ahead and put all that altogether in this next clip."