How to Play Drums: Beat 28

Video Transcript

"JOEL SIEGEL: All right. So like most of today, I've been at 70 bpm. We're going to continue that. I'm going to be playing the downbeat of one, the upbeat of one, the downbeat of three, the upbeat of four on the kick drum; straight eighths on the hi-hat; backbeat two and four on the snare with the left hand. Take a look, take a listen. Makes sense? It's a lot of notes, I know. So if you're having a hard time squeezing 'em all in there, slow it down, play the kick by itself, play the kick and the snare only, hi-hat and the kick only, etcetera, just forget that stuff happening, all your independence working together, all right? So let's play it together. We're at 70 bpm. I'll count you off. One, two, ready, play. All right? Makes sense? This is a really kind of rock-oriented beat. You can maybe hear and feel that. So there you have those two eighth notes on one, downbeat of three, upbeat of four."