How to Play Drums: Beat 32

Video Transcript

"JOEL SIEGEL: All right. So we're at 70 bpm. We're going to go ahead and play our two eighth notes on beat one, an eighth note on the upbeat of two and an eighth note on the upbeat of four. All right? Here's what it looks and sounds like. All right? So it's you and me, do it together. You have your eighth notes lining up between your kick and your hi-hat, like they usually do. You have the interplay between the kick and the snare on that upbeat of two. You have that two-&. And similarly, you have beat four, that backbeat, and then that upbeat of four, okay? Four-&, all right? Let's play it together. We're at 70 bpm. One, two, ready, play. All right? So there you go. You have one-&, &, and then the upbeat of four after that."