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Parts of a Drum Set
Learn How to Set Up a Drum Kit
Choosing Drum Sticks
How to Play a Single Stroke Roll on Drums
How to Play a Double Stroke Drum Roll
How to Play Polyrhythms on Drums
How to Use the Flam Technique
How to Use the Paradiddle Technique on Drums
How to Play a 4/4 Drum Beat
How to Play a 3/4 Drum Beat
How to Play a 5/4 Drum Beat
How to Play a 6/8 Drum Beat
How to Play a 7/8 Drum Beat
How to Play a 9/8 Drum Beat
How to Play Slow Drum Beats
How to Play Moderate Drum Beats
How to Play Fast Drum Beats
How to Play Syncopated Drum Beats
How to Play Standard Rock Beats on Drums
How to Play Funk Rhythms on Drums
How to Play Jazz Beats on Drums
How to Play Ambient Beats on Drums
Understanding Drum Sounds
How to Play Drums With Hot Sticks
How to Play Drums With Mallets
What to Do if Your Band Is Out of Rhythm
How to Recover From a Dropped Stick
Writing Drum Parts for Songs
How to Tune the Drums
Drum Maintenance
Summary: Play a 5/4 beat on drums; learn how with tips from our professional drummer and drum instructor in this free drum-kit video music lesson.
Ken Marcou grew up in central Massachusetts and played drums throughout school. With a drummer for a father, Ken took to the kit like a natural, and has been playing for over ten...read more
" Hi! My name is Ken Marcou, we’re going to be playing a 5/4 beat I’m going to be showing you how to do a 5/4 beat. Now 5/4 beat, this is a little bit more abstract sounding, definitely sounds cool when mixed in with either a 4/4 or a 6/8 measure, sometimes you can go back and forth and it sounds really complex and really you know kind of crazy but it’s actually not that complicated it takes some getting used to but 5/4 beat because it’s not very typical and it’s not very even takes a little bit of getting used to but a 5/4 beat is counted out by saying 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and. The beat that I’m going to be playing I’d be humming to myself by saying 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5, so I’m going to demonstrate…so that’s an example of playing a 5/4 beat."
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Comments
happynun said
on 8/2/2008 Wow - you are EXCELLENT...
I wonder if when you do the 5/4 beat, you could tell us what to play on each of the beats...I was trying to figure it out, and I'm totally lost - admittedly, that does not take much, but it would be helpful...
God bless you!