What Are Reggae Drum Beats?
How to Play a Reggae Drum Beat
How to Swing a Reggae Drum Beat
How to Play a 'One Drop' Reggae Drum Beat
How to Swing a 'One Drop' Reggae Drum Beat
How to Play a 'Rockers' Reggae Drum Beat
How to Swing a 'Rockers' Reggae Drum Beat
How to Play a Rock Drum Beat in Reggae
How to Swing a Rock Drum Beat in Reggae
How to Play a Ska Drum Beat in Reggae
How to do Reggae Drum Fills for 'One Drop' Beat
How to do Reggae Drum Fills for 'Rockers' Beat
How to do Reggae Drum Fills for 'Rockers' Beat with Snare
Variations on the 'One Drop' Reggae Drum Beat
Variations on the 'Rockers' Reggae Drum Beat
Variations on a Reggae Drum Beat
Summary: Learn some great tips on how to play Reggae drum beats like the 'One Drop' on a drum set in this free music lesson video clip.
Kevin Grossman is a young drummer who is studying music at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz, in the University of Hartford. He currently plays in the up and coming progressive band...read more
"The most commonly used groove in reggae, it's called a one drop, so if you take that basic beat that we did, where we put the snare on the two and four...and on the four, you play the four and on the snare, that's called the one drop, you're dropping it right there, right before beat one. I'll play it a little faster so you can hear how it sounds."
eHow Article: How to Play a 'One Drop' Reggae Drum Beat
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Comments
slingers said
on 1/8/2009 What you're playing there is more commonly known as a steppa groove. Listen to Sly Dunbars drumming on Private lives by Grace Jones, it's that kind of groove.
One drop (as I thought the name may have suggested) is where the bass drum is omitted on beat one, not what you have said on the vid, where did you get that from?
This is the problem with the internet. If you put yourself out there as an 'expert', make sure you are. I'm not and I know more about this subject then you clearly do.
I bet Carlton Barrett and Roy Shirley are doing somersaults in their graves.....
secondline said
on 8/31/2008 You really need to listen to some reggae. You have absolutely no groove in this style.