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Summary: Play dotted quarter notes on a snare drum; learn how with expert tips from our drummer in this free drum tutorial video on percussion instruments and music theory.
Peter Van Dyck is a professional drummer and drum teacher. He received his training from Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in music.read more
"Here, I'll demonstrate playing dotted quarters on a snare over the ride symbol pattern. Now dotted quarters over four-four time, which I'll keep the time between my bass drum and the high hat. One, two, three, four. And that with dotted quarters. Now what we're going to do is we're going to take the ride symbol pattern of swing and we're going to play these dotted quarters over that. One, two, three, four."
eHow Article: Playing Dotted Quarter Notes on a Snare Drum