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Learn About Jazz Drumming
How to Choose the Right Jazz Drum Sticks for Your Style of Music
How to Grip Your Jazz Drum Sticks
How to Choose Brushes or Drum Sticks
How to Play a Swing Drum Beat
How to Warm up with Jazz Drumming
How to Keep Time on a Cymbal
How to Keep Time on a High Hat
How to play a Swing Drum Beat with Brushes
How to Play On Beat on a Snare Drum
How to Play Off the Beat on a Snare Drum
How to Play a Cross Stick Drum Beat
How to Play a Shuffle Beat on the Drums
How to Feather a Bass Drum
How to Keep Good Time on the Drums
How to Play Offbeat Drums
Learn More About Jazz Drumming
Summary: Like many other instruments, a swing beat can be comprised of a variety of high and low, fast- and slow-paced notes that can leave a player breathless. Learn how to master the swing drum beat in this free video series.
Dan Miura is a drum expert. he has been playing drums/percussion for over 13 years. His experiences include jazz training, music theory, and a handful of rock and punk bands around...read more
"Hi I'm Dan on behalf of Expert Village. Today we are going to talk about swing music. Now swing as oppose to rock music in a name and implies swing meaning that some notes are longer and some notes are shorter. Rock music is basically a study beat, study 8th note beat. Where swing like I said some notes are longer and some notes are shorter. So the basic sound of a swing would sound like this. Watch our next segment on warm up. "
eHow Article: How to Play a Swing Drum Beat
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