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Summary: A snare drum is a great tool to use in blues music to give it a tight rhythm section. Learn some tips from a drumming expert on how to play bass drum beats in this free video clip.
"Alright now we're going to be adding another component, one more which is going to be the snare drum. So it's going to be playing the same exact pattern as the ride cymbal. But we're going to be shuffling it just the same, but it's going to be the dynamics with the left is going to be a little bit softer than the right. Except for the and of one and the two, and the and of three and four, so it's going to be one and two, and three and four. And one and two and three and four. And one and two and three and four. And one and two and three and four. And you hear the dynamics on the and of one and the two, and the and of the three and the four. And if you look at my wrists really closely, you're going to see that it's going to be lifting up a little when it's going to come in to make those accent hits like this. One and two and three and four. And one, and three and four. So I'm slowly rising, slowly rising from the dead. Alright here we go, now we're going to add in everything. One and two. Here we go. Shuffle it."
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