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Hip Hop Beats for Drums: Combining high hat, Bass Drum & Snare Drum

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Summary: When playing a hip hop drum beat, play high hat cymbal, bass drum and snare drum together, slowly at first but then building up speed. Combine the high hat cymbal, bass drum and snare drum to play hop beats with the tips in this free video on hip hop drumming from a professional drummer.

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Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more

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soiledwig said

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on 9/23/2009 Sloppy and inconsistent, and you can't count.

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"So now that we have our bass and snare down tight and we have our hi hat down we can put it together and we are going to start real slow and count it off so we have one and two and three and four, one, two, one and two and three and one, one, two, one and...one and two and three and four, one two, one and two and three e and four and one and two and three e and four and one and two and three e and four and one and two and three e and four and. So that rhythm is one and two and three e and four and one and two and three e and four and. That's your basic hip hop groove once you put everything together. Again start slow and count it and then speed it up and get it grooving."

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