About Course
How To Get Better At Basics
Are you a beginner who has learned a few of the must-know basics? That’s great, but what should you learn next? If you want to dive deeper into the fundamentals of drumming, this course is for you. In this Better At Basics drums course you will learn how to build good fundamental technique and widen your vocabulary groove patterns. You will learn more drum fills, a must-know rudiment as well as some new approaches to the cymbals. The most exciting part is that we will examine a new rhythm called 1/16th notes. I show you how to be creative with this rhythm using 14 new drum fills.
What’s Required For The Better At Basics Course?
Reading basic musical notation for the drums is required. This Better At Basics drums course picks up where the Simple Basics course left off. If you are a total beginner, click here to go to that course. If you’ve never learned how to read notation, you’re welcome to try picking it up as you go along. You can always ask a question if you’re not sure about something. In addition to the PDF worksheets, there are play-along videos for you to practice with. Your objective should be to learn all exercises on each PDF worksheet and confidently play them along with me in the play-along videos.
For an archive of all the lessons and categories available, please visit the Lesson Library.
Every student is different. Everyone learns at a different pace and puts a different amount of practice into what they are learning. It is difficult to measure the duration of a beginner drum course. Course duration is based on the average number of practice hours needed to complete the course material, assuming you practice for 30 mins 4-6 times a week.
Course Content
Hand & Feet Basics
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Single Strokes and The Bass Drum
03:25 -
Slow Play-Along #1: Singles and Bass Drum
01:17 -
Fast Play-Along #1: Singles and Bass Drum
01:07 -
Double Strokes and The Bass Drum
02:02 -
Slow Play-Along #2: Doubles and Bass Drum
01:32 -
Fast Play-Along #2: Doubles and Bass Drum
01:16 -
Single Strokes and The Hi-Hats
02:22 -
Slow Play-Along #3: Singles and Hi-Hats
01:25 -
Fast Play-Along #3: Singles and Hi-Hats
01:14