The Bossa Nova is a perfect introduction to Latin grooves for every beginner. Learn how to play this staple groove on the Hi-Hats.
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Samba #1
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Reggae Drumming #1
Learn the 2 most commonly played reggae grooves. We'll talk a little about how they should feel and sound and we'll practice them together. Reggae is a style of music that originated in Jamaica in the 1960s.
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Afro-Cuban #1
The Afro-Cuban groove is one of the most well known grooves to drummers all around the world. Many of these rhythms are polyrhythms, which means that they can be played in 4/4 or 6/8 time. The best place to start is in 4/4 time.
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Samba #2
The Samba is an important groove for every drummer to study. It is played at medium to fast tempos and is heard in other genres such as jazz and fusion. When a drummer plays this groove on the Ride Cymbal, we chick the Hi-Hats on beats 2 and 4. This means there is 4-way coordination that is more challenging than before.
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Engaging, well organized instruction
Sep 11/2023
My 13 year old son has been taking lessons with Kevin for about a year and loves the combination of having an instructor who is well prepared for lessons, with a particular goal in mind for each lesson, and who is willing to work with him to play the music he likes best. My son really wanted to learn a song by a particular band, so Kevin found one that was at the right level and taught the skills my son next needed to learn for the next lesson.
Kevin sends a video of the lesson afterwards so his students can relook at what they are learning in case they forgot or are finding something challenging. My son hadn’t used that perk much until Kevin started teaching him songs from his preferred band. My son did end up rewatching parts of the video after that so that he could get through difficult sections.
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Apr 20/2023
I’m a beginner (never played any music instruments in the past) and Kevin has been phenomenal for my virtual learning process. I’ve taken lessons with couple of other instructors (for about 8 months prior to starting with Kevin) and there are a plenty of times I felt like I’m not seeing the path forward, or come out of the class confused and more frustrated. With Kevin that’s not the case; he has a good structure in place and helps to build on top of each lesson (like building blocks). He also records and sends you videos of the lessons if you take his 60 min class, which helps me with the review process when I practice offline and I can go back to the video to watch and relearn.
Kevin is multiple time zones away from me and yet I have the flexibility to schedule time that works for me and learn when I want to learn. There is NO pressure to meet every week or take x number of lessons or you loose your money etc., When you are ready to take a lesson, you simply schedule with him 48 hours ahead and pay online on his website. Then you Join the online class at the scheduled time. It’s that easy!
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