| Lesson
1 |
- See DrumBum's collection of the best
drum videos online. Videos of drum solos, artist interviews,
hot drumbeats, and top drum lesson videos from your favorite drummers.
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| Lesson 2 |
- A grab bag of novelty licks and things including
linear, salsa, double bass, etc. This page is used by Jeff Salem
to help promote his latest publication, "The Book of Licks". |
| Lesson
3 |
- An impressive
in-depth study of African Dance- Drumming by
C.K. Ladzekpo. This site contains songs, rhythmic principles,
polyrhythms and more for drums. |
| Lesson
4 |
- A great checklist
of drums "stuff" that we need (or want) at our gigs
with us. Compiled by our drummer friend and fellow RMMP shriner,
George Lawrence of Nashville. |
| Lesson 5 |
- Josh Gottry's
"Virtual Method Book for Percussion".
A fantastic site dedicated to music learning. Lessons on snare
drum, mallets, drumline,
and various drum tips.
Lessons are in PDF and Finale's Music Viewer formats. |
| Lesson
6 |
- A terrific
discussion on the never-ending dilemma of undesired snare-buzz,
from Marc Zoutendijk's fantastic and educational drums site. |
| Lesson
7 |
- Stick Control! Numerous duplet
and triplet stickings to perfect control and dynamics on drums.
Good fundamental stuff that should be practiced religiously. |
| Lesson
8 |
- DrumBum (yea, that's us!) has a ton
of drum tips on this index page to their store site. Contributions
welcomed. |
| Lesson 9 |
- Tons of lessons
including bass drum technique, 32nd note hi-hat variations, hand
independence, off-beat patterns, funk shuffles and drum and bass
rhythms. |
| Lesson
10 |
- A glossary of Music Terms. Emphasis
on classical music. Clean layout with search feature. |
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Over
2000 Drum Tips! |
| Lesson
11 |
- All you ever
wanted to know about Pipe band drumming. Take the Pipe
band drummer tour and follow the links to Drum Major, Side Drummer,
Tenor Drummers and Bass. Awesome Scottish drumming site. |
| Lesson
12 |
- A terrific educational resource
dealing with snare drum technique, bass drum technique, marching
cymbals, timpani, triangle, xylophone and more. From Timothy Adams
Jr. and Regal Tip. |
| Lesson
13 |
- Arm position, form for playing
drumset. Drum video from johnnydrums.com
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| Lesson
14 |
- Tips from veteran drummer, David Jones.
"Harnessing your Creative Spirit". A great inspirational
piece. |
| Lesson
15 |
- Jimmy Barney's "very interesting"
website. Lessons on rather unusual concepts. Too funny to miss!
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| Lesson
16 |
- Danny Britt walks us through tons
of exercises on the practice pad based off of popular artist
styles and songs. Drummers and teachers including Danny Carey,
Neil Peart, Joe Morello, Louie Bellson, David Garibaldi, Murray
Spivak, Jim Chapin, Thomas Lang, Dennis Chambers and more. |
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| Lessons
17 |
- Francis Seriau from DrumTech
offers some terrific advice on practicing and drumming priorities.
Drum tips include Time, feel, styles, vocabulary, technique, reading
and creating drum parts. |
| Lessons
18 |
- Too cool for words. An awesome drum
lesson editor. The best part is it's free! |
| Lesson
19 |
- Scott Laborde covers Speed
Drumming in great length. His fantastic site not only disects
playing fast but also how finger
control plays such a strong role. We'll be adding more of
Scott's great lessons soon. - Thanks Scott |
| Lesson
20 |
- Kevin Picone of The Drum Machine discusses
a couple of issues concerning sliding drums. |
| Lesson
21 |
- A great article for drum teachers.
Drummer/Instructor, Fran Merante makes the case for counting
out loud. |
| Lesson
22 |
- Another of Fran Merante's drum articles.
This covers a unique phrasing concept. |
| Lesson 23 |
- Lessons in Listening. Steve
Anisman shares his published articles. Valuable insight into the
art of listening. He uses many popular songs as examples. |
| Lesson 24 |
- Your Left Foot. Another of
Steve's fine drumming articles highlighting the possiblities of
using your left foot to enhance your drumming. |
| Lesson 25 |
- Drum Teaching Ideas. Valuable tips
for drum teachers out there. Another great article by Steve
Anisman. |
| Lesson
26 |
- A short music lesson on song structure
and how it relates to drums and drumming. |
| Lesson
27 |
- There is now a drum links site
with a name you certainly won't forget. It's called "Drum
Links". ;) Many links in all categories including drum
lessons. |
| Lesson 28 |
- Music Education Facts and Figures
by the National Association for Music Education (MENC).
Support for music education in schools as well as benefits to
life. |
| Lesson
29 |
- Pro drummer / teacher, David Capuzelo
provides free drum lesson samples at his site. Videos include
beginner drumset, rock beats, linear beats, latin (mozambique),
permutation, ostinatos, rolls, and more drumset patterns.
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| Lesson
30 |
- The table of common percussion
instruments. Includes tuned percussion, auxillary percussion,
latin percussion, drumset, and more. |
| Lesson
31 |
- Drum styles such as big band
swing, the cha cha, swing rock, disco, 50's ballad, the modern
ballad, latin rock, straight rock, waltz, polka, and bossa nova.
Midi samples. |
| Lesson 32 |
- Drummer, Donny Dee offers numerous
drumming articles, that reflect his 30 years of experienced
on drumset. Everything from grip to practicing to dampening. |
| Lesson
33 |
- Lots of drum videos covering
instrument examples, rudiments, and live drummer footage. Not
sure of the language but there's lots of stuff here.
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| Lesson
34 |
- Mr. A. Claude Ferguson teaches us
how to play the spoons. Check out grip, body position, offbeats,
and more spoons lessons. |
| Lesson
35 |
- The 25 greatest drum recordings. Apparently
from Modern Drummer magazine around 1992. Drummers include Buddy
Rich, Neil Peart, Elvin Jones, Dave Weckl, Lars Ulrich, Gene Krupa,
and more. |
| Lesson 36 |
- David Clutton's site features a Virtual Drum Kit where
you can play the drums, change the tom tom and snare sounds,
colors, etc. Click on Misc.
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| Lesson
37 |
- Building
a Drum Riser. How to build a drum riser. Plans for building
include materials, tools, and assembly. Awesome Drum Riser Plans!
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| Lesson
38 |
- Rick Steel of Drum
TV shows us something inspired by Buddy Rich called the "One
Handed Roll". This one handed roll is a bit different from
the more recent one handed roll that involves playing all notes
on one drum. |
| Lesson
39 |
- Another great lesson on creating drum
parts or "Skeletizing the Melody". *New! |
| Lesson
40 |
- Need to know more about micing
drums? Well, start by learning the mics themselves. This article
offers a quick lesson on microphone types. |
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