Holding the sticks

Traditional grip and matched grip

Playing drums ergonomically

Grip and balance

Thumbs, index fingers, and heel of your hand

Taping sticks

Losing sticks

Casual grip and learning to play drums

Intercepting the sticks with the heel of your hand

Twisting the hand

Significance of grip for playing drums

Individual grip

Stick weight

Matched and traditional grip

Rebound

Learning to play drums with basic beat

Playing drums for the first time

Basic beat with closed hi-hat

Eighth notes on hi-hat

Using snare drum first, then bass drum

Using click or metronome at 85 bpm

Alternative learning method with bass drum first, then snare drum

Playing in time and along with favourite songs

Dynamic levels and accentuation

Playing drums with basic beat and cymbals

Synchronicity of cymbals and bass drum

Snare and bass drum together

Playing cymbals with left hand

Basic beat with sixteenths on hi-hat

Hi-hat with one or two hands

Playing drums with snare drum in right hand

Dynamic levels and accentuation

Song Example No one cares (Sooner or later) at Download My Music

Playing drums and basic beat with sixteenths

Disco basic beat on drums

Bass and snare drums together

Using a metronome

Beat drives the song

Harder beat for rock music

Open and closed hi-hat

Using ride cymbal and ride bell

Playing cymbals with left hand

Basic beat with open hi-hat

Playing drums and the down beat

Accentuating the main beats

Driving the groove

Changed bass drum figures

Bass drum, hi-hat, snare, hi-hat

Bass drum double stroke

Open hi-hat

Variations

Learning to play drums and playing along to music

Playing drums with basic beat variations

Tempo 90 bpm

Playing drums with additional bass drum stroke

Play-Along without drums at Download Play-Alongs

Basic Beat with earlier snare stroke

Later snare stroke

Eighths and sixteenths

Left hand snare

Driving beat

Learning to play drums with basic beat variation

Open hi-hat at the end

Transitions and connections on drums

Learning to play drums with basic beat variation

More bass drum at the beginning

Different accentuation on drums

Learning to play drums with basic beat variation

Play the snare twice

Open hi-hat

Interesting transitions on drums

Learning to play drums with basic beat variation

Britpop

Learning to play drums with basic beat variation

Open hi-hat at the beginning

Learning to play drums with basic beat variation

Open hi-hat at the beginning

Additional bass drum stroke

Learning to play drums with basic beat variation

Final additional bass drum as transition

Combination with open hi-hat

Suitable as transition

Playing drums with basic beat variation

Odd bass drum

Alternating bass drum and hi-hat

Learning to play drums with basic beat variation

Two additional bass drum strokes

Suitable as transition

Playing drums with fast basic beat

Speeding up

Learning to play drums with double strokes

Double strokes and beater rebound

Playing drums heel down

Playing the pedal with heel and ball of foot

Double stroke right and left

Double strokes to hi-hat

Playing sixteenths on drums

Learning to play drums and using the metronome

Learning to play drums with double strokes

Double strokes bass drum

Play-Alongs without drums at Download Play-Alongs

4 and 6 strokes bass drum with one foot

Left foot free for hi-hat

Playing heel down

Fast double bass drum strokes

Put strength into drumming

Playing four bass drum strokes in a row

Five quarter notes on bass drum

Three double strokes

Speed and precision

Tempo 70 bpm

Double strokes on piano and keyboard

Sequencer at 65 bpm

Insecurity when recording

Learning to play and quantization

Higher metronome resolution

Samba beat

Double strokes

Eighths or sixteenths on drums

Playing bass drum and snare drum simultaneously

Song example Hell freezes over (Barricades) at Download My Music

Learning to play drums with double bass playing along to music

Using the metronome

Practice playing slowly

Heel up and heel down

Play-Alongs without drums at Download Play-Alongs

Playing drums with double bass exercise

Tempo 110 bpm

Permanently closed hi-hat

Hi-hat as timer

Practicing coordination when playing drums

Using right and left foot

Double strokes with two feet

Heavy beat with ride cymbal

Learning to play drums with double bass exercise

Sixteenth note hi-hat and snare

Closed hi-hat

Left foot is last

Leaving out strokes

Double bass exercise

Free drumming with double bass

Soft and loud, slow and fast

Playing without metronome and click

Learning to play drums and heel down technique

Heel up technique

Choosing the right technique for each song

Playing drums with triplets

Triplets on hi-hat and bass drum

Interesting sound in heavy metal

Playing drums and single paradiddles

Playing drums and triple strokes

Alternating quarters, eighths, sixteenths

Playing drums with coordination exercises to music

Learning to play drums and changing the volume

Changing from loud and open to soft and closed

Extroverted and introverted playing

Learning to play drums and staying in time

Triplets Introduction

Three beats on four

Playing drums and basic beat

Play-Alongs without drums at Download Play-Alongs

Playing drums and fast triplet exercise

Sixteenths to the bar

Playing triplets with hi-hat

Driving beat

Learning to play drums and ghost notes

Don’t come to the fore

Cause a lively groove

Used in Brit Pop

Combination with ride cymbal

Tight double strokes in different volumes

Playing drums with dynamics and accentuation

Use as creative trait

Song example Developed Nation (Barricades) at Download My Music

Learning to play drums with single strokes

Learning to play drums with double strokes

Drum head rebound

Number of rebounds

Intercepting with the heel of your hand

Closed hand

Hand twist

Press roll and rebound

Simple patterns with rebound

Learning to play drums and playing rolls

Playing drums with press rolls on snare

Pressure on the stick

Used for tom fills

Playing Rolls

Even grip

Learning to play drums and accentuating beats

Down-beat and up-beat

Whipping, accentuations, and composition

Striking several crash cymbals simultaneously

Coupled strokes

Arrangement in stereo panorama (studio engineering)

Suitable for pickup measure

Playing drums on two toms simultaneously

Playing toms in pairs

Broadened frequency range

Suitable for hard rock

Alternative to normal tom fill

Alternate between toms during fill

Interesting sound

Playing transitions

Bass drum, snare, and crash together

3 bass drum strokes

Heel down and heel up

Heel position

Learning to play drums and bass drum rebound

Learning to play Drums with uneven rhythms

Accentuation in sequencer

Set suitable click

Feeling the 1, without counting

Virtual drum module

Authenticity and quantization

Dynamics and order of sounds

Learning to play drums and EZ-Drummer (Software)

Exchangeability of songs

Learning to play drums by playing blind

Getting to know your drum kit

Concentrate on the music

Work on precision

Playing slow and fast

Changing speed and volume

Using the Play-Along

Playing drums with sixteenth note beat

Double strokes

Playing drums heel up and heel down

Joining chorus and bridge

Learning to play drums with a tom fill

Open hi-hat joint

Hi-hat sustain

Triplet tom fill

Speed and dynamics

Transition from one part to the next

Bass drum twice

Final snare drum and cymbal together

Learning to play drums and playing the avalanche

Right foot bass drum

Left foot bass drum and tom-tom

Suitable for tom-tom exit and fill

Song Example Remember (Inside) at Download My Music

Song Example Developed Nation (Barricades) at Download My Music

Playalong with drums at Download Playalongs

Tom beat creates dramatic effect

Creates variety in song

Missing frequencies

Varying volume

Bass drum break

Song example Developed Nation (Barricades) at Download My Music

Ride hi-hat beat with sixteenths

Playing drums with ride hi-hat combination

Open and closed hi-hat

Starting the song with drum fill

Song example Xmas (Inside) at Download My Music

Playing drums with transition tom, snare, tom

Song character

Learning to play drums and playing drum intros

Left, right, with hands

Left right with feet

Song Example Price of Creation (Barricades) at Download My Music

Accentuating with various Instruments

Playing in a Band

Own Recording (Home recording)

Song Example Feel the Music (Barricades) at Download My Music

Playing drums and grooves

Ghost notes and earlier snare stroke

Both hands on snare

Exotic groove with percussion

Long and short percussion sounds

Spread in stereo panorama (Studio Engineering)

Learning to play drums with drum rolls

Combining two ride cymbals and two hi-hats

Reducing speed

Song gets heavier

Suitable to heavy metal and pop music

Song example F’… them (Inside) at Download My Music

Song example Feel the Music (Barricades) at Download My Music

Rhythmically opening and closing the hi-hat

Driving beat with eighths and sixteenths

Bass drum double strokes

Accentuation with hi-hat

Triplets for a driving groove

Playing and learning to play shuffle rhythm

Casual swing

Song example Here I come (Sooner or Later) at Download My Music

Simplified shuffle

Playing drums and cymbal rebound

Single strokes and double strokes

Supplementing snare and bass drum

Double strokes on closed hi-hat

Playing drums and complicated triple beat

Accent shift

Being creative

Break begins on 1

Learning to play drums and unusual beats

Reversed tom fill with ghost notes

Playing drums and using the pedals

Bass drum pedals

Setup mallet resting position

Setup spring tension

Linear and progressive pedal setup

See On buying drums

Playing drums with double pedal

Rod joint

Pedal for fast beats

Alternatively two single pedals

Imitating double bass strokes

See On buying drums

Learning to play drums with the perfect sticks

Weight and strength

Wood

Felt tipped sticks and brushes

See On buying drums

Playing drums with taped sticks

Taping sticks with ducked tape

Feeling stick motion

See On buying drums

Samples and sound production

Playing drums and virtual synthesis

Sample Libraries and plug-ins (Software)

Recording via keyboard or piano

Playing drums on piano and keyboard

Recording drum tracks on keyboard

Bass drum and snare drum

Open and closed hi-hat

Various cymbal sounds (C,A)

Ride cymbal

Toms (C,A,F) and tom rolls

Basic beat on keyboard

Opening and closing hi-hat

Toms, tom pairs and tom rolls

Combining toms and snare drum

Loud and soft playing

Suitable for bridge or fill

Sequencer setting

Ride cymbal and ride basic beat

Variations and composition

Congas and Bongos

Played with both hands

Very prominent sound

Filtering congas and bongos

Quantization

High creativity

Cabasa and shaker (A and A sharp)

Dynamics and correction in the sequencer

Quantization

Inaccuracy as creative device

Percussion volume

Muted and unmuted triangle

G sharp and A

Quantization

Triangle volume

Triangle stereo arrangement

Muting in filter

Claps (D sharp)

Claps and snare

Tight and Loose

Quantization

Sample library

Chimes (B, C)

Slow transition between song parts

Song example Mountains (Barricades) at Download My Music

Sample library

Stereo panorama

Tambourine and snare

First stroke louder than next three

Changes in sequencer

Quantization

Drums and Recording

Recording simultaneously or subsequently

Cymbal and hi-hat not together

Authentic sound, realistic combinations

Electronic drums

Grooves

Combination with claps

Sixteenths accentuated on 2

Using the sequencer

Composing your own grooves

recording double strokes on piano and keyboard

Sequencer at 65 bpm

Feeling insecure when recording

Learning to play drums and quantization

Higher metronome resolution