Explains and demonstrates all the essential sounds and techniques used in modern drumming styles. Includes music fundamentals, co-ordination and rhythm studies and making effective use of the whole drum kit

LESSON 1

• Understanding the drum kit
• Sitting position
• How to hold the drum sticks
• How to read the music

LESSON 2

• Note and rest values
• The whole note, the Whole rest
• The Half note, the Half rest
• The Quarter note, the Quarter rest
• Building a drum beat

LESSON 3

• The Eighth note
• Rock beats
• The Eighth rest
• Snare drum control
• Bass drum control

LESSON 4

• Playing fills
• Using the crash cymbal
• 12 bar blues

LESSON 5

• The triplet
• Bass and snare drum variations
• Fills using triplets
• The shuffle rhythm
• Notating swing rhythms

LESSON 6

• Sixteenth notes
• Fills using sixteenth notes
• Two handed funk
• Sixteenth note variations

LESSON 7

• Accents
• Accents using different surfaces
• The paradiddle
• Dynamics
• Dynamic independence
• Ghost notes

LESSON 8

• Using the left foot
• Jazz beats
• Side stick
• Playing the open hi hat

LESSON 9

• The three four time signature
• The twelve eight time signature
• Swinging sixteenth notes
• Solo in twelve eight time

LESSON 10

• Playing with a band
• Working with a bass
• Working with a guitar
• Guitar, bass and drums
• Musical form
• Understanding music
• Melody and scales
• Treble clef and treble staff
• Harmony and chords