Music & Audio
Drums & Percussion
Play Grooves That Make People Move
12 lessons4 modules9h 55m durationbeginner level
About this course
This course takes you from never having held a stick to playing solid grooves and fills behind real songs. You will learn matched and traditional grip, the single stroke, double stroke, paradiddle, and flam, how to read drum notation on a five-line staff, the rock, funk, and shuffle grooves that drive most popular music, and how to set up and record an electronic kit. Each lesson pairs a clear technique with a concrete drill, a target tempo on the metronome, and a worked example so progress is measurable.
Curriculum
Module 1: Setup, Grip, and Your First Strokes
- The Kit, Stick Choice, and PosturePreview
- Matched and Traditional Grip🔒
- The Full Stroke and Rebound🔒
Module 2: Rudiments and Reading Rhythm
- Single and Double Stroke Rolls🔒
- The Paradiddle and the Flam🔒
- Reading Drum Notation🔒
Module 3: Grooves: Rock, Funk, and Shuffle
- The Basic Rock Beat🔒
- Funk Grooves and the Sixteenth-Note Hi-Hat🔒
- The Shuffle and Swung Feel🔒
Module 4: Fills, Dynamics, and Electronic Drums
- Building Fills That Land on Beat One🔒
- Dynamics, Cymbal Voices, and Musical Taste🔒
- Tuning, Electronic Kits, and Recording🔒
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