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Tiger Bill Teaches A Buddy Rich Fav

Ever since I first posted the lessons on Buddy Rich's favorite stick chops I've been receiving requests for more. This month, I feature a triplet pattern that Buddy liked to play. I showed this to the late Louie Bellson when we used to work out together and he loved it. Check it out and let me know what you think of it. If practiced properly, it will give you one heck of a workout!

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Billy Martin: Toy Dancing

This is a funk beat inspired by a Central African pattern that you can find in my book Riddim: Claves Of African Origin (page 68).

Charlie Waymire

Charlie Waymire’s Half-Time Groove Workout

In this lesson and play-along weʼre going to look at the relationship between two very important feels; Half time and Normal time. Half-time grooves are a great way of changing the feel without having to change the time.

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Triplet 4-2-1 Grid Exercise

Here is a simple but effective triplet exercise set up in a 4-2-1 grid pattern from Terence Higgins.

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Increase Your Speed Around The Drums Part 6

Welcome to the sixth and final segment of my series on increasing your speed and ease of movement around the drumset.

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Gavin Harrison’s Hot Licks

Through his excellent drumming books and DVD, Gavin Harrison has made a mission of teaching drummers how to play polyrhythms, beat displacements, and metric modulations, which collectively will confuse the hell out of your bandmates even as you come down on the 1. If you’ve never heard Harrison play, you might assume from the last sentence that his drumming would be self-indulgent and busy, as he endlessly screws around with the beat. You couldn’t be more wrong. Harrison is a great groove drummer so check out the following analysis of his style.

by Brad Schlueter

Charlie Waymire

Charlie Waymire #2: 4-Bar Groove Workout at 50 Beats Per Minute

The ability to go from a groove to a fill and back to a groove comfortably is extremely important. We not only keep time, we lead the way. From verse to chorus, chorus to bridge, bridge to guitar solo or maybe itʼs the next big TV jingle, we have to be able to go from a groove to a fill and back to the groove with ease.

Video Lesson: Double Bass/Double Crash Power Fills

This month, we are going to work on combining powerful booming double bass with the ear-shattering cut of crash cymbals. These types of fills are both musically and visually awesome!

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Video Lesson: Clave & Cascara

By Richie “Gajate” Garcia From DRUM! April 2009
Here are two patterns that go great together. The patterns will change hands in the second measure of each example.

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Tiger Bill’s Speed Lesson #60: Increase Your Speed Around The Drums - Part 3

The ability to play at top speed on a single drum is great but that's just the beginning. Unless you plan to be a drum corps snare drummer, you'll need to develop an additional type of speed. You'll need to develop what I call "mobile" speed. This is what allows you to apply the speed you already have on a single drum or practice pad to the entire drumset without adding any additional muscle tension to your movements.

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Wally Schnalle Video Lesson #1

DRUM! Music editor Wally Schnalle is a terrific teacher, drummer, performer and composer. In this lesson Wally starts a 3-part series on funk grooves. You'll learn how to mix it up on some basic beats, adding color and interest to your grooves and fills.

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Tiger Bill’s Speed Lesson #59: Increase Your Speed Around The Drums Part 2

This series of exercises is designed to help you increase your speed and ease of movement around the drumset. It is based on my concepts of tension free drumming, which allow you to play at maximum speed, power, endurance, and precision while always maintaining exact control over your technique. Correctly applying my concepts, you will be able to move around the drumset with the same skill that you are capable of when playing on a single surface.MORE »