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Herman Matthews: Too Loud Or Loud Enough?

Herman Matthews shows us how to control the volume of our playing using dynamics for refinement, then provides a funky riff for soft practice.

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Stanton Moore: Between Swing And Straight

Stanton Moore gives us an exercise to help develop coordination with a linear pattern. Contrary to popular belief, Moore says it's actually fun.

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Stanton Moore: Swimming In Swing

The ever funky Stanton Moore shares a lesson from drumming legend Earl Palmer about finding the area that lives between straight and swing feels.

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Jeff Clemens: Tribute To Alan Dawson

The longtime drummer with G. Love and Special Sauce pay tribute to his teacher, the renowned jazz drummer Alan Dawson.

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Rich Redmond: How To Catch The Train Beat

There’s a lot more involved with the venerable train beat, and Rich Redmond explores the entire spectrum of possibilities in this lesson.

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Rich Redmond: Add Pea Soup To Your Groove

Rich Redmond demonstrates how to add contour to his “money beats” concept by applying some “pea soup” hi-hat patterns to the recipe.

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Rich Redmond: Money Beat Ride Variations

Rich Redmond reviews his five “money beats,” and demonstrates how to alter the feel by changing patterns played on either the hi-hat or ride cymbal.

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Terence Higgins: The Boogaloo Factor

Boogaloo is a genre of Latin music that emerged in the 60s. The style was short-lived, but has resurfaced recently in the form of acid jazz.

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Cut-Time Shuffle Seasoning

Wally Schnalle gives us a classic cut-time shuffle to practice. Combine all of the bass and hand patterns to get more than a dozen new grooves.

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Terence Higgins: The Triplet Invert Warmup

Get the blood flowing with these triplet-based warm-up exercises that orchestrate this familiar rudiment between both hands and your bass drum.