Matt Byrne: Doin’ The Lub-Dub

Matt Byrne teaches us how to mimic the "lub-dub" sound of a heart beat to achieve that Latin-rock groove.

Mike Cosgrove: Beginning Reading

This month's exercise is good for beginning players and beginning readers.

Mike Cosgrove: Perplexing Paradiddles

This month’s exercises are similar to the paradiddle exercises we did a couple issues ago, only the paradiddle is inverted. There are four inversions and this is one.

Mike Cosgrove: Playing Around With Paradiddles

One of the best ways to challenge your technique is to play paradiddles in as many ways possible. Here's a lesson that shows how.

Mike Cosgrove: How To Groove In 5/4

In this lesson, we’re going to explore odd-time groovin’. Ex. 1 is a basic rhythm of five beats against four beats. Get comfortable with it before attempting the other exercises.

Mike Cosgrove’s Swiss Triplet Beats

Get your sticks in fighting shape because we’re gonna’ shred on the Swiss Army triplet again. This month, we'll work on accenting different parts of the pattern.

Mike Cosgrove: Messing With Time

This month’s exercise is based off of a basic sixteenth-note groove with backbeats on 2 and 4. The hi-hat is accenting every third sixteenth, providing a 3-against-4 feel. It starts differently each time, and will take 12 beats to get back to the original 1.

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Mike Cosgrove: The Windmill Stroke

In this lesson, we are going to develop what some drummers call the “windmill” stroke – so named because of the way your arms look when you’re shredding around the toms or moving from your toms to your snare.