DRUM! Magazine - Lesson of the Week

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Kenny Aronoff’s Pre-Show Warm Up Routine

Kenny Aronoff demonstrates his warm-up routine, which integrates rudimental patterns played with the hands over an ostinato played with both feet.

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Peter Erskine: Accented Triplet Illusions

Most drummers learn how to play triplets on the snare drum to every bass drum quarter-note. But things become interesting when you add accents.

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Peter Erskine: Dynamic Swing

Phrasing on the drum set involves dynamic as well as rhythmic choices. In this lesson, Peter Erskine explores the possibilities of dynamic phrasing.

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Chad Smith: Laid-Back Slinky Feel

On the tune “Walk About” from the One Hot Minute CD, Chad Smith basically plays old, slinky, ’70s funk.

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Pro Insight: Terry Bozzio Master Class

From a clinic in Chicago, we share some of Terry Bozzio's insight and advice on exercises and practicing, with transcriptions and examples inside.

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Wedding Drumming 101: A Crash Course

Here you will find the do's and don'ts of playing a wedding gig — covering everything from how to dress, to the essential grooves you'll need to know.

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Allison Miller: The Melody Puzzle

Allison Miller reminds us that learning the melody of a song will improve our time, phrasing, soloing and most importantly, listening skills.

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Peter Erskine: Disengaging Triplet Figures

Try your hand at playing solo, unison, and connected triplet figures while maintaining a steady and swinging ride cymbal pattern.

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Terence Higgins: Pushing The Paradiddle

“Locomotive, locomotive!” Remember that old mnemonic for the paradiddle that our beginning music teachers taught us? Well, the diddle has come a long way since then.