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Play Your First Groove on the Drumset:

1. Exploring independence on the drumset – Slow Exercises.

The first drum lesson, which focuses on independence on the drum set, is divided into four chapters. Every chapter puts one limb central and positions the other three limbs around it. The primary goal in these lessons is to coordinate all four limbs separately. If this is your first time behind a drum set, these exercises to explore hand and feet independence are vital in continuing the following drum lessons. If you already have experience playing the drums, you can use these as a warm-up exercise or increase the tempo.

2. Exploring independence on the drumset – Fast Exercises.

The second drum lesson is very similar to the first drum lesson. The four chapters are still there, although all the exercises are consolidated. Every chapter puts one limb central and positions the other three limbs around it, but this time it is all within the same movement. It is essential in future lessons to get this coordination right. If you struggle with this exercise on a low tempo, go back to the first drum lessons for extra study.

3. Playing your first groove on the drumset!

Drum lesson three gets you to play your first groove on the drumset. Although, that title is pretty misleading. The exercises we use to get to that first drum groove are grooves by themselves. By this exercise’s end, we can already play 15 drum grooves!Drum lesson three is divided into six different sections. In the first section, you play the hi-hat simultaneously with the bass and snare drum—sections two and three mixes the first exercise up. In the second section, the bass drum takes over from the snare drum in an alternating pattern. Section three does the same but reverses the previous section. In the playing separately section, we got pretty close to playing that first groove on the drum set. In section one, you played the bass drum four times. This time, we will cut down to three, two and one bass drum. You played the snare drum four times in section one and are now cutting down to three, two and one as well. From here, it should be easy to play your basic groove! 🙂

4. Improving your first groove on the drumset.

Now that you know how to play the different drum grooves, you will improve it. From here, for the rest of your drum career, you will play these grooves using the down and up motion on the hi-hat. This motion might be one of the most important ones you will ever encounter. Have a good look at the exercises. Every time the arrow points down, ensure to play your right hand on the edge of the hi-hat (down). Every time the arrow moves up, the stick bounces off the top of the hi-hat (up). This motion continues within every exercise. Make sure to slow them down and up movements before increasing the tempo. Once you got the basic groove straight, go back to all the other grooves, and practise those as well with the down and up motion! 🙂

Drum Lessons Exercises:

There are multiple essays to write about the benefits of drumming. Playing the drum set reduces stress, develops coordination, activates brain power and makes you feel like a rockstar. Besides, drumming is just incredibly fun, and so is learning new things. From the start, I was always interested in writing drum lessons and exercises for other drummers to keep expanding their skills behind the drum set. There is so much to learn, and there are so many ways to do it. On this page, I will regularly share exercises and lessons for beginners, intermediate and expert drummers to enjoy and grow their knowledge!

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After finishing my master’s in drums & percussion and a bachelor’s in jazz studies, I started teaching music in my home country, Belgium. When commencing my world travels at the beginning of 2019, I took the opportunity to teach wherever my travels would bring me. Consequently, I have taught music and drum lessons in plenty of places over the past few years. I always did everything possible at every school to ensure my students had the best education possible. Moreover, I started to write Drum Lessons and Drum Transcriptions to give my students everything they need to become great musicians.

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