NEW - Drum Set Lesson Library

Kick off your drum set playing right with engaging and expert instruction. You'll learn how to read rhythms a variety of ways and perform your first beats by the end of this course.

Overview

Learn one of the most fun and impactful instruments in the world: drum set! From rock bands to movie music, drum set will have you playing music that you love.

This video library is perfect for:
  • First-time drum set players ready to kick off their first beats
  • All players interested in self-paced, authentic instruction
In this library you’ll learn:
  • How to start learning drum set even without drums
  • How to coordinate your hands with your feet easily
  • How to play with good technique you'll be able to continue to build on

Curriculum

Drum Set Level 1

By Mckenna Reeve
  • 0 Lessons
  • Mckenna Reeve
  • Here's Where to Start!
  • Introduction
  • Building a Backbeat with Hands
  • Adding Your Foot
  • Trying Some Variations
  • Transfer Backbeat to Drums
  • Play Along! - Slow Tempo
  • Play Along! - Medium Tempo
  • Grid Notation
  • Bass Drum Variations 1
  • Bass Drum Variations 2
  • Snare Drum Variations 1
  • Snare Drum Variations 2
  • Kinesthetic Awareness
  • Set-Up
  • Hardware Setup
  • Reviewing Names
  • Hand Technique
  • Singles, Doubles and Paradiddles
  • Foot Technique
  • Intro to Grooves
  • Pop 1
  • Playing with Bass
  • Rock 2
  • Hip-Hop 1
  • Trap
  • Country 1
  • Country 2
  • What are Hits?
  • Hits - Example on Beat 4
  • Hits - On 1+2+3+4
  • Form
  • Fills 1
  • Fills 2
  • How is a Fill Used?
  • Echo Exercises
  • Call and Response
  • Improvisation on Drums
  • Playing Over Form versus "Open" Solo
  • Practicing Playing Over Form
  • Beatboxing
  • Learning by Ear
  • Try it!-Level 1 Bass Drum, Snare Drum
  • Try it!-Level 2 Bass Drum, Snare Drum, High Hat
  • Try it!-Level 3 Full
  • Writing it Out
  • Try it with Songs you Like!
  • Cross Stick
  • High Hat Lift
  • Ride Bell
  • Rim Shot
  • Triple Meter Backbeat
  • Triple Meter Notation
  • Subdivision
  • One Drop
  • Soca 1
  • Soca 2
  • 16th Note Funk 1
  • 16th Note Funk 2
  • 16th Note Funk 3
  • 16th Note Funk Composition
  • Listening
  • Switching Up Tones 1
  • Switching Up Tones 2
  • Make A Groove
  • Rudiments - Flams
  • Rudiments - Drags
  • Rudiments - Double Stroke Roll
  • Rudiments - Buzz Roll
  • Backbeat Grid 1 - Moving the Snare Beat Around
  • Backbeat Grid 2 - Moving the Bass Beat Around
  • Tips for Grooves
  • Tips for Building Coordination
  • Tips for Practice
  • Drum Solo 1
  • Drum Solo 2

Drum Set Level 2

By Nick Costa
  • 76 Lessons
  • Nick Costa
  • Here's Where to Start
  • Course Introduction
  • Reading Drum Notation
  • Establishing the Groove with the Feet
  • Adding in the Hands - Metronome Play-along
  • Adding in the Hands - Backing Track Play-along
  • 8th Note Subdivision on the Ride
  • 8th Note Grooves - Connecting Patterns
  • Groove 2 - 4 On the Floor - Play Along
  • Groove 3 - Play Along
  • Groove 4 - Play Along
  • Groove 5 - Play Along
  • Groove 6 - Play Along
  • Groove 7 - Play Along
  • Groove 8 - Play Along
  • Groove 9 - Play Along
  • Groove 10 - Play Along
  • Groove 11 - Play Along
  • Alternating Bell/Bow of the Ride
  • Challenge - Alternating Bell-Bow of Ride
  • Introduction to Common Rudiments
  • The Flam
  • Single Paradiddle
  • Paradiddle-diddle
  • 4-Stroke Ruff
  • 6 Stroke Roll
  • Orchestrating 8th Note Fills
  • 16th Note Fills
  • Orchestrating 16th Note Fills
  • Orchestrating Fills Using 8th and 16th Notes
  • Orchestrating Fills Using Flams
  • Orchestrating Fills Using the Single Paradiddle
  • Orchestrating Fills Using the Paradiddle-Diddle
  • Orchestrating Fills Using the 4 Stroke Ruff