| 1/16 Note Double Bass with mixed 1/8th note Hi Hat & Snare Focus | ||
| To get started with some exercises I've taken a small collection of twenty 1/8 note hand patterns, and overlaid them over various 1/16note double bass patterns. | ||
| Added on the 19/10/2003 |  |
2416 Hits |
| Author Kevin Picone | ||
16th Note Triplets
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
1069 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| 2 Sixteenth/8th Note Rhythm
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
475 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| 34 Additional Rudiments | ||
| More Advanced Rudiments | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
997 Hits |
| Author Dave Bedrock's American Drum School | ||
| 4 Independence Development Exercises | ||
| Bass Drum Independence over different hi-hat ostinatos in 16th notes. | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
1092 Hits |
| Author http://www.drumstudio2000.8m.com | ||
| 5 against 2 Hand Patterns | ||
| "Recently I had a wonderful lesson with my friend and student, Cary Hitsman, from Ventura County, California. Cary and I are learning about snare drum technique as ttaught by my two teachers, Richard Wilson and Murray Spivack. The basic motions in this technique are the Wrist Turn, Rebound, and Upstroke or Up Motion. With these three strokes, you can play all the rudiments. This technique is also wonderful for teaching you how to relax and play the drumset better. It really works!" | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
704 Hits |
| Author Chuck Silverman | ||
| 6 hard drum lessons
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| 6 hard drum lessons taken from his book | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
1632 Hits |
| Author Rick Gratton | ||
| 8th Note/2 Sixteenths Rhythm
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
361 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| A BONGO SOLO; The Roberto Roena Style | ||
| Here is a bongo solo as played by the great Roberto Roena. Roberto makes use of a very effective “musical” approach to his improvisations, incorporating wonderful phrases, which make use of sophisticated syncopation. Roberto Roena has been a mainstay of the development of “Salsa” in New York, through his work with many groups, his own ensembles, as well as with his remarkable contribution to the “Fania All Stars”, an orchestra which tours and records and which core players are the major bandleaders (originally associated with the Fania record label from New York) of the “Salsa” movement in North America. This solo by Roberto was transcribed from the Fania All Stars “Spanish Fever” release of 1978 (Columbia JC 35336). The track is the up tempo “Sin Tu Cariño” and it features among others Ruben Blades on vocals. Enjoy! |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
594 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| A CONGA SOLO; The Raul Rekow Style | ||
| This conga solo which comes from Wham! a track on Santana’s 1978 release 'Inner Secrets' (Columbia 35600) is one of the firsts I ever transcribed. In my opinion it also represents well the style Raul has developed over the years. It incorporates clear, precise and distinguished musical phrases, played with impeccable time over the rhythm section, finishing with one of his trademarks, the execution of a clearly articulated fast triplet-note roll emphasising in this instance open tones and open slaps. The actual solo is between bars 3-18, bars 1-2 and 19-20 are part of unison phrases (as marked) played with the other percussionists. Do try and listen to the recording which also features a wonderful solo by Armando Peraza on bongos and the timbal artistry of Pete Escovedo. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
527 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| A few tips to help your cymbals last longer… | ||
| If you are cracking and warping cymbals and would like to stop, this could be the article for you. | ||
| Added on the 05/04/2003 | |
2603 Hits |
| Author Nick Hemingway | ||
A Fresh Approach to the Snare Drum
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| Vic Firth is excited to offer students and teachers around the world exposure to some of the best teaching methods and strategies. Mark Wessels' book, A Fresh Approach to the Snare Drum is the most comprehensive method available that simultaneously provides instruction for rhythm reading, technique fundamentals, rudimental training, coordination and musicianship necessary for today's well rounded percussionist! The lessons excerpted in this feature specifically target rhythm reading and musical training for beginning - intermediate percussionists and include play-along accompaniments! |
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| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
1152 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Accent Studies | ||
| To develope fluency with fundamental patterns around the drums… | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
1645 Hits |
| Author The Drum Room | ||
| Achiagbekor for Drumset | ||
| a Ghanaian war dance, transferred to the kit; published in the February 2005 issue of Percussive Notes. | ||
| Added on the 18/01/2006 | |
146 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| Advanced - Double Bass Drum - Lesson #1
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| 'Here is our first crack at playing double bass drums. If you don't have a double bass drum kit then you will find these lessons a little hard to play, but you can still try them out by just playing on your knees sitting a chair and tapping your feet on the ground.' | ||
| Added on the 19/10/2003 | |
3338 Hits |
| Author Web Thumper | ||
| African Rhythms | ||
| An excellent guide to African Rhythms with detailed examples covering; Soli, Konkoba, Liberte, Mendiani & Koukou or Kuku, | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
799 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Afro Cuban Rhythms | ||
| In order to understand Afro Cuban rhythms one must pursue an extensive study of the clave role and its relationship with the instruments, compositions and arrangements. For it is the clave rhythm that provides the foundation in this style of music. There are two major clave styles in Afro Cuban music; the son clave and the rumba clave. They are both two bar rhythms, consisting of a bar containing three notes and another containing two. These rhythms can be approached two ways. In the 3-2 often refer to as the "forward clave" and in the 2-3 refer to as "reverse clave". The choice of the direction of the clave rhythm is guided by the melody, which in turn directs all other instruments and arrangements. In many contemporary compositions such as the ones recorded by Fania All Stars, Mongo Santamaria and Ruben Blades, arrangers make use of both directions of the clave in different sections of the tunes. As far as the type of clave rhythm used, it depends on the style. Generally son clave is associated with dance styles, while rumba clave is associated with folkloric rhythms. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
404 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| AFRO PERUVIAN PERCUSSION; The Cajon | ||
| African slaves were brought over to the Spanish colony of Peru in the 16th century to work mainly in the gold and silver mines of the high Andes. However their physique was not suited to the high altitude and they died by the hundreds. Their Spanish or Creole (descendants of European settlers in Latin America) masters sent them to work in the milder climate of the desert coast, where they laboured in the large haciendas; private farms. It was in their small huts, on the packed dirt floors of the courtyards overrun with animals and in the fields of cane and sugar cane that Afro-Peruvian music, song and dance were born. The beginnings of slavery in Peru were different from the rest of the Americas. Although in Brazil or Central and North American countries it was common to import large groups of slaves from the same African tribe, only small and geographically dispersed ethnic groups were brought to Peru. This was meant to discourage rebel movements around the tribal chiefs, and as such, made almost impossible the preservation of communal traditions. Without a common language or tribal authority to remind them of their roots, Peruvian slaves were progressively integrated into the culture and language of their new country. As a result Afro-Peruvian music is a unique blend of Spanish, Andean and African traditions. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
393 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Analysis of stick movement | ||
| In this article the movement of the drumstick and the various ways one can use this movement to produce more efficient playing, are discussed. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
647 Hits |
| Author Marc Zoutendijk Percussion Info | ||
| ARGENTINIAN RHYTHMS; Zamba & Chacarera | ||
| This article highlights two very popular 6/8 rhythms found in Argentina; the Zamba and the Chacarera. As explained in Six Eight Rhythms; An Introduction (Drumscene issue 4 Dec/Jan 1995/96 p34) what all these rhythms have in common is that the pulse is felt in exactly the same way. If you count in 6/8 the "pulse" (or your foot) will be on beats 1 and 4. Practice the following exercise by: a) Clapping all the notes while tapping your foot on beats 1 and 4, and b) Tapping "hand to hand style" (R L R L R L) while tapping your foot on beats 1 and 4. It is important to count throughout. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
669 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Balkan Rhythms for drumset | ||
| Some ideas for playing in Balkan Style with odd times | ||
| Added on the 17/09/2003 | Not Rated | 480 Hits |
| Author Mauro Gatto | ||
| Basic Bossa Nova | ||
| An explanation of the basic Bossa Nova drum rhythm. | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
792 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Basic Conepts | ||
| Basic Conepts on the study and excecution of drumset. | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
1327 Hits |
| Author http://www.drumstudio2000.8m.com | ||
| Basic definitions and examples of polyrhythms | ||
| Some basic definitions and examples of polyrhythm for drumset, in standard musical notation. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
854 Hits |
| Author Marc Zoutendijk Percussion Info | ||
| Basic grooves and reading rhythms | ||
| Using the Basic Grooves worksheet, use different limbs to play the reading worksheets. | ||
| Added on the 04/11/2003 | |
1313 Hits |
| Author John Simmons | ||
| Basic Theory | ||
| Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software. | ||
| Added on the 30/12/2003 | |
624 Hits |
| Author Frank Briggs | ||
| Bass Drum Dampening | ||
| Get rid of that pillow... | ||
| Added on the 28/05/2003 | |
1525 Hits |
| Author Nick Hemingway | ||
| Beginners | ||
| This is how drum-set components are positioned relative to one another. | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
1448 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Beginners - Get a Grip | ||
| "There are two grips commonly used: traditional and matched. One is not "better" than the other, but it is always wise to learn both if possible. The traditional grip is more common among jazz drummers and those players who come from a more "traditional" background. On the other hand (no pun intended!), the matched grip evolved from rock players in the '60s" | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
443 Hits |
| Author Terminator-Music | ||
| Beginning Foot Technique | ||
| Lessons in basic technique | ||
| Added on the 29/05/2003 | |
1252 Hits |
| Author John Simmons | ||
| Beginning Technique | ||
| Lessons in basic technique | ||
| Added on the 29/05/2003 | |
1879 Hits |
| Author John Simmons | ||
| Beginning Technique | ||
| Lessons in basic technique | ||
| Added on the 29/05/2003 | |
823 Hits |
| Author John Simmons | ||
| Bill Stewart - Everbody's Party
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
672 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Blues | ||
| Some blues grooves | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
1078 Hits |
| Author Digital Drum Curse | ||
| BOMBA; Afro Puerto Rican Treasure | ||
| The Bomba is the most popular music and dance style found on the island of Puerto Rico. The style has strong African roots and it flourished among the black slaves working in the sugar cane plantations in the 18th century, and in particular in coastal towns such as Loiza Aldea. Traditionally the rhythm is performed using bomba drums; barrell shaped hand drums similar to the Cuban conga drums but slightly shorter, cuá; a pair of sticks on the side of a drum or log drum, and a single maraca. This rhythm was incorporated into the "conjunto" or band set up in the early 50's by Rafael Cortijo. In this format the congas have substituted the traditional bomba drums, the cuá pattern is played on a woodblock or side of a drum, a cowbell pattern played by the timbal player has been added, and the Puerto Rican scraper known as güicharo is often incorporated. In its traditional form the rhythm is performed with up to three bomba drums. Two play supporting patterns; the burleador and seguidora, while the highest or requinto improvises throughout. The cuá plays a one bar pattern, while the maraca marks the basic pulse. The performance also incorporates dancers and singers. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 307 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Brazilian | ||
| Samba Batucada - The most famous Brazilian instrumental dance style. | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
459 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Building / Rebuilding drumset drums | ||
| 'Many drummers with moderate woodworking/refinishing skills have seriously thought about drum building. It seems like it should be something a person could do themselves with a little effort and it IS something you can do yourself.' | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
681 Hits |
| Author Drum Dojo | ||
| Building a Jazz Samba with Songo Kick | ||
| The next set after getting your jazz samba together. The Songo kick takes the Jazz Samba to another level. | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
632 Hits |
| Author Mike Snyder | ||
| Building a Jazz Samba with Songo Kick | ||
| The next set after getting your jazz samba together. The Songo kick takes the Jazz Samba to another level. Always use a metroname | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
460 Hits |
| Author Mike Snyder | ||
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) | ||
| For drummers and percussionists, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a common problem that affects the hand and wrist causing pain, numbness and a decrease in functionality. It may be viewed as a form of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). CTS is caused by pressure on the Median Nerve from inflamed tendons or by a thickening of the covering of the tendon within the wrist. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
242 Hits |
| Author Drum Dojo | ||
| Cascara Funk Grooves | ||
| "To be quite honest, I had gotten bored playing the same pattern on the hi hat and I wanted to spice things up a bit. So, I just placed my left hand on the snare and went with the groove. I ended up with this pattern and many variations. Don't get thrown off by the beat displacement. Follow the notation" | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
629 Hits |
| Author Chuck Silverman | ||
| Changuito Independence Exercises | ||
| This is a gorgeous pattern, very melodic, rhythmic, and moving | ||
| Added on the 19/10/2003 | |
592 Hits |
| Author Chuck Silverman | ||
| Changuito Independence Exercises | ||
| "The one presented here is very difficult. Changuito plays this between the two timbales, the "hembra" (large drum) and "macho" (small drum). This is a gorgeous pattern, very melodic, rhythmic, and moving. I've practiced it on timbales and lately I've been applying it to the drum set. I orchestrate the pattern between toms or iusing the bass drum, between hands and foot. Left foot plays eights or quarters. What a great exercise it would be to play clave with the left foot while playing this movement!!" |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 339 Hits |
| Author Chuck Silverman | ||
| Changuito Melodic Independence | ||
| "This exercise is very, very melodic. It requires some very intense concentration to learn to perform this correctly. Heck, I've just begun to practice it and I've found it to be very challenging and also very fulfilling. For me, it's a wonderful goal to aim for" | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 244 Hits |
| Author Chuck Silverman | ||
| Chord Symbol Notation Basics
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| "One reason classically-trained musicians are sometimes intimidated by "jazz harmony" is their lack of familiarity with the chord symbol notation used in jazz. In fact, "traditional classical harmony" and "jazz harmony" are more similar than not, and a basic understanding of chord symbol notation will allow one to apply previously-learned knowledge of tonal harmony in a jazz context."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
514 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Clave Patterns
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| Covering:- Forward Son Clave, Reverse Son Clave, Forward Rhumba Clave, Reverse Rhumba & Rhumba clave with cascara | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
638 Hits |
| Author The Woodshed | ||
| Clave wheel combinations
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| 'There are many ways to look at this clave wheel thing. You can start a wheel on every step of the 12 note matrix in 6/8 (clave is a two bar pattern), as we did on all 16 steps for the 4/4 clave wheels. However, for now in 6/8 we're only starting a new wheel on a note of the clave patterns, resulting in 5 clave wheels, at least for purposes of this page. Here then is an example of the first two 6/8 clave wheels...' | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
370 Hits |
| Author The Woodshed | ||
| Cleaning Microphones | ||
| Microphones are subject to an inordinate amount of abuse, especially in live music. Grilles and foam windscreens can become saturated with saliva, clogged with lipstick, and will absorb the smell of cigarette smoke prevalent in most clubs. Regular cleaning of your microphone will not only improve its performance, but is also good hygiene. This document provides several simple yet effective techniques for cleaning microphones. | ||
| Added on the 06/10/2003 | |
394 Hits |
| Author Shure | ||
| Cleaning Your Kit | ||
| Many of my clients have asked me about the best way to clean drums. Here are some quick ideas that may help out. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 235 Hits |
| Author Bill Detamore | ||
| Combinations | ||
| Once you are familiar with downbeats and upbeats, it is time to play them in combinations. | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
962 Hits |
| Author Dave Bedrock's American Drum School | ||
| Common Drumming Injuries | ||
| Covering Tendonitis, Elbow Epicondylitis, Neuritis, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, Sprains, Strains, Lower Back Pain & Neck Pain | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
687 Hits |
| Author Professional Drumming and Health | ||
| Continental Regiment Fife & Drum | ||
| Founded in 1996 in Lilburn, GA, the Continental Regiment Fife & Drum is dedicated to the preservation of 18th century military music. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
169 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Cuban Music 101
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| 'Cuban music is a myriad of styles and genres, with a long history. While influences from Africa and Spain were predominant, Cuban music has also been shaped by the music of Europe, Latin-America and American pop music and jazz.' | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | Not Rated | 601 Hits |
| Author Mamborama | ||
| Cut Time
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
277 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Developing Left Foot clave | ||
| One of the more recent developments in drumkit technique is the increasing use of the hi-hat pedal foot in an independent way. With the advent of the cowbell bass pedal mount, or Gajate Bracket, all drummers can now explore ideas that have previously been the domain of the Latin or contemporary Jazz player. | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
14407 Hits |
| Author Roger Odell | ||
| Djembe-L FAQ | ||
| One of the best websites dedicated to fostering the knowledge, understanding of West African drum, dance, tradition and connecting our community, together, via the Internet.. Beyond this page lies a compendium of information and instruction on Djembe and West African drum and dance, including a listing of African dance and drum teachers, rhythms, tuning, West African drum circles, Study Camps, and “How to Play.” Compiled from correspondence among members of our Global mail list, Djembe-L, including a combination of Frequently Asked Questions & Resource Material on various hand drum topics, including how to reskin a djembe, how to build a drum and where to learn. |
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| Added on the 19/10/2003 | |
564 Hits |
| Author Djembe-L FAQ | ||
| Dom Famularo's Cyber Lessons
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| World-renowned drumset artist and Vic Firth Educator, Dom Famularo discusses a wide variety of topics - from strokes to styles, from studio setup to motivation. His infectious smile and drumming talents make him one of the most sought-after solo artists and clinicians in the world. Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn from the master! | ||
| Added on the 16/09/2003 | |
1462 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Dots and Ties
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
275 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Double Bass Drum Exercises For Your Hands (I mean . . . Feet) | ||
| Develop your foot control, speed and power by practicing hand patterns. | ||
| Added on the 25/04/2006 | |
222 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| Double Bass Speed and Control Exercise | ||
| This is the bass drum exercise that I wrote for myself to use as a warm up, I find it really helps me think with my feet. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
1558 Hits |
| Author Nick Hemingway | ||
| Double Drag Tap
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Double Drag Tap | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
725 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Double Paradiddle
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Double Paradiddle | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
841 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Double Paradiddle | ||
| Lesson taken from Rudiments & Motions by Frank Corniola | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
456 Hits |
| Author Drumtek | ||
| Double Ratamacue
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Double Ratamacue | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
366 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Double Stroke | ||
| Lesson taken from Rudiments & Motions by Frank Corniola | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
654 Hits |
| Author Drumtek | ||
| Double Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Double Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
782 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Drag Rudiments - Drag Paradiddle #2
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | Not Rated | 283 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Drag Rudiments - Lesson 25
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | |
244 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Drag Paradiddle #1
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Drag Paradiddle #1 | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
333 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Drag Paradiddle #2
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Drag Paradiddle #2 | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
242 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Drum Fills
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| Lesson #1 | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
5555 Hits |
| Author Web Thumper | ||
| Drum Grooves of DOOM
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| "Response to my Drum Licks from Hell page has been overwhelming, so I've decided to extend the idea, creating a page that features my favorite grooves. Not necessarily the most technically challenging stuff, but instead focusing on the stuff that makes you tap your feet, snap your fingers, or even bang your head. I've amassed a huge shopping list of grooves I want to eventually include, but here's a few dozen to get us started. I encourage you to browse through them all, giving them each a serious listen. Some of them may fall outside the musical styles you typically listen to, but I think you'll find that each has a powerful effect. " |
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| Added on the 14/05/2004 | |
1302 Hits |
| Author Keith Cronin | ||
| Drum Kit / Drumset Mechanics and Construction | ||
| 'This article is based on common knowledge on this subject, it reflects many issues that have been covered on the Shriners' Convention e-list, the RMMP newsgroup as well as facts and pointers obtained from commercial sources, internet research and the writer's own experience of playing, tweaking and experimenting with drums.' | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
2679 Hits |
| Author Drum Dojo | ||
| Drum Kit components explained in detail | ||
| The history of the drum kit is a long and involved one, but the important thing to remember is that the drum kit is quite literally just a "kit of drums". Drummers have used a wide variety of different bits n' pieces to make up their kits over the years, and some of them have become so widely used and accepted they have become a "standard piece" of the average drum kit. Although these standard pieces have often developed quite considerably from the original item, it is important to remember that what we see of a drum kit today is really a collection of separate instruments with sometimes separate histories. | ||
| Added on the 19/10/2003 | |
740 Hits |
| Author Percussion Clinic Adelaide | ||
| Drum Licks from Hell
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| "I've been having lots of fun with this page, where I'm amassing a collection of recorded examples of "drum licks from Hell" - those jaw-dropping, how the hell did he DO that licks, as played by some of my favorite drummers. My goal here is to expose more drummers to some amazing playing that might not be well-known or readily available; hence, you'll see no clips from well-known or currently popular recordings, or drumming chestnuts like Steve Gadd's 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, or Alex Van Halen's Hot for Teacher, etc. Some of these are from obscure or out-of-print recordings, but they're all worthy of listening and study. Enjoy! " |
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| Added on the 14/05/2004 | |
1321 Hits |
| Author Keith Cronin | ||
| Drum System "Enzo Liberto"
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| Batterista e compositore, Enzo Liberto è una delle figure più importanti del Jazz Italiano, con una collocazione di rilievo anche in campo internazionale. In attività da una ventina d'anni, Enzo Liberto ha solcato il panorama jazzistico, fusion e latino con una creatività capace di esprimersi ragguardevolmente in tutti gli ambiti, dal tradizionale allo sperimentale, sia come strumentista che come compositore. | ||
| Added on the 26/01/2004 | |
802 Hits |
| Author Enzo LIberto | ||
| Drum Tuning 101 | ||
| Drums, like any instrument, need to be in tune to sound their best. Tuning isn't hard but it takes practice to get it right. There is no standard pitch that your drums should be tuned to. It is all personal taste. The following will get you started on your way to a great drum sound. Remember the more you tune your drums the better you will become. Practice tuning as often as you can. | ||
| Added on the 04/02/2005 | |
522 Hits |
| Author | ||
| DrumChat.com | ||
| A neat drum forum with a live chat feature. Friendly people. | ||
| Added on the 27/05/2006 | Not Rated | 90 Hits |
| Author don't know | ||
| Drumhead Tuning Tips From REMO | ||
| Preparation Using a dry cloth, wipe any debris from the bearing edge and the counterhoop. Wipe down the inside of the drum.Place a new head on the bearing edge and spin the head to center it. Replace the counterhoop and rods. Finger tighten the rods around the drum. Seating the Head Most drummers use the standard cross-tune method with one drum key around the drum. That is, the first rod you tension would be number 1 and the rod opposite it would be number 2. Then, 2 rods to the right would be number 3 and the one opposite it would be number 4. Then one rod below number 4 would be number 5 and the one opposite it number six. Then the rod 2 above 5 would be seven and the one opposite it would be 8.You can also use two keys, one opposite the other, tuning 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6, 7 and 8 at the same time. Tune the head 1 full turn above the pitch you want at first. With the drum on the floor , place your palm in the center of the head and apply pressure. This seats or stretches the head material, eliminating unwanted slack. De-tune the head to the wrinkle point. Now you are ready to begin tuning. .... |
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| Added on the 04/02/2005 | |
494 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Drummers Aptitude Test | ||
| Discover your hidden potential for drumming . . . with this simple, quick and easy drum lesson. It's for absolute beginners, OR ANY CURIOUS, POSITIVE MIND. | ||
| Added on the 08/04/2003 | |
1205 Hits |
| Author Bill Powelson's School of Drums | ||
| Drumming For Fun And . . . Health? | ||
| Exactly why EVERYONE should play a drum! This article previously appeared in The Healthy Independent. |
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| Added on the 25/04/2006 | |
120 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| Duplets in 8 Time
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 194 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Dynamics | ||
| 'The topic of this month’s concept of the month is one that is more times than not overlooked in our practice regimen. It is the ability to play at different sound levels within a groove, fill, solo, and throughout various sections of a tune as driven by our emotions. We refer to this as the ability to play with dynamics. ' | ||
| Added on the 03/11/2003 | |
479 Hits |
| Author Fran Merante | ||
| Easy Double Kick Licks
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| Pound out impressive double bass drum fills in minutes! | ||
| Added on the 18/01/2006 | |
321 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| Effects Processing for Vibraphone
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| "For years, guitarists and synthesizer players have made use of digital effects in creating their sounds. Now, with the availability of good-quality pickups designed specifically for the vibraphone, the sound of this instrument may now be treated with some of the same effects. (And remember, effects can also be used on a mic'd vibraphone, but primarily in a controlled environment, such as a recording studio, where the vibes' sound is isolated from the sounds of other instruments. In fact, the vibraphone tracking for this page's sound files, was done with microphones rather than with pickups.)."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
227 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Eighth notes etude #1
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| "This is a nice etude to start things off. Its got space, but gets a little busier at the end. The 5/4 meter is constant throughout and works pretty good at a variety of tempos. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
311 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Eighth Rests
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
263 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Encyclopedia of Percussion | ||
| Large but unfinished… | ||
| Added on the 03/11/2003 | |
446 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Endorsements | ||
| Full details on drums endorsements and how to get them. By Jon "Bermuda" Shwartz, drummer for Weird Al Yankovik | ||
| Added on the 21/03/2003 | |
445 Hits |
| Author Jon "Bermuda" Shwartz @ Drum Dojo | ||
| Exercises for the Bass Drum | ||
| Several grooves for developing the bass drum foot. Scroll down the page, and you will see the .PDF file for download. |
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| Added on the 02/04/2004 | |
862 Hits |
| Author Mauricio Zottarelli | ||
| Fifteen Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Fifteen Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
366 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Five Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Five Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 412 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Flam
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Flam | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
686 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Flam Accent
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Flam Accent | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
367 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Flam Drag
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Flam Drag | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 349 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Flam Paradiddle
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Flam Paradiddle | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
360 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Flam Paradiddle (or "Flamadiddle")
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| 'You are about to enter a world of the most difficult-to-perfect drum rudiments! Flams are taught to beginning drummers around the world, but only the most advanced percussionists ever master them.' | ||
| Added on the 05/11/2003 | Not Rated | 415 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Flam Paradiddle-diddle
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Flam Paradiddle-diddle | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 240 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Flam Tap
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| 'You are about to enter a world of the most difficult-to-perfect drum rudiments! Flams are taught to beginning drummers around the world, but only the most advanced percussionists ever master them.' | ||
| Added on the 05/11/2003 | |
330 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Flam Tap
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Flam Tap | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 268 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Flam Windmill (or Flammed Mill)
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| 'You are about to enter a world of the most difficult-to-perfect drum rudiments! Flams are taught to beginning drummers around the world, but only the most advanced percussionists ever master them.' | ||
| Added on the 05/11/2003 | 323 Hits | |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Flamacue
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Flamacue | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 311 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Flamacue
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| 'You are about to enter a world of the most difficult-to-perfect drum rudiments! Flams are taught to beginning drummers around the world, but only the most advanced percussionists ever master them.' | ||
| Added on the 05/11/2003 | Not Rated | 236 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Flama-Flamadiddle
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| 'You are about to enter a world of the most difficult-to-perfect drum rudiments! Flams are taught to beginning drummers around the world, but only the most advanced percussionists ever master them.' | ||
| Added on the 05/11/2003 | |
293 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Frame Drum basics | ||
| "Frame drums are among the oldest and most versatile of drums. Most cultures have some type of frame drum; the Egyptian Riq, the Brazilian pandeiro, the kanjira from south India, the middle eastern tar and bendir ,and the native American versions are but a few of the available frame drums. Of course, the frame drum most Westerners are familiar with is the good old tamborine. " | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
235 Hits |
| Author Rhythmweb.com | ||
| Frame Drums | ||
| Frame drums are among the oldest and most versatile of drums. Most cultures have some type of frame drum; the Egyptian Riq, the Brazilian pandeiro, the kanjira from south India, the middle eastern tar and bendir ,and the native American versions are but a few of the available frame drums. Of course, the frame drum most Westerners are familiar with is the good old tamborine. | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
234 Hits |
| Author Rhythmweb | ||
| Free Drum Lesson Editor
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| Get a free Java-Application to create Online-Drum-Lessons | ||
| Added on the 09/03/2004 | |
808 Hits |
| Author Peter Gerulat | ||
| Frequency Hearing Ranges in Dogs and Other Species | ||
| This is an interesting article that gives the hearing frequency ranges of humans, dogs & many other animals. Well worth checking out, & seeing what frequencies in your recordings affect humans & other animals, also what your dog is hearing when you practice your drums… |
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| Added on the 09/12/2004 | |
212 Hits |
| Author Louisiana State University | ||
| From Zero to Drummer in 3 Easy Lessons- Lesson 1 | ||
| Never played hand drums before? No worries, you'll be jamming in minutes! Lesson 1 introduces the beginner to GUN & DUN 'bass' strokes. |
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| Added on the 07/02/2006 | |
188 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| From Zero to Drummer in 3 Easy Lessons- Lesson 2 | ||
| Having mastered the GUN & DUN 'bass' strokes in Lesson 1, it's time to add the GO & DO 'open' strokes! | ||
| Added on the 09/02/2006 | Not Rated | 163 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| From Zero to Drummer in 3 Easy Lessons- Lesson 3 | ||
| Rockin' on GUN & DUN 'bass' strokes (Lesson 1) and GO & DO 'open' strokes (Lesson 2)? Time to add the PA & TA 'slap' tones! | ||
| Added on the 09/02/2006 | Not Rated | 248 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| Funky Clave Exercises | ||
| A 2/3 Clave Idea by Mike Richards | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | 584 Hits | |
| Author DrumLicks Publications | ||
| Getting the Most From Your Beats | ||
| An example based on developing the Drumset Mozambique by Mike Richards | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | Not Rated | 491 Hits |
| Author DrumLicks Publications | ||
| Ghost Note Triplets | ||
| A Ghost Notes Exercise | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 483 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Grooves - Funky Beat #1 | ||
| "Here is a variation on a David Garibaldi groove. All unaccented snare notes should be played softly (but you already new that! hehe)." |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
657 Hits |
| Author Bart Lingley | ||
| Grooves - Funky Beat #2 | ||
| "This is a Steve Gadd groove from "Lenore" - Chick Corea The Leprechaun." | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
370 Hits |
| Author Bart Lingley | ||
| Grooves - Funky Beat #3 | ||
| "This is a variation on the Steve Gadd groove (Funky Beat # 2), adding another tom" | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
348 Hits |
| Author Bart Lingley | ||
| Grooves - Funky Beat #4 | ||
| "Here is another David Garibaldi inspired groove. All unaccented snare notes should be played softly" | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
332 Hits |
| Author Bart Lingley | ||
| Groups of 2 Eighth Notes
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 208 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| GUAGUANCO; Afro Cuban Rumba | ||
| The Guaguanco is an Afro Cuban rhythm which forms part of the rumba family that also comprises Yambu and Columbia. There are several styles found throughout Cuba with the most influential being the "Havana" (featured in this article) and "Matanzas" styles. The "Matanzas" style differs in the interpretation of the supporting drums; the tumbadora and segundo make use of variations in which they "converse". The rhythm is usually performed with three drums; tumbadora, segundo and quinto, a pair of hardwood sticks that mark the 3/2 rumba clave rhythm known as claves and a hollowed piece of bamboo played with two sticks called catá. The names of the drums and stick parts vary throughout Cuba. The role of the drums calls for the tumbadora and segundo to carry the rhythm while the quinto interacts between the lead singer, supporting drums and backing singers utilising short phrases and at times "two or four bar patterns". At a specified point in the arrangement the quinto is given a "solo feature". |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 296 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Health Tips for Drummers | ||
| Includes Exercise, Warm Up, Neck and shoulder stretches, Wrist and Finger Stretches in Flexion and Extension. and more | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
650 Hits |
| Author Professional Drumming and Health | ||
| HOW TO ADJUST BASS DRUM PEDALS | ||
| Sometime ago, I received an email from a drummer who asked how to adjust his bass pedal to make it faster. I gave him a quick answer and said to myself, "Hey, this would be a great topic for a Tech Speak article!" So here it is: HOW TO ADJUST BASS DRUM PEDALS and OTHER INTERESTING PEDAL STUFF. | ||
| Added on the 30/12/2004 | |
1436 Hits |
| Author Gene Okamoto | ||
| How to Assemble a Drum Kit | ||
| Basic - How to Assemble a Drum Kit | ||
| Added on the 18/04/2003 | |
1909 Hits |
| Author The Drum Network | ||
| How To Inspect A Vintage Drum | ||
| "As the momentum of interest in vintage drums grows more and more, so has the need for knowledge about them. Over the past 7 years, we have inspected thousands of vintage drums and have developed techniques and processes on how to do this effectively. We wanted you to benefit from our experience and have put this system into a written format for you to use." | ||
| Added on the 25/05/2004 | |
1104 Hits |
| Author Vintage Drum Center | ||
| How to Record Drums | ||
| Getting Started - Recording drums may be one of the most daunting tasks that face the home recording enthusiast. Recording the drums usually requires many more mics to fully capture the full range and combination of loud and soft sounds. Multiple mics means you will need multiple inputs to keep the tracks separate. Also with multiple mics phase cancellation can be a huge problem causing drums to sound thin and weak. Often small moves of one mic can ease this problem so remember to use your ears. If you are having trouble refer to the drums on an album you like as a reference. If you are recording other instruments at the same time make a tent over the drums using blankets to block "bleed through" to other microphones or use a separate room for the drums if possible. Also keep in mind that drums have a very large dynamic range so don't try to record too hot or you may overload your preamp causing very unpleasant digital distortion. Well recorded drums can make or break a recording much like a good vocal. Now that you know the difficulties you face in recording drums let's jump in and get started. | ||
| Added on the 09/12/2004 | |
336 Hits |
| Author Silver Dragon Records | ||
| How to tune drums | ||
| Let me start by making a few disclaimers. #1 I'm not a drummer, I learned everything by watching and doing. #2 There is no "right" way to tune drums. There are guidelines you can and should follow, but to each his own. I'm going to approach this novel with the idea that the drummer will let you mangle his/her kit with brand new heads. | ||
| Added on the 04/02/2005 | |
516 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Independance Exercises | ||
| Great Independance Exercises for Conga | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
653 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Instrument Encyclopedia
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| A sampler of some of the world's most interesting musical instruments | ||
| Added on the 03/11/2003 | |
252 Hits |
| Author Instrument Encyclopedia | ||
| Instruments Information Service - Latin Percussion | ||
| Definitions of berimbau, cabassa, pandeiro, cowbells, agogo bells, chocalo, guiro, tamborim, timbales, surdo, congas, bongos, claves, cuica, steel drums, maracas & apitos. | ||
| Added on the 21/03/2003 | |
668 Hits |
| Author Percussion Clinic Adelaide | ||
| Intermediate - Drum Fills
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| 'Now let's try some "real world" drum fills that would sound cool in any song' | ||
| Added on the 21/03/2003 | |
2922 Hits |
| Author Web Thumper | ||
| Introducing Quarter Notes, Rests & Eighth Notes | ||
| The most important element in becoming a proficient reader is to develop an ability to count precisely while maintaining a steady tempo. In order to develop this counting method, you should set the metronome at a slow tempo and proceed to count aloud quarter notes (or crotchets) then eighth notes (or quavers). It is important to develop each one separately, making sure that each division is accurate before incorporating the practice of going from one to the other. The counting method should be practiced three ways: a) counting, b) counting and clapping, and c) counting and tapping — alternating hands "drumming style"; right, left, right, left | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
208 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Inverted Flam Tap
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| 'You are about to enter a world of the most difficult-to-perfect drum rudiments! Flams are taught to beginning drummers around the world, but only the most advanced percussionists ever master them.' | ||
| Added on the 05/11/2003 | Not Rated | 445 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Inverted Flam Tap
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Inverted Flam Tap | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 317 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Jazz Theory - Improv' 101
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| "This month's lesson is geared towards educators and beginning improvisers. The Junior High School or High School jazz band is usually a student's first introduction to jazz improvisation, and is the first time he or she has been asked to perform music which has not already been written out. What follows are some "shorthand" methods for understanding what pitches are most suitable for improvising over a given chord. While it is not intended to substitute for a thorough understanding of jazz theory or functional harmony, it will allow a beginner to start improvising without having to deal with hours and hours of theoretical studies."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
595 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Theory - Reharmonization (Part 1)
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| "Any jazz musician (especially those who play chordal instruments) can benefit from good reharmonization skills. The ability to alter and adjust harmony to fit one's musical tastes is one of the elements which helps to define and express a player's musical personality."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
334 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Theory - Reharmonization (Part 2)
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| "This month's lesson delves into the topic of functional harmony, presenting ways to reharmonize a passage by adding chords to a progression."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
371 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Theory - Reharmonization (Part 3)
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| "Last month's lesson focused on ways to reharmonize a passage by adding chords to a progression. This lesson presents options for replacing one chord with another"... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 231 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Theory - The Diminished Scale (Lesson 1)
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| "Experienced jazz improvisers take advantage of the seemingly endless possibilities afforded by the diminished scale. However, many jazz students are not exposed to these possibilities. This lesson on the diminished scale is meant to offer different ways to conceive of the scale - ways which may not be obvious at first glance."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
259 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Theory - The Diminished Scale (Lesson 2)
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| "Lesson one discussed the structures to be found within the diminished scale. The following lesson investigates some of the ways the scale may be applied in jazz harmony."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 233 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Vibraphone - Bossa/Samba Comping Textures
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| "This month's lesson deals with textures common to two popular Brazilian styles of music, Bossa Nova and Samba. Like most musical styles, there is more to them than can be covered in a single lesson; instead, here we will examine some basic elements from the perspective of a vibraphonist."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
202 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Vibraphone - Chordal jazz vibraphone
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| "Most beginning and intermediate vibes players spend much more time working on soloing than on comping. This is a result of either ignorance (not realizing how much work it will take to develop chordal skills), or a choice to focus on soloing instead of comping. In truth, however, even a basic level of competence in chordal playing will allow one to participate in comping, and will augment what one can do as a soloist."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 184 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Vibraphone - Classical Techniques for Jazz Mallets
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| "It amazes me that so many jazz mallet players started their studies on classical marimba, but then set aside the benefits of those years of training when performing jazz. One need only look to guitarists to see how effectively classical techniques and textures can be incorporated in an improvised context. Given the limitations on jazz vibraphonists and marimbists (range; inability to vary pitches; limited timbral possibilities, etc.), it would make sense for players to explore every avenue possible to develop a creative style."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 149 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Vibraphone - Comping 101
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| "It seems that students spend great amounts of time and energy working on jazz soloing, but expect their comping skills to materialize out of thin air. In truth, the art of accompanying soloists is a skill unto itself, requiring just about as much attention and practice time as does melodic improvisation."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 173 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Vibraphone - Constructing Walking Bass Lines
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| "While the traditional three-octave range of the vibraphone doesn't always lend itself well to it, walking bass lines can be a very effective texture for unaccompanied and ensemble vibraphone performance alike; vibraphonists who double on marimba or mallet synthesizer have an even greater opportunity to use walking bass lines in their work. In the practice room, bass lines are a valuable tool in the learning and mastering of new tunes, forcing the player to really get "inside" the changes. This month's lesson addresses some basic building blocks in the construction of walking bass lines."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
219 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Vibraphone - Four-voice Textures for Jazz Mallets
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| "The use of four-mallet techniques in jazz affords the mallet player the opportunity to explore different textures when improvising. While single-line melodic improvising will still be the obvious choice for most situations, the use of different textures can add a new dimension to a player's repertoire."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 180 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Vibraphone - Solo and Duo Textures
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| "When performing unaccompanied, or in a duo setting, one does not have a rhythm section available to "keep the time" during the performance. There is no reason, however, that a vibraphonist cannot convey the sense of style and time when playing in a swing feel, using bass lines, interesting comping rhythms, and proper phrasing. What follows in this month's lesson are a series of audio examples demonstrating how a solo vibraphonist can convey a time feel without the benefit of a rhythm section."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
229 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jazz Vibraphone - The ABC's of Chord Voicing
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| "Many beginning and intermediate vibes players, even with strong backgrounds in music theory, are intimidated by the thought of learning chord voicings. While there is a great deal of material to cover when learning how to voice chords, the basic techniques for creating and altering chord voicings are fairly straightforward."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 163 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Jim's Drum Rhythm Transcriptions | ||
| 'Here you will find transcriptions of rhythms I have learned over the years. While I have tried to give credit where appropriate, please assume that any mistakes are my own. Publishing rhythm transcriptions is a tricky business: ' | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | Not Rated | 669 Hits |
| Author Jim Salem | ||
| Kuku For You! | ||
| An introduction to the djembe rhythms of Kuku, from Guinea, West Africa. | ||
| Added on the 02/08/2006 | Not Rated | 58 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| Latin | ||
| 'In Afro-Cuban music, 6/8 rhythms are derived from folkloric styles such as Bembe, Palo and Rumba and the rhythms of the Bata drums, all of which have roots in Africa.' | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
496 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Latin Concepts | ||
| Lessons on Latin concepts including the Cascara and Tumbau. | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | Not Rated | 499 Hits |
| Author Drum Studio 2000 | ||
| Latin Elements | ||
| Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software. | ||
| Added on the 30/12/2003 | |
664 Hits |
| Author Frank Briggs | ||
| Latin Hand Patterns | ||
| "This lessons examines some applications of the clave and a very common Brasilian rhythm. Quite a while ago, when I was living in Miami, I had the pleasure of having Victor Lewis at my house. For those of you who don't know him, Victor's a great drummer and a wonderful person. Victor had a habit of playing clave with the Afro-Cuban music we were listening to. He played the pattern as alternating singles with accents." | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
425 Hits |
| Author Chuck Silverman | ||
| Latin Rudiments | ||
| "I get a lot of requests for patterns that are very typical sounding, useful, and relatively standard. Sounds like rudiments to me! Here are four typical patterns that can help you get a grip on "latin" patterns." | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 378 Hits |
| Author Chuck Silverman | ||
| Learning the Grip | ||
| "If you are "on your own" and are trying to decide whether to play matched grip or traditional grip, click here to read some suggestions from several percussion instructors on the subject. If you decide to learn traditional grip, click here to learn the left hand grip." | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
509 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Left Foot Clave
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| This exercicse was inspired by "El Negro" after I did a clinic with him at Long Island Drum Center in late '97 | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
412 Hits |
| Author Mike Snyder | ||
| Left Foot Clave for the Cha-Cha | ||
| Learn how to apply left foot Clave rhythms to a common drumset Cha-Cha groove! Challenging exercises! | ||
| Added on the 24/04/2006 | Not Rated | 118 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| Left Hand Finger Technique | ||
| I find that most drummers do not hold the stick at a proper leverage, which is essential for a good rebound stroke. Some drummers hold the stick to far to the end and others to close to the middle of the stick. Neither way offers proper leverage for a good rebound. | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
611 Hits |
| Author Art Verdi | ||
| Lesson 25
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Lesson 25 | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
354 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Linear Grooves | ||
| Several linear grooves in 4/4 and also ideas for fills. | ||
| Added on the 04/05/2004 | 785 Hits | |
| Author Mauricio Zottarelli | ||
| Malambo | ||
| 'The "Malambo" evolved on the Argentinean plains around 1600.' | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | |
230 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Mallet Synths vs. "Real" Instruments
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| "After roughly two decades, mallet synthesizers remain misunderstood by many percussionists. Some players have embraced the new technologies, using these instruments to make wonderful music. Others, however, reject mallet synths out of hand, often after only a brief attempt at playing them. Mallet synthesizers can be fantastic musical instruments, but for their use to be successful the player must approach them on their own terms."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
162 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Mark Powers
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| Percussion artist & educator; co-holder of the Guinness World Record for Longest Drum Roll by a group (12 hours) | ||
| Added on the 19/01/2006 | Not Rated | 156 Hits |
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| Matched or Traditional? | ||
| "This is a tough one! Not only drum set players have to face the dilemma of the correct stick grip. If you have to play Psappha (by Xenakis) you cannot do this with the traditional grip. Did you ever saw someone perform I Ching (by Nørgard)with the traditional grip? It's not possible (unless you want to be taken to the hospital with severe injuries). Also Stravinsky's Soldiers Tale is easier to perform with the Matched grip." |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 359 Hits |
| Author Marc Zoutendijk | ||
| Mauro Gatto Website
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| Official web site. | ||
| Added on the 01/07/2004 | Not Rated | 253 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Melodic Exercises | ||
| Melodic Exercises courtesy of Changuito Master Drummer from Cuba |
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| Added on the 19/10/2003 | Not Rated | 440 Hits |
| Author Chuck Silverman | ||
| Metronome | ||
| A comparative review of the BOSS Dr. Beat DB88 and the Tama Rhythm Watch RW100 | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 555 Hits |
| Author Marc Zoutendijk Percussion Info | ||
| Microphone Techniques for Vibraphone
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| "Because of the size of the vibraphone, two microphones are usually used to amplify or record the instrument; a single microphone usually will not provide even coverage of the entire range of the vibes. Here are some commonly-used stereo microphone setups."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
198 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Middle Eastern Rhythms | ||
| Here are some traditional rhythms (mizan, iqa, vazn, darb, dawr, adwar) that are played as Middle Eastern and Mediterranean dance rhythms or as accompaniment to Middle Eastern and Mediterranean melodies. | ||
| Added on the 03/11/2003 | |
3110 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Middle eastern rhythms | ||
| Lots of Great Middle eastern rhythms | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | Not Rated | 323 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Middle Eastern Rhythms FAQ | ||
| Here are some traditional rhythms (mizan, iqa, vazn, darb, dawr, adwar) that are played as Middle Eastern and Mediterranean dance rhythms or as accompaniment to Middle Eastern and Mediterranean melodies. I would appreciate any comments, corrections, or additional rhythms or variations. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
434 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Mirrored Grooving | ||
| Jeff Bowders takes you through 'Mirrored Grooving' on double bass to greatly enhance your double bass technique and control. |
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| Added on the 10/04/2003 | |
1093 Hits |
| Author Learn2Drum.com | ||
| Mixed and Changing Meters
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
170 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Mixed Meters
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 193 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Movement | ||
| Here you'll find some very interesting patterns for movements around your drum set. The main idea here is that your not thinking in rhythms or melodic lines, but in independent movements for both hands. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
662 Hits |
| Author Marc Zoutendijk Percussion Info | ||
| MOZAMBIQUE; The Manny Oquendo Touch | ||
| Mozambique is a popular style that was developed in Cuba by Pello “El Afrokan” in the early 1960s. This carnival style rhythm, originally performed with numerous drums, was greatly influenced by another important Afro-Cuban carnival style; the Conga de Comparsa. The rhythms presented here are examples of the style adapted by the New York bands who popularised the rhythm in the late 1960s, and in particular the band led by Eddie Palmieri which featured the great Manny Oquendo on timbales. According to noted bassist Andy Gonzalez (WKCR-FM interview, 1995) “Manny had a great deal to do with popularising the Mozambique. The actual pattern has become the repertoire for almost every timbal player, a standard rhythm that Manny synthesised from a bunch of parts played in a big ensemble of drummers. To this day you ask any drummer or timbalero to play Mozambique, and he or she will play the beat that Manny came up with. It's too bad he didn't patent it!”. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
253 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Multiple Bounce Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Multiple Bounce Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 355 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Musicians and Injuries | ||
| Maybe it's a nagging ache in your thumbs, every time you practice at the piano. Perhaps there have been long rehearsals for that crucial recital, and now you notice stabbing pains in your forearms. Or you find yourself struggling with hands that have become increasingly clumsy, or numb. It may be that you are even waking up at night with pain in your arms, or your back, or your neck. Well, it's just a part of being a serious musician, right? And after all, you can't stop practicing - there's too much at stake, and music is your very life! Does this sound familiar? |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
1916 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Ndugu Chancler's Drumset Lessons
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| Ndugu Chancler is known not only as a world-class drummer and percussionist, but also a producer, composer, clinician and teacher. A three-time Grammy nominee, he has to his credit an extensive list of performances, recordings, original compositions and productions. As a studio musician, he has performed and recorded with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, The Crusaders, Frank Sinatra, Weather Report, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, and Thelonious Monk. In this series of video lessons, Ndugu will cover many of the questions that he's asked during his clinic tours across the world! |
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| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
811 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Nine Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Nine Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
215 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Odd Meters
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 303 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| On Practicing | ||
| An essay on practicing. | ||
| Added on the 29/05/2003 | |
786 Hits |
| Author John Simmons | ||
| Paradiddle Diddle | ||
| Lesson taken from Rudiments & Motions by Frank Corniola | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
381 Hits |
| Author Drumtek | ||
| Paradiddle Inversions Inward | ||
| Lesson taken from Rudiments & Motions by Frank Corniola | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
278 Hits |
| Author Drumtek | ||
| Paradiddle Inversions Outward | ||
| Lesson taken from Rudiments & Motions by Frank Corniola | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
409 Hits |
| Author Drumtek | ||
| Paradiddle Inversions Reverse | ||
| Lesson taken from Rudiments & Motions by Frank Corniola | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
212 Hits |
| Author Drumtek | ||
| Paradiddle-diddle
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Paradiddle-diddle | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 330 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Pataflafla
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| 'You are about to enter a world of the most difficult-to-perfect drum rudiments! Flams are taught to beginning drummers around the world, but only the most advanced percussionists ever master them.' | ||
| Added on the 05/11/2003 | |
305 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Pataflafla
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Pataflafla | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 263 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Patterns | ||
| This page presents some patterns compiled by me. You will find a number of PDF-Files, each dealing with a certain subject and consisting of a great number of exercises which treat the subject systematically. | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
1019 Hits |
| Author Hermann Vogt. | ||
| Patterns for coordinated independence | ||
| 256 drum beats in PDF format. Combines simple rhythms for hands and feet to get drumset patterns of increasing complexity. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
976 Hits |
| Author Hermann Vogt | ||
| Pearl CH-80 Cymbal Holder | ||
| Pearl CH-80 Cymbal Holder Review | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
404 Hits |
| Author Nick Hemingway | ||
| PERCUSSION TOUCH; The Lenny Castro Style | ||
| The following excerpt showcases Lenny Castro’s exquisite use of percussion instruments in a song. This transcription is from a rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” by Randy Crawford which was recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. This is available as part of “Casino Lights” (WB 23718-2) a release which also features performances by Al Jarreau, David Sanborn, Mike Mainieri and the YellowJackets at the festival. This performance is a testament of the skillful way he incorporates percussion, in this case three woodblocks, a high pitched cowbell and a caxixi, in rhythmically accurate patterns and colourful punctuations which do wonders for the song. Apart from those instruments the rest of the song also incorporates triangles and tambourine. In discussing this with Lenny he commented that “the hard thing with this type of playing style is that you need the help of a percussion friendly engineer who is going to mic you up well and who is also going to really understands the placement of the percussion instruments in the song. This is because it can be a very thin line between being too much up front, or too far back where you cannot hear it enough of it. It really needs that special place in the mix”. Find the recording and have a good listen to his performance, a wonderful display of his first rate musical style |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
254 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Percussioni | ||
| Tamburo a cornice popolare irlandese; viene suonato con le due estremità di un mazzuolo. Vista la poca profondità ed il legno molto sottile il suono è piuttosto debole. | ||
| Added on the 26/01/2004 | |
271 Hits |
| Author Enzo LIberto | ||
| Polyrhythm Primer | ||
| Part I: 2 against 3 | ||
| Added on the 06/10/2003 | |
447 Hits |
| Author Mark Wessels | ||
| Polyrhythm Primer | ||
| Part IV: 4 against 3 | ||
| Added on the 06/10/2003 | Not Rated | 333 Hits |
| Author Mark Wessels | ||
| PowersPercussionDiscussion | ||
| The Drummer's Soapbox! Talk drums, drummers, techniques and more! | ||
| Added on the 05/05/2006 | Not Rated | 95 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| Practice Tips and Exercises | ||
| "The little boy stopped an old man on the street and said, "Hey, Mister! How do I get to Carnegie Hall?" The old man replied, "Practice, son. Practice." " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
813 Hits |
| Author Tomas Howie Drumming Web | ||
| Pretty Brown - Elvin Jones
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 558 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Prof.Sound's Drum Tuning Bible v3 | ||
| This site is refered to more often than any other source available for tuning drums. Why? First, and most likely because its free! A close second would be because it works. |
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| Added on the 04/02/2005 | |
700 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Progressive Rhythms For Today's Drumming | ||
| Advanced drum set beats and fills in PDF format. Three pages of challenging exercises from this unique book. | ||
| Added on the 05/04/2003 | |
1213 Hits |
| Author Jim Ryan | ||
| Puerto Rican | ||
| Covering the Bomba and Plena | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | Not Rated | 285 Hits |
| Author Bernadette Heald the 'Conga Queen' | ||
| Quad-a-diddles | ||
| Paradiddle exercises for marching quad players | ||
| Added on the 18/01/2006 | Not Rated | 126 Hits |
| Author Mark Powers | ||
| Quarter Note Triplets
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 356 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Quarter Notes and Quarter Rests
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
264 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Quick and Dirty Guide to Middle-Eastern Rhythms 1
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| Covers Beladi, Ayoub, and Masmoodi | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | |
376 Hits |
| Author Mas'ud al-Sha'ir | ||
| Quick and Dirty Guide to Middle-Eastern Rhythms 2
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| Covers Chiftatelli, Kashlimah, and Guwazi | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | |
237 Hits |
| Author Mas'ud al-Sha'ir | ||
| Quick and Dirty Guide to Middle-Eastern Rhythms 2
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| Covers Falahi, Soufi, Serto, and Zar | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | |
224 Hits |
| Author Mas'ud al-Sha'ir | ||
| Quintuplet etude #1
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| "This piece has a mixture of meters. Mostly 5/4 then a brief rhythm cluster in 7/4 then ends in 4/4. This piece actually comes from a motif I played on the Warr guitar. The first 2 beats are the arpeggio that are played on the Warr. I took the rhythm of that motif and improvised this etude. The strong quarter notes at the end of most of the measures made it easy to figure out the meter. Following the etude are some alternate notations for a couple of the measures." | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
218 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Reading Drum Notation | ||
| A short guide to simple Drum music reading | ||
| Added on the 08/04/2003 | |
1137 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Reading Rhythms | ||
| Online workbook of rhythm studies | ||
| Added on the 29/05/2003 | |
477 Hits |
| Author John Simmons | ||
| Ready Position | ||
| " It is important to have a good posture in order to make music well. The posture I base all of my excercises on is called the "Ready Position". In order to understand the "Ready Position", here are two diagrams which will help you to identify the location of the drumstick in your hand" | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 198 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Recording Drums | ||
| We usually recommend using 6 or 7 mics... use 2 Shure 58s for overheads. Place the overheads so you can pickup a stereo image of the drum kit, especially cymbals.... | ||
| Added on the 09/12/2004 | |
252 Hits |
| Author Drum Set.com | ||
| Recording Drums - Tutorial | ||
| Ever tried? Great fun. In fact I like it so much there is an “in joke” that my students only ever get to record drums. You know - rocks drums, jazz kits, disco kits, percussion including congas, triangle, tambourines, funk kits, piccolo snares, double bass drums, crashes, china, hi-hats, splashes etc. etc. shall I go on... |
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| Added on the 09/12/2004 | |
636 Hits |
| Author Audio Courses | ||
| Review and Time Signatures
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 281 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Rhythmic Scale
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| 'Just as melodies are based around scales, rhythm has its own concept of scale.' - in PDF Format | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
523 Hits |
| Author Bill Ray | ||
| Rhythms | ||
| A few good Rhythm Examples | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
648 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Riff by Enzo Liberto
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| Drummer and composer, Enzo Liberto is one of the most important figures of the Italian Jazz, with a position of relief also in international field. In activity from a 20 of years, Enzo Liberto has ploughed the jazz panorama, fusion and Latin with a creativeness able to express in all the circles notably, from the traditional one to the experimental one, either as instrumentalist that as composer. | ||
| Added on the 07/03/2004 | |
363 Hits |
| Author Enzo Liberto | ||
| Rock Beats
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| Lesson #3 (Ride Cymbal) | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
1713 Hits |
| Author Web Thumper | ||
| Rudiment Combinator | ||
| A handy way of notating some interesting combinations of rudiments. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
431 Hits |
| Author Marc Zoutendijk Percussion Info | ||
| Rudiments Around the Kit
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| As drummers we frequently spend a lot of time practicing rudiments, but we often have difficulty applying them to actual playing situations. The patterns found on this page are meant to demonstrate some practical applications for various rudiments. Most of the ideas covered here are fairly simple. They are meant to serve only as a starting point. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
1046 Hits |
| Author Kevin Barrett | ||
| Ruff
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Ruff | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
226 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| SAMBA; The Brazilian Heartbeat - Essential Parts | ||
| The samba is Brazil's most popular music and dance form. The style is found throughout the country with many variations in existence. One of the most popular of these variations is a style known as samba de enredo, performed during the carnival, and featuring the escolas de samba. The escolas de samba or "samba schools", are a type of club dedicated to the development of musical numbers, accompanied by a large bateria (percussion section), with the sole purpose of performing during the carnival's official parade. The percussion section contains up to 300 players, dividing them in groups of 10 - 30 per instrument. Among the percussion instruments used you'll find the surdo (a large double headed drum played with a felt covered mallet and the open hand), the pandeiro (a tambourine with a skin and flat jingles), the tamborim (a small frame drum played with a stick), the agogo (twin bells), the caixa (snare drum), the ganza (metal shaker), the cuica (a friction drum), and the repenique (a high pitch double headed drum played with a stick, which often acts as the conductor of the bateria). | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
281 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| SAMBA; The Brazilian Heartbeat - Rhythmic Directions | ||
| The following are exercises that will help you immensely, in your quest to develop an understanding of the rhythmic directions as employed in samba styles. As discussed in my last article: Samba: The Brazilian Heartbeat - Essential Parts, Brazilian styles make use of two bar rhythms, which can be approached two ways, the direction being dictated by the melody of the tune. In Afro-Cuban music these two bars are clearly defined as 3/2 or forward clave, and 2/3 or reverse clave, for further information on this, please refer to: Clave Concepts; Afro Cuban Rhythms and Clave Concepts; Tito Puente's "Para Los Rumberos". As Brazilian music does not employ a clear system to explain this characteristic, this writer incorporates the letter (A) to identify the "first side" (or 3/2 forward clave), and (B) for the "second side" (or 2/3 reverse clave). The way I teach my students to develop an understanding of the two bar patterns, is to first work on each bar separately. Once you analize this further, you find that the accents in one bar clearly fall on the "up-beats" (the A side), while on the other they are clearly on the "down-beats" (the B side). To practise this, tap your foot on one and two (the strong pulse the surdo drum underlines) while clapping example one. Once mastered do the same with example two. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | 222 Hits | |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| SAMBA; The Brazilian Heartbeat - Tamborim & Agogo rhythms | ||
| This time we are concentrating on the rhythms played by a small frame drum known as the tamborim (a small frame drum played with a stick), and the the agogo bells (twin bells). The instruments are both held in the left hand and played with a stick in the right hand. As explained on my previous articles: Samba: The Brazilian Heartbeat - Essential Parts and Samba: The Brazilian Heartbeat - Rhythmic Directions, these styles make use of two bar rhythms, which can be approached two ways, with the incorporation of the rhythmic directions A-B or B-A depending on the melody and arrangement of a particular piece. The A side has underlying accents on the "e-a" of beat one, while on the B side these accents occur on "one-and". Examples one and two illustrate this underlying rhythmic base in both directions. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | 215 Hits | |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Secrets Of Clave | ||
| Building Blocks For Jazz Improvisatio | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | Not Rated | 359 Hits |
| Author Paul Wertico | ||
| Seven Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Seven Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
220 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Seventeen Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Seventeen Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 181 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Sextuplet etude #1
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| "Septuplets require a bit more precision. Sometimes if your not careful they can sound a bit like sixes or eights. Especially measure 6. It's definitely not "e&" of a 4 group. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
301 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Sextuplet etude #1
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| "This etude is in 4/4 throughout. Kinda of a rolling feel. Keep in mind that sextuplets are sixteenth note triplets. It could have been written out with those figures in mind. As an exercise, you could rewrite the etude in the sixteenth note triplet form. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 170 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Single Drag Tap
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Single Drag Tap | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 218 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Single Dragadiddle
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Single Dragadiddle | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 229 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Single Flammed Mill
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Single Flammed Mill | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 268 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Single Paradiddle
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Single Paradiddle | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
634 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Single Paradiddle | ||
| The Single Paradiddle and the 5 Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | Not Rated | 252 Hits |
| Author Dave Bedrock's American Drum School | ||
| Single Paradiddle | ||
| Lesson taken from Rudiments & Motions by Frank Corniola | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
222 Hits |
| Author Drumtek | ||
| Single Ratamacue
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Single Ratamacue | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 195 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Single Stroke | ||
| Lesson taken from Rudiments & Motions by Frank Corniola | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | Not Rated | 610 Hits |
| Author Drumtek | ||
| Single Stroke Four
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Single Stroke Four | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 486 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Single Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Single Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 16/09/2003 | Not Rated | 1410 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Single Stroke Seven
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Single Stroke Seven | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 439 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| SIX EIGHT RHYTHMS; An Introduction | ||
| In my teaching practice I find that 6/8 rhythms are some of the hardest ones to grasp mainly due to a poor understanding of the breakdown and pulse. 6/8 rhythms are prevalent in many cultures. One of the first things that I do in my lectures at the Victorian College of the Arts is to play a wide range of musical examples in 6/8. The following is the list I play the class. These recordings are currently available on cd and they would complement any musicians library nicely, so make an effort to find them and study them. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
228 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Six Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Six Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
218 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Sixteenth Groupings
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| "Here is a way you could count out the Sixteenths" | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
191 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Sixteenth Notes
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 274 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Sixteenth notes etude #1
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| "The standard sixteenth note subdivision. Pretty self explanatory. I like the 4:3+1 polyrhythm in the second measure. Alot of "e"s in here, so watch for accuracy" | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
470 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Sixteenth Rests
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
304 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| SMALL PERCUSSION; A Methodical Approach | ||
| In my travels I am often asked to demonstrate some of the fundamentals involved in playing small percussion instruments such as tambourine, shaker, cabasa, triangle, güiro, reco reco, maracas, caxixi, etc. Before showcasing the various rhythms from the vast traditional repertoire available I often discuss a methodical approach to the various instruments which involves among other things developing a good sound and technique and a strong rhythmic approach. Playing along to records further enhances this gradual development. You have to be patient in terms of its development as you are aiming for accuracy, finesse and overall musicality when playing the patterns. As the patterns are actually quite easy to sight read the important part is to go beyond the written part and get to a place where you experience the rhythmic qualities of the various patterns. As you develop them make sure you also spend some time recording yourself as you play along to records and critically analyse the outcomes. As someone who has spent considerable time in the recording studio I cannot stress this area enough. Here is the first step which involves the development of a strong and steady eighth note rhythm as shown in example 1. For a play along track try a slow ballad and/or a bossa nova. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
222 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Snare Drum Solos | ||
| Six snare solos from beginning to advanced levels in PDF format. | ||
| Added on the 08/06/2003 | |
3063 Hits |
| Author Jim Ryan | ||
| Snare Ghost Notes
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| "Ghost notes are played very quietly and are used to create ambiance to simple patterns. The snare drum is where you'll hear most ghost notes being played...they are very subtle though. Listen to these patterns before you play to get a feel for how they should be played." |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
697 Hits |
| Author Web Thumper | ||
| Snare Wire Comparison Page
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| If you always wanted to know what your snare drum would sound like with a different type of snare wire, this page is for you… James Walker recorded comparison of several different makes and models of snare wires, all recorded on the same snare drum. “Three mp3 files are presented for each set of wires: one from the batter side mic', one from the snare side mic', and one mixing these two tracks. Each track includes individual snare hits, a roll, a short and simple groove, and in some cases, several strikes of my 12" rack tom (included for the purposes of comparing sympathetic vibrations), although I've decided not to add them to more recent samples - all they seemed to demonstrate was that my 12" tom needs work. No retuning of either head took place. Where applicable, the snares were recorded twice: once at a looser tension, and once again at a tighter tension.” |
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| Added on the 14/05/2004 | |
347 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Solo Vibraphone - Myths and Misconceptions
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| "Unaccompanied vibraphone performance is not only valuable in its own right, but even those players who have no wish to perform solo, will reap benefits when performing with a full rhythm section, if they take even a little bit of time to try solo playing (if only in the practice room). A vibraphonist who develops his abilities as a solo performer makes himself a more interesting ensemble player, and creates new performance opportunities for himself, such as working as a duo with a bassist, or solo."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 165 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Some Cool Odd Time Grooves | ||
| A page full of bice oddtime grooves... | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
495 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Some Thoughts About Time | ||
| "Duke Ellington wrote,”It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing”. However, with the stylistic diffusion of Jazz over the last forty years, there is a lot to consider in a statement like that. I’d like to offer some observations I’ve made regarding time, from its execution within a group to the subtle variations we drummers must consider." | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
240 Hits |
| Author Steve Korn | ||
| Son clave wheels
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| With the bembe wheels, each wheel started on a note. We wondered what the result would be if the clave wheels started on each step of the loop, regardless of whether it's a note or a space. These 4/4 clave wheels were the result. Check 'em out! | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
297 Hits |
| Author The Woodshed | ||
| Songo Revisited | ||
| Afro-Cuban coordination challenge . . . a great Songo groove embellished with left foot clave and more! | ||
| Added on the 16/06/2006 | Not Rated | 77 Hits |
| Author Mark powers | ||
| Suggested Textbooks
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| "From time to time, I am asked to recommend certain textbooks related to music. The following are texts which I have found helpful in my studies, as a performer, composer, and educator. The information listed in terms of publication dates, ISBN and LOC reference numbers, etc., is taken from the editions in my own library, and may or may not reflect the most recent editions of these works"... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 237 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Swiss Army Triplet
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| 'You are about to enter a world of the most difficult-to-perfect drum rudiments! Flams are taught to beginning drummers around the world, but only the most advanced percussionists ever master them.' | ||
| Added on the 05/11/2003 | Not Rated | 339 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| Swiss Army Triplet
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Swiss Army Triplet | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
325 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Syncopation
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
354 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Taiko | ||
| "Taiko refers to both the modern art of taiko drumming (kumi-daiko), and to the taiko drums themselves. Taiko in the Japanese classical arts have a history spanning close to two thousand years, and modern taiko drumming (kumi-daiko) is quickly taking the world by storm. The Rolling Thunder Taiko Resource is dedicated to gathering and sharing information about taiko. Do you have taiko questions? This is the place to come for answers!" | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 132 Hits |
| Author Taiko.com | ||
| Tama TPA90 | ||
| A must for all you Iron Cobra DB users | ||
| Added on the 26/12/2003 | |
453 Hits |
| Author Nick Hemingway | ||
| Tambourine Quicktips | ||
| "The tambourine you use for concert band or orchestra should be a good quality wooden instrument usually 10" in diameter with 2 rows of jingles, and DEFINITELY a head! Headless tambourines are almost never appropriate in general playing. They are sometimes more desirable in rock or pop music situations" |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 144 Hits |
| Author Total Percussion | ||
| Technique - Big Band Vibraphone
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| "Very few of the big band charts used by high school, college, and university big bands, include parts for a vibraphonist. This places a burden on anyone wishing to perform on vibes with their school's band - unlike the other members of the band, a vibraphonist must create his or her own part for each arrangement. This month's lesson will address some of the issues facing these vibraphonists."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 195 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Technique - Extended Techniques for Vibraphone
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| "At one level, the mechanics of playing the vibraphone are quite obvious and intutive: grab a mallet and hit the bar, and you get a pretty good sound. However, there are other "extended" techniques; some offer sounds unattainable with traditional techniques, and others allow access to notes above the range of the instrument. Please note that the sounds created here were all done acoustically; no signal processing or audio "wizardry" was involved."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
370 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Technique - Four-mallet Exercises
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| "Students at all levels know the challenge of finding enough time to practice; the challenge becomes even greater when one leaves school and has to deal with the demands of "real life." The two lessons here are designed to help streamline the time spent practicing basic four-mallet techniques."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | |
234 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Technique - Interval Expansion Exercises
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| "A basic skill of four-mallet technique is the ability to change the interval (distance) between the two mallets in either hand."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 165 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Technique - Mallet Dampening
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| "Along with pedalling, mallet dampening is the technique (or, group of techniques) which players use to manipulate the sustain of vibraphone bars. Mallet dampening allows a player to stop the vibration of certain bars, while leaving others vibrating simultaneously. This month's lesson will address some basic techniques and applications for mallet dampening on the vibraphone. Most of the techniques addressed here deal with legato phrasing, but it is also possible to use mallet dampening to achieve a variety of articulation in one's playing."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 167 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Technique - Mallet Selection
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| "One's selection of mallets plays a crucial role in the sound a player produces on any mallet instrument. This month's lesson addresses the options available when selecting mallets, both for specific playing situations, and for one's personal preferences in general. The information presented here is important to all percussionists, but less-experienced players, and music educators, will benefit greatly from this lesson."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 188 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Technique - Stickings Concepts for Mallet Instruments
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| "Whether one plays mallet instruments with two mallets or four, it is an important but often overlooked issue: what sticking is best for a particular passage? While there usually is more than one solution for a given melodic line, there are factors which one should consider when creating stickings."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 196 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Technique - Tone Production on Mallet Instruments
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| "It is important that mallet players have a basic understanding of tone production on their instruments. This lesson addresses two important factors: the selection of striking spots, and the basic mechanics of resonators."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 199 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| Technique - Vibraphone Pedaling
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| "With the exception of certain models of orchestra bells, vibraphones are the only mallet instruments which make use of a damper pedal mechanism. Many mallet percussionists come to the vibraphone only after beginning their studies on xylophone or marimba, and as a result, pedal techniques are often misunderstood, if not overlooked entirely. What follows here is a "primer" of sorts, an introduction to the mechanics of, and basic techniques associated with, damper pedal mechanisms."... | ||
| Added on the 27/01/2004 | Not Rated | 219 Hits |
| Author James Walker | ||
| The Alternating Ruff
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | Not Rated | 205 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| The Anatomy of a Drumstick | ||
| An overview of some acoustical and physical properties of (wooden) drumsticks. The influence of its weight on the produced sound. Various properties of the wood and the influence of the shape of the tip on the sound when the stick is used to play on the cymbals. |
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| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
412 Hits |
| Author Marc Zoutendijk Percussion Info | ||
| The Art of Tuning a Drum | ||
| I was asked to put together a guide to drum tuning. Why me? I dunno. I have 18 years experience and the time to write this guide. Good enough. While veteran drummers may not find many new tips in this file, newer drummers or drummers that don't have access to other drummers may find this article interesting. | ||
| Added on the 04/02/2005 | |
288 Hits |
| Author | ||
| THE BERIMBAU; Heart Of Capoeira | ||
| The berimbau consist of a wooden stick which is strung with a steel string to form the bow shape, a gourd with an opening on one side which acts as a resonator, a coin or stone, a thin bamboo stick, and a basket shaker called caxixi. Traditionally in Capoeira (the Brazilian martial arts style) the berimbau rhythms are accompanied by the following percussion instruments; pandeiro (a tambourine with a head and flat jingles), agogo (two iron bells), reco reco (a bamboo scrapper) and atabaque (tall barrell style hand drum). All these instruments give the Capoeira a very distinctive and unique sound. During the jôgo de Capoeira (game of Capoeira) various traditional, folkloric and improvised songs are sung accompanied by clapping. The technique of playing the berimbau is unique and quite hard to master, as you not only have to hold the bow and balance it with the left hand, but are also required to hold a coin or stone with the thumb and first finger. The right hand holds the stick which strikes the string. It also holds a small basket shaker called caxixi, which plays along with the stick and also plays independent strokes. The basic sounds played with the stick are: high tone (with the coin or stone pressed against the string), buzz tone (with the coin or stone pressed lightly on the string) and low tone (open string note). The left hand with the coin produces a very soft passing tone. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 187 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| The Bodhrán Page | ||
| 'The bodhrán is the heartbeat of Irish music. This ancient framedrum is traditionally made with a wooden body and a goat-skin head, and is played with a double-headed stick called a cipín, tipper, or beater.' | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
569 Hits |
| Author The Bodhrán Page | ||
| The Bongo Page | ||
| Devoted to the art of bongo drums, bongo drumming, and bongo drummers.. | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
1391 Hits |
| Author | ||
| The Bongo Page | ||
| Devoted to the art of bongo drums, bongo drumming, and bongo drummers | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 318 Hits |
| Author Rhythmweb.com | ||
| THE CONGA DRUM; An Introduction | ||
| The conga drum is a single headed barrel shaped Afro-Cuban drum which is popular around the world. Originally from Africa and descendant of the makuta drums of Congolese origin, the conga finds its place in the music world today in countless settings, from the concert hall, club and recording studio to the park and streets where the traditional Cuban comparsas (carnival groups) and rumba (drum, vocal and dance) groups perform. The names of the set or the individual drums vary throughout Cuba, with tumbadora for the individual drum, and tumbadoras for the set of three drums, being the most popular. Around the world the most popular name adopted is that of conga for the individual drum, and congas for the set of three drums. The set includes a high pitched drum known as quinto, the middle size drum known as conga or segundo, and the low drum known as tumbadora. The conga drum is played with both hands and is capable of a variety of sounds which have to be developed fully before moving to the rhythmic repertoire available. The main sounds employed are: open tone, muffled tone, slap, open slap, muffled slap, bass tone, fingers and palm. I usually give my students many exercises which are first of all aimed at developing sound, hand co-ordination, and then rhythm. These exercises include simple quarter note and eighth note patterns where the student plays the written part: a) right hand only, b) left hand only, c) alternating right and left, and d) incorporating double strokes right, right, left, left. This is a very important part of the developmental process, much like a flute student works on developing a good tone on the instrument by slowly playing long even notes. The following are examples of these exercises, the first one combines open tones with muffled tones, while the second open tones and slaps. These exercises are to be played very slowly, concentrating on developing a good, even and round tone, with both hands throughout. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
519 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| The Double Drag
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | |
172 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| The Double Ratamacue
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | Not Rated | 150 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| The Drag Paradiddle
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | Not Rated | 125 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| The Dragadiddle
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | |
221 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| The eighth note groups
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| "Here is how you can count out the rhythms" | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
261 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Endless Triplestroke Generator | ||
| Start in any square and repeat the sticking as many times as you like (including no repeat at all) and follow the directions as indicated by the arrows to the next element. |
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| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 298 Hits |
| Author Marc Zoutendijk Percussion Info | ||
| The Groove Theory
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| This page contains grooves, patterns, and exercises which I particularly like. Some of the grooves are original while others are by some of my favorite drummers. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
1238 Hits |
| Author Kevin Barrett. | ||
| The Grooves - Time Feel Development
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| The following grooves are variations on the new jack swing feel. They are a combination of straight 8ths, 16th note shuffles and 16th note swing patterns all played by a one hand lead. | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
763 Hits |
| Author Zoro the Drummer | ||
| The Grooves - Time Feel Development
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| "New Jack Swing The following grooves are variations on the new jack swing feel. They are a combination of straight 8ths, 16th note shuffles and 16th note swing patterns all played by a one hand lead." |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
372 Hits |
| Author Zoro The Drummer | ||
| The modern drumset | ||
| The modern drumset evolved during the early part of the 20th century, with contributions by both musicians and instrument makers. By the 1890's, drummers in New Orleans (and elsewhere) were adapting the drums of the traditional military-style marching band to the stage, placing the snare and bass drums so that both could be played by one player. At the same time, New Orleans musicians were developing a style of playing, based on collective improvisation, that came to be known as jazz. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
254 Hits |
| Author Glenn Johnson | ||
| The Mother of all Polyrhythms
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| "Three against two, the original polyrhythm, is best conceived in six, because six is divisible by both two and three. Listen to the high conga part playing the cycle of three. The low conga is playing a cycle of two, and they meet at the beginning, on the downbeat of one. The shaker, in the background, is playing on all six counts. These exercises are designed for beginners, to help you become more familiar with polyrhythms." | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
483 Hits |
| Author RHYTHM WEB | ||
| The Quintuplet Groups | ||
| 49 Quintuplet Groups | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | |
407 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Quintuplet Groups
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| "There is no official way to count the quintuplets as far as I know. These are 2 of the methods I use. The first is just to count straight from 1-5. Kinda like counting a real fast measure of 5/8 or 5/16. Except your counting subdivisions not beats." |
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| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 142 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Ready Position. | ||
| "Posture influences performance. All musicians should strive for obtaining a posture that enables them to perform well on their instrument. While studying with NYC drummer Kenwood Dennard, I was taught the "Ready Position". The following are Kenwood's instructions for the "Ready Position"." | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 277 Hits |
| Author Adrums | ||
| The Septuplet Groups
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| "Like the Quintuplets, there is no official way to count the septuplets as far as I know. I use the same 2 methods. The first is just to count straight from 1-7. Kind of like counting a real fast measure of 7/8 or 7/16. Except your counting subdivisions not beats. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 233 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Seven Wheels of Bembe | ||
| A rich source of study and practice material, and a bridge to a deeper understanding of African 12/8 rhythms. | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
399 Hits |
| Author http://www.rhythmweb.com | ||
| The Sextuplet Groups
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| "I choose to use the Sextuplet grouping and terminology rather than the sixteenth note triplet. I like to break the quarter notes into easy parts. It seems to make my brain happy to think in 6 subdivisions of a quarter note rather than into 3 than dividing in half again. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
215 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Single Drag
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | |
163 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| The Single Ratamacue
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | Not Rated | 147 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| The Thirty-Seconds Grouping
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| 273 Thirty-Second note variations. | ||
| Added on the 17/10/2003 | Not Rated | 390 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Thirty-Seconds Grouping
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| "There are a lot of ways to permutate 8 subdivisions. I suggest taking a little bit at a time. It is also very difficult to execute the rhythms that start on the even parts of an 8 note grouping. Start very slowly and really make sure you have the rhythm in your head before moving on. Here are two ways to count the thirty-seconds. No. 1 is as a straight 8 count. This works well at slow tempos and ensures your accuracy. At faster tempos it's not so good. No. 2 shows the relationship of thirty-seconds to sixteenths. This is how I would count the thirty-seconds only after making sure that I have the figure down." |
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| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 218 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Triple Ratamacue
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| Each one of these rudiments use the DRAG, or RUFF - which means that you need to have a good grasp on how to play a double bounce before you begin. | ||
| Added on the 24/10/2003 | Not Rated | 172 Hits |
| Author The Drum Club | ||
| The triplet groups
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| "Here are some ways you could count the triplets" | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 340 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| The Vintage Premier Drum Site | ||
| This site,through the use of old catalogues,shows the development of Premier drum kits |
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| Added on the 25/05/2004 | |
271 Hits |
| Author | ||
| Thirteen Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Thirteen Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 165 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Thirty-second Notes
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 202 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Thirty-Second Notes Etude #1
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| "There is no doubt about it. Thirty-second notes [8 note groupings] are hard. It took quite a bit of time to come up with something that was interesting, wasn't to difficult and didn't sound like a never ending roll or 2 sets of 16th notes per beat. It will be helpful to review the single beat basics that don't start on or have notes on the downbeat. This piece starts off simply and get's really interesting at m.11. Watch out for m.13 b.3. The tempo is kinda fast, it didn't sound very good to far from the tempo at which I originally wrote it. Download the midi file, and change the tempo in your program of choice and then work your way up." |
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| Added on the 26/02/2004 | |
301 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Tinnitus | ||
| TINNITUS ti-NIGHT-us or TIN-i-tus: the perception of sound in the ears or head where no external source is present. Both pronunciations are correct; the American Tinnitus Association uses ti-NIGHT-us. The word comes from Latin and means "to tinkle or to ring like a bell." |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | Not Rated | 132 Hits |
| Author American Tinnitus Association | ||
| Tito Puente's "Para Los Rumberos" | ||
| This article focuses on the importance of the clave in writing melodies, arrangements and in the direction of the rhythms employed by all instruments, for it is the clave pattern the one that provides the foundation in styles based on Afro-Cuban music. This article features a brief analysis of the main theme from Para Los Rumberos written by Tito Puente (please refer to cd Cuban Carnival by Tito Puente and his Orchestra - RCA 2349-2-RL) and its relationship with the clave concept. Tito Puente believes that the arranger is the most important person in the orchestra, for it is the arranger's role to fit the composition, give it the correct timing and the correct clave direction, "very important those insignificant little sticks" he says. | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
213 Hits |
| Author Alex Expertout | ||
| Tommy Igoe's "Groove Essentials"
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| Vic Firth has teamed with Tommy Igoe to create the "Groove Essentials" - 47 drumset grooves that every serious drumset player should know. Ranging from Rock, Funk and R&B to Jazz and World, these grooves cover a broad range of styles required in today's musical repertoire. Initially conceived as a 22 x 36" poster to hang in private studios and band rooms, the project expanded dramatically when we filmed Tommy performing each groove, as well as giving his unique insight into its application. Quicktime video and audio clips of these "mini-lessons" are available on the Vic Firth website for you or your students to check out - as are downloadable handbooks of the styles for the practice room and private lesson studio! |
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| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
975 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Tommy Lee - Recording Drums at the Chop Shop | ||
| In producer Scott Humphrey's mega-home studio, the Chop Shop, Tommy Lee is letting rip on his massive kit. "Tommy typically says, 'It sounds too normal, make it sound different' and that's as far as the instructions go," says Humphrey. "I've tried so many different things with him . . . real dry, real ambient, always trying to find something different. This last experiment was, how big could we get the drums?" | ||
| Added on the 09/12/2004 | |
384 Hits |
| Author Music Player Group | ||
| Transcriptions
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| Transcriptions + audio examples e.g. Beyonce's 'Crazy In love' groove. |
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| Added on the 17/03/2006 | Not Rated | 162 Hits |
| Author dino | ||
| Triangle Quicktips | ||
| The triangle should be an exceptional quality instrument. Few other percussion instruments get used as much, so make a good investment in one. My favorites are the Abel 6" Symphonic or Grover 6". The triangle should have a lot of overtones. One prominent overtone could be mistaken for a definite pitch, disrupting the intonation of the group. For instance, imagine your band playing this beautiful B flat major chord, and there is the triangle sounding B natural! Try to make sure the instrument has no one distinct tone. |
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| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
169 Hits |
| Author Total Percussion | ||
| Triple Paradiddle | ||
| Lesson taken from Rudiments & Motions by Frank Corniola | ||
| Added on the 18/10/2003 | |
307 Hits |
| Author Drumtek | ||
| Triple Paradiddle
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Triple Paradiddle | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
298 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Triple Ratamacue
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Triple Ratamacue | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 371 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Triple Stroke Roll
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| Excellent, in depth lessons with video and sound covering the Triple Stroke Roll | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 354 Hits |
| Author Vic Firth | ||
| Triplets
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
607 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Triplets etude #1
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| "Another 5/4 meter. Stays constant though. You can add dynamics at your own discretion. Again it works at a variety of tempos. " | ||
| Added on the 26/02/2004 | Not Rated | 213 Hits |
| Author The Rhythm Exercises | ||
| Triplets in 8 Time
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| Each article includes musical examples that help explain the concepts and an exercise that tests your new reading skills. Along with the written materials, WebRhythms allows you to download and print a copy of each exercise and provides a computer-perfect MIDI performance at a number of different tempi. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | Not Rated | 229 Hits |
| Author WebRhythms by Norm Weinberg | ||
| Tuning | ||
| On the surface it seems somewhat silly: a drum is a shell with a vibrating membrane covering one or both ends; when the membrane is struck a sound is created. The characteristics of that sound depend on many factors: shell, membrane ("head") properties, striking velocity, striking area, head tension, and the room acoustics. "Head tension", or tuning, is the subject of this page, and the silly part is this: the basic principle behind the acoustical physics of a drum might seem to deny any complexity - a struck head will produce a sound - however, the range of types of sounds any given drum can make are unlimited. One major factor in this variance is the tension of the drum head - the tuning. Shell composition, size, and depth all play a factor in the timbre, volume, and sustain of the resulting tone, but head tuning impacts the pitch, resonance, attack, decay, and tone - as well as contributing in a large part to the final timbre, volume, and sustain. No other single factor affects your drum's sound, and no other single aspect of drumming is as overlooked by the majority of amateur and semi-professional drummers. |
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| Added on the 04/02/2005 | |
367 Hits |
| Author Tomás Howie | ||
| Understanding Polyrhythms | ||
| The concept of polyrhythms is an often misunderstood topic. This article will attempt to clarify and explain what polyrhythms are and how they are interpreted and played. | ||
| Added on the 29/09/2003 | |
622 Hits |
| Author Kevin Barrett | ||
| University of Salsa | ||
| The complete salsa dictionary | ||
| Added on the 19/10/2003 | |
973 Hits |
| Author Planet Salsa | ||
| Upbeat Examples | ||
| Exercises use the bass drum on the upbeats | ||
| Added on the 11/06/2003 | Not Rated | 672 Hits |
| Author Dave Bedrock's American Drum School | ||
| Using Cowbell Patterns for Double Bass Drums | ||
| "Here are some patterns on which I am currently working. I'm trying to perform these as smooth and effortlessly as possible. Slow, concentrated practice is what I'm after. And it's working! The groove is starting to happen." | ||
| Added on the 15/11/2004 | |
348 Hits |
| Author Chuck Silverman | ||
| Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
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| Huge, and very comprehensive | ||
| Added on the 21/03/2003 | |
387 Hits |
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