Learn To Play The Drums Without A Drum Kit

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction – Welcome to the Course

Lecture 2: Just Hit Things, Right? Drumming Misconceptions Resolved

Lecture 3: Are You Sitting Comfortably? – The Way to Get the Most Out of Your Drumming

Chapter 2: How to Play With Hands

Lecture 1: Playing With Hands – This is How You Play the Drums With Your Hands

Chapter 3: Rudiments

Lecture 1: Rudiments Introduction – It's In Everything You Will Play

Lecture 2: Rudiments Practice Download – This is What You'll Learn – Download & Print

Lecture 3: Single Strokes – The First Step to Playing Drums

Lecture 4: Double Strokes – The Second Step to Playing Drums – A Little Harder

Lecture 5: Paradiddles – Your First Challenge of Drums Coordination

Chapter 4: How to Play With Feet

Lecture 1: This is How You Play the Drums With Your Feet – Simple!

Chapter 5: Rock groove

Lecture 1: Rock Groove Introduction

Lecture 2: Rock Groove Practice Download

Lecture 3: Playing the Right Hand

Lecture 4: Playing the Right Foot

Lecture 5: Playing the Left Hand

Lecture 6: Putting the Rock Groove Together

Lecture 7: Rock Groove Summary

Chapter 6: How to Read Drum Music

Lecture 1: Introduction to Reading Drum Music

Lecture 2: Barlines, Clefs and Time Signatures

Lecture 3: Playing Quarter Notes – Practice Download

Lecture 4: Playing Quarter Notes

Lecture 5: Your Solo of Quarter Note Exercise 1 – Read and Play Music On Your Own

Lecture 6: Playing Eighth Notes – Practice Download – Exercise 2

Lecture 7: Playing Eighth Notes

Lecture 8: Your Solo of Eighth Note Exercise 1 – Read and Play Eighth Notes On Your Own

Chapter 7: Anatomy of the Drum Kit

Lecture 1: Introduction to Anatomy of the Drum Kit – What You Need to Know

Lecture 2: The Drums – The Names You Should Know

Lecture 3: The Cymbals – The Three Main Ones We Need

Lecture 4: Acoustic Drum Kits

Lecture 5: Electronic Drum Kits

Lecture 6: How Drums Are Written in Music

Chapter 8: Rudiments Revisted – Coordination challenge with feet

Lecture 1: Rudiments Revisted – Introduction – The low down on the big challenge

Lecture 2: The Foot Pattern – It's As Easy As Walking

Lecture 3: Single Strokes 2

Lecture 4: Double Strokes 2

Lecture 5: Paradiddles 2

Lecture 6: Opposites

Lecture 7: Opposites 2

Chapter 9: Rudiments – Flams, Drags and Ruffs

Lecture 1: Flams – Make your playing 'Fatter'

Lecture 2: Drags – 3 notes using double strokes and dynamics

Lecture 3: Ruffs – A quick succession of 4 notes involving singles strokes and dynamics