Drumming Techniques

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How To Play The 4 On The Floor Beat

How To Play The 4 On The Floor Beat

Playing the 4 On The Floor Beat involves hitting the bass drum on every quarter note while maintaining a steady rhythm with the drums. This driving and simple beat is popular in various music genres that use a 4/4 time signature and is easy for beginners to learn. In understanding the Four on the Floor Beat, it is ...

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How to Drum Like John Bonham – 10 Tips

How to Drum Like John Bonham – 10 Tips

Every rock drummer should spend some time learning what made Bonham sound like Bonham. While his genius cannot be explained merely in technical terms, some of his favorite techniques can be mimicked, readapted, and reinvented by any dedicated drummer. John Bonham's iconic playing style was characterized by his ...

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Traditional Grip vs Matched Grip – Which is Best?

Traditional Grip vs Matched Grip – Which is Best?

Matched grip is the most popular drumming grip as it is ergonomic, comfortable, versatile, and easy to learn. Traditional grip is still used by some drummers as it can offer great subtlety to your strokes and it’s still very widespread in Jazz drumming. Even though most contemporary drummers use matched grip ...

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The Heel-Toe Bass Drum Technique – Increase Your Bass Drum Speed

The Heel-Toe Bass Drum Technique – Increase Your Bass Drum Speed

The heel-toe bass drum technique is an efficient method to play fast double strokes on the bass drum. It uses a rocking foot motion; like the moeller technique for hands, the aim is to make repeated strokes with a relaxed movement. This movement puts much less stress on the feet and enables you to achieve higher ...

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Left-Handed Drumming (Differences, Challenges, Pros/Cons)

Left-Handed Drumming (Differences, Challenges, Pros/Cons)

A drum set in a left-handed configuration simply mirrors a standard right-handed setup. Your hi-hat goes on the right, the ride cymbal on the left, and the bass drum on the left. Do left-handed drummers face extra challenges as they learn to play drums? How hard is it for left-handed people to play drums ...

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10 Great Songs with Double Bass Drumming

10 Great Songs with Double Bass Drumming

Are you looking for some songs with fantastic double bass drumming? This is the list for you! It includes old songs that majorly influenced double bass drumming and modern metal songs with blazing-fast double kicks. The standard of double bass drumming has gotten very high among modern drummers. A whole generation ...

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10 Popular Drumming Styles and Genres

10 Popular Drumming Styles and Genres

Learning to play different drumming styles is a great way to develop as a drummer. It can help you expand your horizons as a musician and push you outside of your comfort zone behind the kit. Each drumming style has its own type of rhythm as the driving force. Latin music makes heavy use of Ostinato patterns on ...

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How to Play The Moeller Technique – Drumming Power and Endurance

How to Play The Moeller Technique – Drumming Power and Endurance

The Moeller technique is a great drumming method that can swiftly improve your skills and teach you how to save energy while drumming. The technique is based on using a whipping motion with your drumstick, which builds speed, power, and, most importantly, control. Moeller Technique at a Glance The Moeller ...

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