Learn Your First Rock Beat

Teacher: Chad Smith Length: 9 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Rock, Secrets From the Pros

This lesson is from Chad's course "Basic Rock Drumming Chads Way." Chad breaks down the foundation of a back beat and how to get the right sound.

Jazz Basic 4-Way Coordination

Teacher: Gregg Bissonette Length: 6 min Category: Independence, Jazz, Secrets From the Pros

Adding the snare drum and bass drum on the "and" of 4 is the "salt and pepper" to the "meat and potatoes" of the ride on hi-hat.

3 Fills Every Drummer Should Know

Teacher: Curt Bisquera Length: 2 min Category: Fills, Secrets From the Pros, Vocabulary

Curt demonstrates three basic fills that will improve every drummer's playing.

9 – Basic Drum Fills on Snare Drums and Toms

Teacher: Chad Smith Length: 20 min Category: General, Vocabulary

Let's learn some basic drum fills to go along with our drum beat variations.

Your Basic Cajon Sounds

Teacher: Pete Lockett Length: 6 min Category: Percussion, Secrets From the Pros

Pete lockett is a world-renowned percussionist who will show you the basic sounds and techniques that you should know when starting to play cajon.

The Basic Backup Beat

Teacher: Adam Kuns Length: 5 min Category: Vocabulary

This beat is useful in nearly every style of music as a ways to get your bearings and use your ears to hear what the others are playing.

C9 – Basic Drum Fills on Snare Drums and Toms

Teacher: Chad Smith Length: 20 min Category: General, Vocabulary

Let's learn some basic drum fills to go along with our drum beat variations.

Independence: Learn The Basic Rock Beat #1

Teacher: Val Sepulveda Length: 10 min Category: Independence

You will be playing drums in 10 minutes with or without a drum set! Chad Smith and Don Lombardi join Val Sepulveda for this lesson with Play-Alongs. Tapping out a rock beat on your legs or on the drum set, and grooving with Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is a fun way to get started. The ten-lesson course is for first time drummer’s to learn a basic beat that you can use in our Play Along above and with popular songs.

Beat Combinations

Teacher: Val Sepulveda Length: 3 min Category: Vocabulary

In this lesson, she will review the drum beats from lessons 1 and 2 and go over a few different ways to approach them.

V3 – Beat Combinations

Teacher: Val Sepulveda Length: 3 min Category: Vocabulary

In this lesson, she will review the drum beats from lessons 1 and 2 and go over a few different ways to approach them.