The Texas Shuffle

Teacher: James Gadson, Tony Braunagel Length: 8 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Secrets From the Pros, Shuffle

Gadson demonstrates a simple and informative example of The Texas Shuffle, explaining backbeats and other variations of the popular groove.

A Short History of The Drumset

Teacher: Daniel Glass Length: 9 min Category: General, Inspiration, Secrets From the Pros

In this nine minute snapshot of the history of the drumset, you will learn how three basic styles of drumming evolved with examples of each, all played during the same song.

Common Fills Applied to Soloing

Teacher: Rich Redmond Length: 11 min Category: Fills, Secrets From the Pros, Soloing

Rich shows cool fills that can be used to build a solo, start a song, or play them between your hands and feet as a pattern. This shows how you can get a lot of mileage out of basic drum fills!

Learn Famous Triplet Fill Phrases

Teacher: Rich Redmond Length: 5 min Category: Fills, Secrets From the Pros, Vocabulary

Rich shows you a great Bonham triplet phrase that is one of his favorite patterns as a fill, in a solo, or at the end of a song.

Developing 12-Bar Blues Soloing Ideas

Teacher: Gregg Bissonette Length: 5 min Category: Musicianship, Secrets From the Pros, Soloing

Gregg Bissonette shows us some tips and solecistic ideas for playing over a 12-bar blues form.

Ringo Groove Breakdown

Teacher: Pat Petrillo Length: 5 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Rock, Secrets From the Pros

In this lesson, Pat demonstrates one of Ringo Starr's classic grooves From the song "I Feel Fine". He also uncovers one of Ringo's famous fills.

Learn “Earl Palmer” Style Grooves

Teacher: Pat Petrillo Length: 4 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Secrets From the Pros

Pat Petrillo demonstrates a groove indicative of the style of the great Earl Palmer. Pay close attention to the feel.

Learn Your Various Shuffle Patterns

Teacher: Mike Clark Length: 6 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Secrets From the Pros, Shuffle

Mike Clark demonstrates the Big Boy Shuffle, Texas Shuffle, Flat Tire Shuffle, No Back Beat Shuffle and the Back Half Shuffle

Easy Ways To Approach Learning Shuffles

Teacher: Adam Kuns Length: 31 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Live Rebroadcast, Shuffle

What do Louis Prima, Bernard Purdie and Texas have in common... The Shuffle! Tune in to find out why this one of the most popular grooves of all time.

Playing Shuffle Variations – Funk, Rock, Blues, Jazz

Teacher: Rick Latham Length: 34 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Live Rebroadcast, Musical Styles, Shuffle

Rick recorded some lessons with us earlier in the day that he talks about and demonstrates some of the concepts he presents in those lessons as well.