Developing Grace Notes and Accents With Your Left Hand

Teacher: Peter Szendofi Length: 5 min Category: Dynamics, Hand Technique, Secrets From the Pros

Peter Szendofi covers how to apply grace note technique to your left hand and uses the shuffle as an exercise of building the proper sound and endurance.

Curing the “Drummer’s Disease”

Teacher: Steve Goold Length: 7 min Category: Practice Tips, Secrets From the Pros

Steve gives basic tips on playing with another drummer. Try to record yourself and listen to another drummer and decide if you accompanied or played over them.

Motivating Yourself and Utilizing Dynamics

Teacher: Cora Dunham Length: 14 min Category: Dynamics, Inspiration, Secrets From the Pros

Queen Cora talks about a variety of inspirations that helped motivate her to enter the Drum-Off and become a better musician and drummer.

Ways To Start Using Ghost Notes

Teacher: Cobus Potgieter Length: 56 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Dynamics, Live Rebroadcast

Cobus Potgieter demonstrates ways of incorporating "simple" ghost note patterns into your practice routine.

Discovering How To Ride Your Crash

Teacher: Adam Kuns Length: 21 min Category: Live Rebroadcast, Time Keeping, Vocabulary

Lets see how we can use the crash cymbal to enhance your dynamics and intensity level in a way that is both musical and stylistically appropriate.

Basic Rock Beat, Single Strokes, Dynamics

Teacher: Al Velasquez Length: 9 min Category: Vocabulary

There is a lot to learn in this lesson. Spend as much time as you need on two part exercises using the snare drum and high-hat and then proceed to 3-part exercises adding the bass drum.

11 – Dynamics

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 10 min Category: Reading

Joe and Ralph emphasize the importance of reading with dynamics and give a lot of great tips that pros need to know.

Adding Dynamics to Afro-Cuban Patterns

Teacher: Jimmy Branly Length: 9 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Dynamics, Latin, Secrets From the Pros

In this lesson, Jimmy Branly will discuss and show you how to properly apply dynamics and kit balance to your Afro-Cuban patterns and playing.

Developing Your Dynamics on the Drums

Teacher: Gerry Gibbs Length: 12 min Category: Dynamics, Musicianship, Secrets From the Pros

Gerry shares his concept of bass drum dynamics that he learned while playing with Ron Carter and many others.

R11 – Dynamics

Teacher: Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey Length: 10 min Category: Reading

Joe and Ralph emphasize the importance of reading with dynamics and give a lot of great tips that pros need to know.