Develop Your Ghost Note Technique

Teacher: Mike Packer Length: 3 min Category: Hand Technique, Secrets From the Pros

Mike demonstrates his technique behind ghost notes and gives an example of what your ghost notes should sound like in retaliation to accented notes.

Understanding and Developing Ghost Notes Pt.1

Teacher: Cobus Potgieter, Don Lombardi Length: 17 min Category: Dynamics, Hand Technique, Secrets From the Pros

Don Lombardi shows Cobus three different ways to control the stick as shown to him by the late great Freddie Gruber.

Develop Your Finger Control and Ghost Notes

Teacher: Zoro Length: 6 min Category: Finger Technique, Secrets From the Pros

Zoro (Lenny Kravitz) is known by his peers as "The Minister of Groove" and he shares his view on this style and its history.

Understanding and Developing Ghost Notes Pt.2

Teacher: Cobus Potgieter, Don Lombardi Length: 16 min Category: Dynamics, Hand Technique, Secrets From the Pros

Video one adds fingers into the fulcrum, wrist, and forearm. Video 2 talks about body movement and its relation to speed with the paradiddle.

How Ghost Notes Will Make A Texas Shuffle Funky

Teacher: Zoro Length: 15 min Category: Dynamics, Shuffle

Zoro (Lenny Kravitz) shows you how to use ghost notes effectively and musically and how to approach the half-time shuffle.

Using Fingers to Add More Texture

Teacher: Chad Szeliga, Gregg Bissonette Length: 11 min Category: Finger Technique, Hand Technique, Secrets From the Pros

Chad shows Gregg Bissonette how to use a one hand stick pattern on the drum set.

Triplet Jazz Funk With Mike Clark

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

Mike Clark demonstrates this pattern and the approach he took to it while using it with Herbie Hancock.

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.

How To Be A Professional Rock Drummer

Teacher: Glen Sobel Length: 54 min Category: Being Prepared, Live Rebroadcast, Practice Tips, Rock, Vocabulary

Glen Sobel (Alice Cooper) breaks down the process of auditioning and shares some grooves and fills he's used in his career.

Developing 16th Note Grooves Using Hands & Feet – Pt.1

Teacher: Adam Kuns Length: 26 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Independence, Live Rebroadcast

This is the start of a series of advanced lessons developing independence around the set.