Playing: The Bossa Nova

Teacher: Adam Kuns Length: 3 min Category: Beats / Grooves

Heres a demonstration of a groove that is used on almost every casual you will play.

Playing: Batucada

Teacher: Adam Kuns Length: 4 min Category: Beats / Grooves

The Batacuda style of drumming originates from the Brazilian Samba rhythms played while marching in a parade. This lesson will adapt ethnic Brazilian rhythms, originally played on Brazilian percussion, and apply them to the modern drum set.

Independence: Bass Drum Fills on Snare Drum and Toms

Teacher: Chad Smith Length: 20 min Category: Independence

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

Independence: Fills and Combined Rock Beat

Teacher: Chad Smith Length: 16 min Category: Independence

This is the last lesson in Chad Smith’s course, “Basic Rock Drumming Chad’s Way.” You should start with Lesson 1 if you are a beginner. All 10 lessons are included in your subscription.

Playing: The Texas Shuffle

Teacher: Adam Kuns Length: 5 min Category: Beats / Grooves

This lesson covers one of the most common grooves to have in your drumming vocabulary, the Texas Shuffle. We cover everything from tips on how to make this shuffle groove to some basic fill used when playing this style of music.