10-How to Play the Drums: Accented Quavers

This lesson is part of the series: Introduction to Drumming: The Basics, Drumming Lessons: Basics through Advanced

This video tutorial goes over more work with quavers, crotchets and the drum kit. First, we'll start by learning about quavers with accents. Additionally, we will begin combining our hands by just using the high-hat, bass drum and snare drum. We sit at the drum kit so the right foot is on the bass drum pedal, the left hand plays the snare drum, and the right hand crosses over the top of the left, and plays the high-hat. To get accustomed to this type of coordination, a exercises that involve quavers on the high-hat are included.

This lesson is excerpted from a broader course available from www.begindrumming.com. The Begin Drumming course is a 100% comprehensive drumming course which takes you from absolute beginner to expert soloist without any gimmicky short cuts! Through a combination of video and written lessons, the course will teach you proper technique as well as how to read drum music.

• Once you purchase this lesson you will have access to these files:
• 10.pdf
• pg14ex1.mp3
• pg14ex2.mp3

Let me introduce myself. My name is Jim McCarthy. I'm a drum clinician and teacher and have specialized in pure technique for many years. I consider myself still a student as well, because I have a passion for constantly learning. I learn every day when I watch other drummers, and I analyze what works and what doesn’t. Performing, Educating and Learning have been my life and my living for well over 20 years.

I've had a tremendously broad background in drumming. I've played in rock bands, orchestras, marching bands - everything from high-brow contemporary music to Latin American stuff.

I spent six years at university studying percussion performance full time, and I ended up with a...

This lesson has not been reviewed.

Please purchase the lesson to review.