13-How to Play the Drums: Drum Kit Solo 1

This lesson is part of the series: Introduction to Drumming: The Basics, How to Play the Drums: Drum Kit Solos, Drumming Lessons: Basics through Advanced

Now that we can play some simple rock beats, its time to put them together and play some real music. Our first drum kit solo has a few basic rock beats and also a few notes on the tom toms. Be especially careful to count the rests correctly. This solo is called Four Steps One, and includes flams, which were learned in a previous lesson (http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/1632). In this solo, we also see a “repeated section” for first time. The repeated section is like a musical bracket, and is the bars played between the double bar lines with the double dots, as shown in the supplemental file. This section is played twice in a row (repeated) before going on to the end section.

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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...

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