Drum Lessons: One of our favorite drumming resources, these free drum lessons are designed to teach specific topics to help you improve your drumming. Drum lessons are updated as they are created. Enjoy our free drum lessons and improve your drumming.
Learn to read the dynamics markings piano, forte crescendo and descrescendo in this drum lesson. You should already be comfortable playing quarter notes, 8th notes and 8th rests in order to do this lesson. You will also need the Beat Sheet called , "Dynamics 1," in order to do this lesson.
Learn the dynamic markings mezzo piano, mezzo forte, pianissimo and fortissimo in this drum lesson video. You will need the Beat Sheet called, "Dynamics 2," in order to do this lesson.
Learning To Read Series: Dotted 8th Notes (02-24- 2007)
Level = 2/5
Learn to read and play dotted eighth notes. In order to do this lesson you will already need to have an understanding of quarter notes, 8th notes, 16th notes and their corresponding rests. You will need the Beat Sheet titled, "Dotted Eighths" in order to do this lesson.
Learning To Read Series: Dotted Halves & Quarters (02-17- 2007)
Level = 2/5
Learn to read and play dotted half notes and dotted quarter notes. In order to do this lesson you already need to have an understanding of quarter notes, 8th notes and 16th notes and their respective rests. You will need the Beat Sheet in order to do this lesson.
Learn to read and play drum music written in the 3/4 time signature. In order to do this lesson, you already need to have an understanding of quarter notes, 8th notes, 16ths notes and their corresponding rests. You will also need the Beat Sheet for this lesson.
Learning To Read Series: 8ths Connected To 16ths (02-03- 2007)
Level = 1/5
In this lesson you will learn how to read and play 8ths notes connected to 16th notes. To do this lesson you should already be comfortable with 8th notes and 16th notes.