Free Drum Lessons
Twelve "Walking" Beats & Fills
The Walking foot pattern is a lot of fun to play and makes for a great drum solo concept. The term "walking" refers to the motion of your feet while playing the technique — right, left, right, left — like you're walking.
Six Linear "Skeleton" Drum Fills
The term "Skeleton," in drumming, refers to drum parts that use only the snare, bass, and cymbals. In other words, no toms or other drums are used. If you see a drum kit with only snare, bass, and cymbals, you could call it a skeleton setup (or skeleton kit).
Unique Crash Placements in "Down-the-Tom" Fills
Accenting the down-the-tom fills with crashes brings a new flavor to the classic fill technique. These four drum fill examples feature the bass drum along with each crash. The audio example plays each fill one time before moving on.
Drum Fills - Adding Punch To Your Standard
Even a standard sixteenth note drum fill can be spruced up by replacing some of the strokes with the crash and bass. In this lesson, we first take a look at some drums-only, sixteenth-note drum fills. Then, we add the punch with the crash and bass.
Drum Fills From “1 ah”
This lesson explores the improvised drum fills from the "1 ah" drum lesson, providing notation, counting, sticking and extra examples.
Five Classic Drum Fills
Learn 5 classic drum fills from the songs "Listen To The Music," "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing," "Free Fallin'," "The Promised Land," and "Volunteers." An emphasis is placed on the underlying techniques used in the fills.
