- Chris Layton brings the band in with this fill…on Texas Flood.…One, two, three, four, five…six, seven, eight, nine, 10,…one, two, three, four,…five, six, seven.…(drum beat)…So, now let's take that fill that we just played,…and put it in context of the song.…We're gonna play the fill,…and then we're gonna play a couple measures of the beat,…and we're gonna end it with a fill…and just loop that phrase over and over again.…
So, here we go.…One, two, three, four, five,…six, seven, eight, nine, 10,…one, two, three, four,…five, six, seven.…(drum beat)…
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Author
Rich Lackowski
Released
8/23/2016
Learn how to play the drums using popular drum beats and fills played by some of the best drummers on some of the world's most famous songs. This collection combines the entire three-level series On the Beaten Path—the acclaimed method that teaches you how to play drums using carefully selected legendary beats from the songs that shaped modern music. The initial chapters start you off with a wide selection of basic rock beats and fills by drummers including John Bonham (Led Zeppelin), Tré Cool (Green Day), Dave Grohl (Nirvana), and many more. Next, expand your drum vocabulary with dozens of blues and jazz beats and fills by drummers—including Chris Layton (Stevie Ray Vaughan), Max Roach (Miles Davis), Buddy Rich, and many more—to unlock the coordination and syncopation skills that you need to master. Then fortify your drumming knowledge with reggae, country, funk, and Latin beats by legendary drummers including Carlton Barrett (Bob Marley), Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste (The Meters), and many more. Award-winning instructor Rich Lackowski weaves in concepts like time and tempo manipulation, time signature, and a ton of key drumming tools.
By the time you complete this course, you'll understand all the essentials of being a good drummer: from reading and writing music to playing with healthy technique to keep you drumming for a lifetime—along with a well-rounded vocabulary of over 140 famous beats and fills that you can use to create your own music and start playing in bands.
By the time you complete this course, you'll understand all the essentials of being a good drummer: from reading and writing music to playing with healthy technique to keep you drumming for a lifetime—along with a well-rounded vocabulary of over 140 famous beats and fills that you can use to create your own music and start playing in bands.
Topics include:
- Setting up your drums
- Basic hand and foot technique
- Reading music
- Playing basic beat and fills in a variety of styles
- Playing in 3/4, 5/4, and 7/8 time and more
Skill Level Beginner
4h 31m
Duration
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Introduction
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Introduction to level 11m 16s
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1. Getting Started
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Setting up your drums7m 20s
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Basic hand technique3m 47s
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Basic foot technique1m 33s
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Reading music notation6m 41s
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2. Basic Rock Beats
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"Back in Black" by AC/DC2m 39s
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The flam3m 50s
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"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty1m 30s
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"Come As You Are" by Nirvana3m 53s
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"Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin2m 44s
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"Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith3m 57s
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"Walk This Way" by Aerosmith3m 33s
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3. Basic Rock Fills
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4. About the Drums and Sticks
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Parts of a drum1m 20s
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Drumhead selection3m 46s
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Drumstick selection3m 39s
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5. Basic Blues and Shuffle Beats
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The 12/8 time signature3m 39s
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"Revolution" by The Beatles1m 17s
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"Manish Boy" by Muddy Waters2m 30s
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6. Basic Blues and Shuffle Fills
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"Texas Flood"1m 19s
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Stop time2m 17s
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Fermata and improvisation3m 53s
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7. Basic Jazz Beats
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The rim click2m 27s
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Swing notation1m 55s
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Syncopation2m 28s
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Ghost notes2m 8s
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"Jeru" by Miles Davis2m 30s
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8. Basic Jazz Fills
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Consecutive triplets3m 18s
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Straight eighth notes1m 52s
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Skip pattern1m 33s
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9. Basic Country Beats
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The train beat1m 32s
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10. Basic Funk Beats
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"Groovy Lady" by The Meters1m 47s
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"Doodle Loop" by The Meters1m 46s
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"Tippi-Toes" by The Meters1m 47s
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"Thinking" by The Meters1m 51s
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11. Basic Reggae Beats
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One drop1m 19s
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One measure repeat2m 14s
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12. Basic Latin Beats
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Bossa nova1m 4s
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Up-tempo bossa nova2m 41s
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13. More Jazz Beats and Fills
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Dropping bombs3m 11s
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Polyrhythms2m 3s
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Rim shot1m 43s
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Open hi-hat foot splash2m 25s
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Stick shot56s
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The 5-stroke roll3m 29s
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Buzz strokes7m 1s
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14. More Time Signatures
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Playing in 7/41m 58s
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Playing in 3/41m 58s
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Playing in 5/42m 27s
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Playing in 9/83m 5s
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Playing in 7/82m 54s
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15. Time/Meter/Tempo Manipulation
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Double time3m 49s
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Half time2m
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Accelerando and ritardando4m 34s
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Goodbye
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