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Used by thousands of students worldwide, Drums With Willie is a step-by-step method for students who are new to the drums…or coming back!
Each unit is broken into 5 topics:
Improvisation
- this is where you learn different fills that you can use for both drums solos and while playing grooves
Grooves
- this is what playing drums is all about! You'll learn different grooves in a variety of styles step-by-step
Reading Music
- knowing how to read music is an important skill for drummers. You'll learn techniques to read music faster and easier than before
Rhythm
- this is the BIG ONE. Without good, solid rhythm you're lost as a drummer. You'll learn how to internalize rhythm so you're rock solid behind the drums.
Technique
- if you can't PLAY a groove or fill, what's the point? This section shows you how to build a proper technique that will serve you for years to come.
In this first volume, some of the techniques you'll learn includes:
Single and double-stroke rolls, single paradiddles
Reading using quarter notes, pairs of eighth notes, and quarter rests
Basic rock grooves using eighth notes on hi-hat or ride cymbal and simple bass drum rhythms
Double and triple paradiddles
Reading: adding single eighth notes on upbeats
Adding eighth note upbeats on the bass drum
Single flams
Reading: adding groups of four sixteenth notes
Grooves based on hi-hat sixteenth notes, part one
Adding accents to single paradiddles
Reading: adding the rhythm eighth&two sixteenths
Grooves based on hi-hat sixteenth notes, part two
Double and triple paradiddles with accents
Reading: adding the rhythm two sixteenths&one eighth
Grooves incorporating eighth note upbeats on hi-hat or ride
Single, double, and triple paradiddles with rack tom accents
Flam taps
Reading: adding the rhythm sixteenth, eighth, sixteenth
Grooves incorporating sixteenths on snare and bass
Adding fills to grooves
Drum set improvisation utilizing the reading exercises
Video features:
Overhead camera so you see EVERYTHING
Picture-in-picture so you see your teacher...not just the top of his head!
Ability to move back and forth in the video so you learn every note
If you're looking for a complete course to learn the drums...look no further.