The Beginner'S Guide To Jazz Drumming

We will be covering the fundamentals of swing, solos, songs, snare drum, technique, listening, and more!

What you'll learn

Understand the fundamentals of jazz drumming as well as counting and listening to music

Play I'm Beginning To See The Light, The Double Up, Blue Train, and Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Comp with the ride cymbal pattern and snare drum while feathering the bass drum and playing the hi hat on 2 and 4

Solo with quarter notes, eighth notes, and triplets both on the snare drum and around the drums

Requirements

No prior drumming experience is necessary, but prior music experience is helpful

Description

Welcome to The Beginner's Guide To Jazz Drumming. Starting from the top, we will go step-by-step and bar-by-bar through various swing beats, comping, and solos. We will learn real songs including I'm Beginning To See The Light, The Double Up, Blue Train, and Don't Get Around Much Anymore.Ever lecture provides a bite sized and digestible new piece of content so you can work on a few at a time until you feel comfortable enough to move onto the next thing. By the end of the course, I hope that you will feel comfortable with the material and inspired to continue learning about jazz drumming beyond our time together.There are no prerequisites. Whether you've played other instruments before and have always wanted to try the drums or if you're brand new to music, this course is for you.If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message at any time!I studied Music Education at New York University, and have been playing and teaching professionally for the past 10 years. I am offering this information for a fraction of the cost of a lesson ($70/hr) so that it's accessible and I think anyone can get value out of it.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Part Two

Lecture 2 Holding The Drum Sticks

Lecture 3 Counting Triplets and Swung Rhythms

Lecture 4 Soloing on the Snare Drum with Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes

Lecture 5 Jazz Ride Cymbal Pattern

Lecture 6 Counting 8 Measure Phrases

Lecture 7 Playing along with I'm Beginning To See The Light - Frank Sinatra

Section 3: Part Three

Lecture 8 Soloing Around The Drums with Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes

Lecture 9 Comping Part One

Lecture 10 Comping and Playing Along with The Double Up - Lee Morgan

Lecture 11 Feathering The Bass Drum and Left Foot Hi Hat

Lecture 12 Soloing on the Snare Drum with Quarter Notes, Eighth Notes, and Triplets

Section 4: Part Three

Lecture 13 How To Resolve A Phrase

Lecture 14 Playing the Figures on Blue Train - John Coltrane

Lecture 15 Playing Along with the Head to Blue Train - John Coltrane

Lecture 16 More Comping

Lecture 17 Soloing Around The Drums with Quarter Notes, Eighth Notes, and Triplets

Lecture 18 More Resolves

Section 5: Part Four

Lecture 19 Comping Behind John Coltrane on Blue Train

Lecture 20 The Closed Hi Hat and Open/Closed Hi Hat Beats

Lecture 21 Playing Along with the Head to Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Nat King Cole

Lecture 22 Finale Solo Around The Drums

Lecture 23 Bonus Material

Anyone who is interested in learning about jazz drums and has no/little prior experience