Drum Set Lessons: On the Beaten Path

Introduction

• Introduction to level 1

1. Getting Started

• Organizing your drums
• Setting up your drums
• Setting up the hi-hats and cymbals
• Basic hand technique
• Basic foot technique
• Reading music notation

2. Basic Rock Beats

• "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" by The White Stripes
• "Runnin' Down a Dream" by Tom Petty
• "Back in Black" by AC/DC
• "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty
• The flam
• "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC
• "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty
• "Come As You Are" by Nirvana
• "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple
• "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin
• "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin
• "Sweet Emotion" by Aerosmith
• "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith

3. Basic Rock Fills

• Drum fill from "Come As You Are"
• Drum fill from "Free Fallin'"
• Drum fill from "I Won't Back Down"
• Drum fill from "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day
• The drag from "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
• Drum fill from "Livin' on the Edge" by Aerosmith
• Drum fill from "Back in Black"
• Drum fill from "D'yer Mak'er" by Led Zeppelin

4. About the Drums and Sticks

• Parts of a drum
• Drumhead selection
• Tuning the drums and replacing a drumhead
• Drumstick selection
• Conclusion & credits for level 1

5. Basic Blues and Shuffle Beats

• Introduction to level 2
• The 12/8 time signature
• "You Shook Me" by Led Zeppelin
• "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" by B.B. King
• "Revolution" by The Beatles
• "Who Do You Love?" by George Thorogood & the Destroyers
• "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker
• "I Want to be Loved #2" by Muddy Waters
• "Manish Boy" by Muddy Waters
• "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs
• "At Last" by Etta James, example 1
• "At Last" by Etta James, example 2
• "Texas Flood" by Stevie Ray Vaughan
• "Pride and Joy" by Stevie Ray Vaughan
• "Move It on Over" by George Thorogood & the Destroyers

6. Basic Blues and Shuffle Fills

• Fills from "You Shook Me" and "Bad to the Bone"
• "Texas Flood"
• 12-bar blues and turnaround fills
• Double-stroke roll and the 9-stroke roll
• Stop time
• Fermata and improvisation

7. Basic Jazz Beats

• The rim click
• Swing notation
• "Straight, No Chaser" by Miles Davis
• "Chelsea Bridge" by Buddy Rich
• Syncopation
• Ghost notes
• Syncopation with the bass drum
• "Jeru" by Miles Davis

8. Basic Jazz Fills

• "In Walked Bud" by Thelonius Monk
• "I've Got You Under My Skin" by Michael Bublé
• Consecutive triplets
• Straight eighth notes
• Skip pattern
• Conclusion and credits for level 2

9. Basic Country Beats

• Introduction to level 3
• The train beat
• First and second endings

10. Basic Funk Beats

• "Groovy Lady" by The Meters
• "Doodle Loop" by The Meters
• "Unkfunky UFO" by Parliament
• "You Can Make It If You Try" by Sly & the Family Stone
• "Tippi-Toes" by The Meters
• "Brick House" by The Commodores
• "Chameleon" by Herbie Hancock
• "Thinking" by The Meters
• "Super Bad (Part 1)" by James Brown

11. Basic Reggae Beats

• One drop
• One measure repeat
• "Rootsman Skanking" by Bunny Wailer

12. Basic Latin Beats

• Bossa nova
• Latin beats in rock songs
• Up-tempo bossa nova

13. More Jazz Beats and Fills

• Dropping bombs
• Polyrhythms
• Rim shot
• Open hi-hat foot splash
• Stick shot
• The 5-stroke roll
• Stringing together stick shots
• Buzz strokes

14. More Time Signatures

• Playing in 7/4
• Playing in 3/4
• Playing in 5/4
• Playing in 9/8
• Playing in 7/8

15. Time/Meter/Tempo Manipulation

• Double time
• Half time
• Accelerando and ritardando

Goodbye

• Conclusion and credits for level 3