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Continuing the series of online drum lessons, this time the concept of syncopation is introduces. And as in the previous online drum lesson, you are welcome to practice this one by tapping your hands and feet, or by using an actual drum set.

In music, the concept known as syncopation means playing or accenting a note that is offset from the regular beat. What this means for our drum practice here, is that we're going to play some snare notes in between the hi-hat notes.  read more »

In the previous online drum lesson, every four count the beat repeated exactly. In this lesson, the beat is going to repeat every eight count, but instead of counting to eight, we are going to count half beats like so, "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and...", where the 'and' indicates an inbetween half beat. Our beat is now going to be have an 8^th note feel, because the basic unit of count is an 8^th note.  read more »

This is the first in a series of online drum lessons for the very beginner. In this lesson you'll get up to speed quickly by laying down a basic beat. You'll also learn how to start practicing without a drum set.  read more »

The drum beats on this page form the basis of nearly all rock drumming. Many more advanced drum set beats can be formed by embellishing on these basic ones. These drum set beats are probably the first ones you should learn because if you master these relatively easy drum beats, you'll very quickly begin to sound like a "real" drummer. You can then start jamming with your friends.  read more »