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Drum Video Lessons
Initial Grade
Basic Groove Practice


Drums - 16th Note Groove Practice - Beginners
Learn how to play and count a basic 16th note groove and some simple variations.


Drum Lesson - Swapping Between 1/4 and 8th Note Grooves
So, here's the next challenge, and I warn you swapping between 1/4 and 8th note grooves


Drum Lesson - Mastering the 8th Note Groove at 80 BPM
Practise with the 8th note groove at 80 bpm


Drum Lesson - 8th Note Groove Practice - 60 Bpm
Play along to an 8th note groove to help practise this basic rhythm


Drum - Lesson 1/4 Note Groove Practice - 60 Bpm
play along to this 1/4 note groove for practice of this basic.


Drum Rhythms 1 - Beginner to Grade 1
These drum rhythms have been designed to take you from simple exercises to basic beats that appear again and again in many genres of...


Drum Rhythms 2 - Grade 1-3
Hi all, here's the next instalment of the drum rhythms exercises.
Trinity Drum Grade Pieces
Initial Grade


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Grade 1
Grade One


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Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 2


She Sells Sanctuary Drums
A fantastic song, and a great way to start your grade 2 journey. It's mainly a simply 8th note groove, which you should be very confident...

Sam Goffen
Aug 31 min read
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Drum Lesson - Trinity - Miss You
Trinity Rock and Pop Drums - Grade 2

Sam Goffen
Feb 12, 20211 min read
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Grade 4
Grade 3


Sweet Child of Mine
Drum lesson based on the Trinity Grade 3 piece - Sweet Child of Mine

Sam Goffen
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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Grade 4
Exercises


Jump
Jump - Grade 4 Drums

Sam Goffen
Apr 18, 20201 min read
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Technical Exercises


Drums - 16th Note Groove Practice - Beginners
Learn how to play and count a basic 16th note groove and some simple variations.

Sam Goffen
Aug 291 min read
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Drum Lesson - How to Play a Blues Shuffle
Another lesson for you beginner drummers. Here we take a look at a basic blues shuffle rhythm, and also some theory behind it by looking...

Sam Goffen
Mar 5, 20211 min read
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Drum Lesson - How to play a basic Flam
What's a Flam?! And how do I play one? A question I've heard from beginner drummers, and the answer is: a very useful rudiment that you...

Sam Goffen
Mar 5, 20211 min read
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Drum Exercises - Open Rolls
What is an 'open roll'? and some fun ways to practise it. There are many different drum rudiments (basic exercises) that should be...

Sam Goffen
Feb 16, 20211 min read
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Paradiddle Practice
Here's a number of exercises all using paradiddles, starting from the very basics and getting a little more complex as we move through them.

Sam Goffen
Feb 4, 20211 min read
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Triplets Practice for the Drums
Here are a number of exercises ranging from simple to more challenging for beginner drummers that all use triplets. Here's the free...

Sam Goffen
Jan 29, 20211 min read
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Single Roll Practice
Single rolls are very simple in concept, just hit once on each hand. What can be hard about hitting drums with your right, then left, then right, then left etc?

Sam Goffen
Jan 20, 20211 min read
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Sticking and Zoning 101 - Pt 1
Welcome to the start of this concept of Sticking and Zoning. Firstly, I want to say this is not my original idea, far from it, but it's something that you're going to find really useful.

Sam Goffen
Mar 2, 20203 min read
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Sticking and Zoning Pt 2
Moving on from the first lesson, this one introduces the next step.

Sam Goffen
Mar 1, 20201 min read
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