Drums - 16th Note Groove Practice - Beginners

Looking to get to grips with a basic 16th note groove practice, maybe add a little variation to it like adding a double kick drum as 8th notes?

In the video lesson below, we start with a quick reminder of how to play and count 1/4 and then 8th note grooves.

If you want to practise these more, check out the videos here:

Total Beginner 1/4 Note Groove

Beginner 8th Note Groove

Swapping Between 1/4 and 8th Note Grooves

Then we look at a beginner 16th note groove played simply on the kick and hi-hat. This gives you really good practice co-ordinating the hands and feet; keeping a regular pulse, and counting.

We first use the 'cheating' way of counting by just using: 1 2 3 4, 1 2 34 , then move onto counting 'correctly': 1e&a, 2e&a etc.

This definitely takes practice and you should play this basic concept for a while before moving on to the next exercise where we also add the snare.

We then move on to add a couple of simple variations just to get you moving around the kit a little and building greater co-ordination.

Have a look at this video, pause to practise the skills you need to, then move on to the next step.

Don't feel you need to rush - make sure things are secure before adding in variations.

Really focus on making sure the hi-hat and the kick or snare are played exactly at the same time.

And with all that said, here's the video - - Have Fun With This 16th Note Groove Practice: