How To Play Any Drum Beat #2 — Triplet Bass Drum Patterns

This is part two in a series of lessons on learning how to play any drum beat. In this lesson we switch our focus to triplet bass drum patterns.

Resources for Drum KitRoss Farley14 May 2020How To Play Any Drum Beat, How To Play Any Drum Groove, drum beats, grooves, bass drum control, bass drum patterns, Triplets, Triplet drum beatsComment

How To Play Any Drum Beat #1 — Bass Drum Patterns

This is the first in a series of lessons on learning how to play any drum beat. In this lesson we focus on bass drum patterns.

Resources for Drum KitRoss Farley13 May 2020How To Play Any Drum Beat, How To Play Any Drum Groove, drum beats, grooves, bass drum control, bass drum patternsComment

Hand Coordination Workout #2

The second in my series of hand coordination workouts. We build on part one and start moving around the drum kit.

Resources for Drum KitRoss Farley7 May 2020hand coordination, stick control, rudiments, drumming exercises, practice pad exercises, drum kit exercisesComment

Hand Coordination Workout #1

This is the first in a series of posts I’ll be doing on hand coordination. In these exercises we’ll get those hands strong and working together!

Resources for Practice PadRoss Farley5 May 2020hand coordination, stick control, rudiments, drumming exercises, practice pad workout, practice pad exercisesComment

Moving Around the Drum Kit

These exercises are designed to help you move around the kit more fluidly whilst also training your ear to recognise different note groupings.

Resources for Drum KitRoss Farley12 February 2019Comment

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Gift Ideas For Drummers

If you have a drummer in the family and you're stuck on what to get them for Christmas or a birthday then this post is for you.

Book and Gift GuidesRoss Farley27 November 2018drumming, drum gifts, drumming books, gift ideas for drummers, drumming gift ideas, gifts for drummers, presents for drummers, what to buy a drummer, drumming gift guideComment

Hands vs Feet | Coordination Workout

In these exercises we combine various sticking and foot patterns. An excellent coordination workout!

Resources for Drum KitRoss Farley24 April 2018stick control, coordination

Drum Book Recommendations

I have bought a lot of drum books over the last few years. These are my top picks.

Book and Gift GuidesRoss Farley16 August 2017drummer resources, drumset books, drumming, drumming books, stick control, drum books, drums Comments

Paradiddle-diddle vs Paradiddle

Here's a fun set of exercises that I've been playing around with on my practice pad that combines accents, paradiddles and paradiddle-diddles.

Resources for Practice PadRoss Farley22 June 2016practice pad workout, chops, paradiddles, paradiddle accents, paradiddle-diddles

Singles and Doubles

Single strokes and double strokes are your two main options when it comes to moving around the drum kit. There are a ton of exercises you could use to get better at playing double strokes but these combinations are some of my favourites.

Resources for Practice PadRoss Farley21 June 2016doubles, singles, double strokes, single strokes, rudiments, stick control, stickings, practice pad workoutComment

Quintuplet Patterns

A quick quintuplet pad workout. If you haven’t played around with five note patterns before, this is a good place to start.

Resources for Practice PadRoss Farley19 June 2016quintuplets, stick control, stickings, practice pad workoutComment

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