Intermediate Tutorials

Advanced Subdivision Pyramid

This video takes you through a few more advanced subdivisions in a pyramid exercise.

Triplet Fills

Many times a triplet feel in a song calls for completely different fill, here are some ready to use examples.

16th Note Fills

Four fills broken down and learn how to create your own fills using 16th notes.

Improvising grooves

Four different drum groove examples to help you explore beat improvisation.

16th Note Grooves

Basic 16th note grooves broken down.

Shuffles

Learn some of the most common shuffle grooves.

6/8 Time & Grooves

Three groove examples and 2 fill examples in 6/8 time.

Brush Swing Grooves

Regular swing, ¾ waltz, and upbeat swing brush grooves broken down.

Brush Grooves

Funk, Bossa Nova, and 6/8 Brush grooves broken down.

Jazz

Exercises & 2 grooves to help you get started in Jazz.

Jazz Comping 1

"Comping" explained & several exercises to help you get started in jazz comping.

Trading 4's

Trade four bars of groove back and forth with dave, also trading 4's soloing explained.

Reggae

Two different reggae feels demonstrated with variations.

Mozambique

Mozambique groove broken down along with 2 variations.

Nanigo

Nanigo 6/8 Afro Cuban groove broken down along with 1 variation.

Samba

Samba groove broken down along with 2 variations.

Mambo 2

Advanced Mambo groove broken down along with a left foot hi hat splash variation.

Funk Grooves

Five funk grooves broken down.

Singles Technique

Single stroke roll techniques broken down to help you increase speed, efficiency & control

Doubles Technique

Double Stroke roll techniques broken down to help you increase speed, efficiency & control.

Paradiddles

Rudiments: Paradiddle, Double Paradiddle, Triple Paradiddle, and Single Paradiddle-diddle.

Polyrhythms - 3 over 4

Four patterns to get you more acquainted with 3 over 4 poly rhythms

Multiple Bounce & Triple Stroke Rolls

Rudiments: Multiple Bounce exercises & Triple stroke Roll.

Single Stroke Rolls

Rudiments: Single Stroke Rolls, Single Stroke Four, and Single Stroke Seven

Double Stroke Rolls 1

Rudiments: Double Stroke Open Roll, Five Stroke Roll, Six Stroke Roll, Seven Stroke Roll, and Nine Stroke Roll.

Doubles Stroke Rolls 2

Rudiments: Ten Stroke Roll, Eleven Stroke Roll, Thirteen Stroke Roll, Fifteen Stroke Roll, and Seventeen Stroke Roll.

Flams 1

Rudiments: Flam, Flam Accent, and Flam Tap

Flams 2

Rudiments: Flamacue, Flam Paradiddle, Single Flammed Mill, and Flam Paradiddle-diddle.

Flams 3

Rudiments: Pataflafla, Swiss Army Triplet, Inverted Flam Taps, and Flam Drags.

Drags 1

Rudiments: Drag, Single Drag Tap, Double Drag Tap, Lesson 25, and Single Dragadiddle.

Drags 2

Rudiments:  Drag Paradiddle #1, Drag Paradiddle #2, Single Ratamacue, Double Ratamacue, and Triple Ratamacue.