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.