Lesson – Simon DasGupta – 5 New Bass Drum Patterns

Hello, and welcome to the August video lesson from Drum Ambition! This month, we return to our 8th note drum beats, with five more options for your bass drum! As always the goal is to play these with a metronome at 55bpm, counting out loud, and then gradually increasing your tempo as you become more

By | 2017-08-11T18:20:27+00:00 August 15th, 2016|Categories: Education|Tags: |Comments Off on Lesson – Simon DasGupta – 5 New Bass Drum Patterns

Lesson – Simon DasGupta – Notation Part 2

Thank you for checking out my latest video on MikeDolbear.com! In the last video, I showed you the note value chart, including how to count the important subdivisions. If you have not seen it, check it out - it will certainly help you when watching this latest feature. This video will show you how to

By | 2017-08-11T18:20:54+00:00 July 1st, 2016|Categories: Education|Tags: |Comments Off on Lesson – Simon DasGupta – Notation Part 2

Lesson – Danny Pearson – Sextuplet Fill In

Hi, I’m Danny Pearson and welcome to my next lesson in a series for the Mike Dolbear affiliated drum school.  One of the most common questions I get asked is ‘how do I come up with better fill-ins’ or ‘more fill-in ideas’.  So in this series I will be showing you the sort of fills

By | 2017-08-11T18:20:55+00:00 June 1st, 2016|Categories: Education|Tags: |Comments Off on Lesson – Danny Pearson – Sextuplet Fill In

Lesson – Simon DasGupta – Notation

Welcome to my third video on Mike Dolbear.com! If you have watched the first two videos in my beginner series, you will have seen how to play a basic pop/rock drum beat, with multiple bass drum variations. By now you will have noticed the scrolling music notation during the videos, and will have also seen

By | 2017-08-11T18:20:55+00:00 June 1st, 2016|Categories: Education|Tags: |Comments Off on Lesson – Simon DasGupta – Notation

Lesson – Simon DasGupta – Adding Bass Drums To Your First Drum Beat

Thank you for checking out my second video on mikedolbear.com! In the previous video, I showed you how to put together your first drum beat - the classic 8th note pop/rock beat. Since that drum beat is the foundation of literally hundreds of drum beats, make sure you are comfortable with this before moving on

By | 2017-08-11T18:20:55+00:00 April 30th, 2016|Categories: Education|Tags: |Comments Off on Lesson – Simon DasGupta – Adding Bass Drums To Your First Drum Beat

Lesson – Chris Whitehouse – Linear Shuffle

Linear Shuffle This is a fairly simple lesson. The linear three is phrased RLF through triplets. The right hand goes on the hi hats, left hand goes on the snare. On the third grouping (beat Three) the right comes down to play the main snare beat, creating a nice half time shuffle. Be sure to

By | 2017-08-11T18:20:56+00:00 April 15th, 2016|Categories: Education|Tags: |Comments Off on Lesson – Chris Whitehouse – Linear Shuffle

Lesson – Simon DasGupta – Your First Drum Beat

Thank you for checking out my first contribution! I've know Mike Dolbear for many years, and can say without hesitation that you couldn't be in better hands when it comes to drum education. Thank you for the opportunity Mike - it's great to be part of the team! My contributions are especially for beginner drummers.

By | 2017-08-11T18:20:56+00:00 March 31st, 2016|Categories: Education|Tags: |Comments Off on Lesson – Simon DasGupta – Your First Drum Beat

Lesson – Chris Whitehouse – Fives

Hi guys! Welcome back. This lesson is focussed on a popular five note sticking - RLRLL - and phrased through sixteenth note triplets. In a bar of 4/4 each beat is divided into 6 giving us 24 beats. That means that we have room for 4 cycles of the sticking and leaves us with 4

By | 2017-08-11T18:20:57+00:00 March 15th, 2016|Categories: Education|Tags: |Comments Off on Lesson – Chris Whitehouse – Fives

Lesson – Danny Pearson – Paradiddle Fill, Substituting Limbs

Hi, I’m Danny Pearson and welcome to my next lesson in a series for the Mike Dolbear affiliated drum school.  One of the most common questions I get asked is ‘how do I come up with better fill-ins’ or ‘more fill-in ideas’.  So in this series I will be showing you the sort of fills

By | 2017-08-11T18:21:23+00:00 March 2nd, 2016|Categories: Education|Tags: |Comments Off on Lesson – Danny Pearson – Paradiddle Fill, Substituting Limbs
Mapex_Paiste_0917