access_time2022-05-09T09:53:40.018ZfaceWesley Newton
Learning Drums: Playing triplet fills – how to improvise! By Wesley Newton Published on: Play an eighth note groove for an entire bar and follow that up with a triplet fill with the counting 1-trip-let-2-trip-let-3-trip-let-4-trip-let and orchestrate them on the snare drum, hi-tom, mid-tom and the ...
access_time2022-05-09T09:38:22.771ZfaceWesley Newton
Learning Drums: Playing around the kit – time to have some fun By Wesley Newton Published on: Play an eighth note groove for a bar, follow it up with an eighth note/sixteenth note fill at a slower tempo. Add the kick drum on every right-hand single stroke rudiment based on the time value of each fi...
access_time2022-05-09T09:12:21.206ZfaceWesley Newton
Learning Drums: Getting creative around triplets By Wesley Newton Published on: Like how an eighth note is counted as (1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&) and a sixteenth note is counted as (1-e-&-a-2-e-&-a-3-e-&-a-4-e-&-a), a triplet groove is counted as (1-trip-let-2-trip-let-3-trip-let-4-trip-let). Start by clappi...
access_time2022-05-09T08:55:35.5ZfaceWesley Newton
Learning Drums: Understanding the world of eighth and sixteenth note fills By Wesley Newton Published on: Follow eighth notes (1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&) and sixteenth note (1-e-&-a-2-e-&-a-3-e-&-a-4-e-&-a) grooves to orchestrate fills on the snare, hi-tom, mid-tom and the floor-tom with the kick drum on eve...
access_time2022-05-09T07:25:19.269ZfaceWesley Newton
Learning Drums: Having fun playing eighth note grooves By Wesley Newton Published on: Like how quarter notes have a single count (1-2-3-4), eighth notes have two counts represented as 1-&-2-&-3-&-4-&. We learn to play a standard eighth note groove and improvise with the four on the floor beat – on ...