1. The Essentials

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Start your journey with 20 perfectly-paced beginner drum lessons. You'll also find ten lessons on the basics of music notation after Lesson 20.

Videos

Getting started with basic beats and fills

Getting started with basic beats and fills

Lesson 1. Prepare for lift-off with your first drum beat!

Lesson 1. Prepare for lift-off with your first drum beat!

10:37

Lesson 2. Get down to the groove with five fun variations

Lesson 2. Get down to the groove with five fun variations

11:01

Lesson 3. Mixing it up! More bass drum variations

Lesson 3. Mixing it up! More bass drum variations

10:27

Lesson 4. Putting it all together using drum fills

Lesson 4. Putting it all together using drum fills

12:35

Lesson 5. Getting creative with more drum fill ideas

Lesson 5. Getting creative with more drum fill ideas

10:46

Taking the next steps

Taking the next steps

Lesson 6. Feeling groovy with the 16th note beat

Lesson 6. Feeling groovy with the 16th note beat

9:57

Lesson 7. More 16th note beats that will get them dancing

Lesson 7. More 16th note beats that will get them dancing

11:48

Lesson 8. Turbo charge your 16th note beats with these variations

Lesson 8. Turbo charge your 16th note beats with these variations

8:47

Lesson 9. Getting serious with the 16th note drum fill

Lesson 9. Getting serious with the 16th note drum fill

12:55

Lesson 10. Doubling down on the 16th note drum fill

Lesson 10. Doubling down on the 16th note drum fill

10:05

Expanding on ideas

Expanding on ideas

Lesson 11. Rocking out with the quarter note beat

Lesson 11. Rocking out with the quarter note beat

13:35

Lesson 12. Let's get all four limbs playing the game!

Lesson 12. Let's get all four limbs playing the game!

10:56

Lesson 13. Open and close the hi-hats to create interesting musical texture

Lesson 13. Open and close the hi-hats to create interesting musical texture

9:48

Lesson 14. Transform your beats with these simple enhancements

Lesson 14. Transform your beats with these simple enhancements

9:14

Lesson 15. Create killer grooves by expanding on the last theme

Lesson 15. Create killer grooves by expanding on the last theme

9:41

Lesson 16. Embellishing your 16th note grooves

Lesson 16. Embellishing your 16th note grooves

10:33

Lesson 17. Thinking outside the box with these bass drum ideas

Lesson 17. Thinking outside the box with these bass drum ideas

8:20

Lesson 18. Get ready to shuffle!

Lesson 18. Get ready to shuffle!

12:17

Lesson 19. The power of three! Triplet drum fills

Lesson 19. The power of three! Triplet drum fills

10:00

Lesson 20. Adding some musical magic

Lesson 20. Adding some musical magic

13:54

Notation Lessons

Notation Lessons

Lesson 1. The language of music

Lesson 1. The language of music

10:15

Lesson 2. It's just basic math!

Lesson 2. It's just basic math!

10:53

Lesson 3. Building layer by layer

Lesson 3. Building layer by layer

10:44

Lesson 4. Let's take a rest. No, really!

Lesson 4. Let's take a rest. No, really!

10:01

Lesson 5. Fun, tongue-twisting counting at its best

Lesson 5. Fun, tongue-twisting counting at its best

11:42

Lesson 6. Discovering the versatility of notation

Lesson 6. Discovering the versatility of notation

10:25

Lesson 7. That little dot actually means something!

Lesson 7. That little dot actually means something!

14:18

Lesson 8. It's all coming together nicely

Lesson 8. It's all coming together nicely

11:15

Lesson 9. Don't get tied up!

Lesson 9. Don't get tied up!

10:29

Lesson 10. Let's wrap this thing up!

Lesson 10. Let's wrap this thing up!

11:32