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Hold Back the River – James Bay

This tribal groove appears in the second chorus of Hold Back the River (1:30). The right-hand rides in eighth notes on the floor tom – the left-hand plays the snare on beat 2, the 'and-of-3' and the...

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Simple Man – Lynyard Skynyrd – Verse

This two-measure groove is heard throughout the verse sections of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man" – a fan favourite from the band's debut album "Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd" (1973).

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Syncopated Hi-Hat and Bass Drum – Drum Beat

We borrowed a technique used by Rodney Holmes in the Santana song Smooth to create this syncopated groove.

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Have Some E Ands

This groove uses a funky, syncopated sixteenth note ostinato on the hi-hat.

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Wrapping Your Head Around Syncopated Notation

To a lot of drummers, syncopated notation (and playing the notation, for that matter) seems to be an alien concept. However, taking a step back to examine a few of the most common syncopated patterns...

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Syncopated Sixteenths Rock Grooves

This syncopated groove plays the bass drum along with all of the sixteenth notes on the hi-hat. Be sure to play all of the hi-hat strokes with your right stick (or left with a left-handed setup).

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Syncopated ‘E’ Drum Fills

This lesson explores four drum fill ideas that feature the crash and bass to accent the Es.

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Orchestrating a Syncopated Rhythm

Learn six drum fills based on the same rhythmic pattern. The re-orchestration technique allows you to create many drum fills with different flavors.

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Exploring the “& ah”

This lesson explores adding a syncopated crash on the "&" of beat 4.

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Crashing The ‘& Ah’

This lesson extends last week's lesson called Exploring The & Ah.

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