Drums Lesson One  Building a rock groove (using quarter notes)

Playing a rock groove


Playing a rock groove.

Playing a rock groove.

Finally, play all three voices together, hi-hat on all four beats, snare drum on beats 2 and 4 and the bass drum on beats 1 and 3.

You may wish to bring each voice in separately, which is fine and often helps you build the pattern. Eventually, you will be able to just start the whole pattern at once.

Exercise 7

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