In this lesson you’ll learn a technique often used in jazz and other types of improvised music for drummers to take a drum solo while still interacting with the band.

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These demonstrations show you a few ways the Six Stroke Roll rudiment can be used to create drum licks with left and right hand lead.

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This lesson demonstrates of some of the ways the Six Stroke Roll rudiment can be used to create melodic patterns around the drum kit.

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This lesson demonstrates of some of the ways the Single Paradiddle rudiment can be used to create melodic patterns around the drum kit.

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This is a short demonstration of Single and Double Paradiddles and how they can be used to play freely and fluidly around the drum kit.

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This lesson demonstrates an ‘inverted’ Single Paradiddle rudiment and how it can be used to create melodic patterns around the drum kit.

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I came up with this 9-note drum lick back at university and has had people asking about it ever since. One YouTube commenter said it sounded like Woody Woodpecker laughing…hence it’s name.

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This is a powerful and very handy drum lick made up of a flam and a drag. With a little practice the ‘Blushda’ will sit nicely in your bag of drumming tricks.

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Here’s a really cool drum lick made famous by the great Steve Gadd. Remarkably simple but really effective when practiced right.

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This is a simple but effective practice exercise designed to get you moving around your drum kit with more speed and endurance. It’s more of a physical workout than most of my other lessons so put on your gym clothes and work that core.

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This simple drum lick is made up of only six notes and can be used in any sort of music where you want a heavy sounding fill or solo. The sticking is RLRLFF (Right Left Right Left Foot Foot) which could be interpreted as a Single Stroke Four followed by two bass drum notes.

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Sometimes the best thing you can do behind your instrument is just play. Free playing time can allow you to momentarily forget all the structured things you’ve learned and see what feels good to play in that moment. It’s about pure expression and exploration – like going for a walk deep in the woods and…

Sacha warming up to record some lessons by improvising some New Orleans ‘streetbeats’ aka ‘second line’ grooves.

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Sacha warming up to record some lessons by playing some songo grooves.

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Found in an old Billy Cobham drum clinic video, this pattern combines a 3-note pattern in the left hand with a 4-note pattern in the right hand, resulting in a unique and challenging drum kit melody. Billy Cobham was one of my biggest early influences and his unique drumming on the albums ‘Spectrum’ and ‘Total…