DRUM
Steve Vyskocil
ORGC 201-501
14E. Jackson 1220
Reading Music
Dave Grohl Doesn’t
Know How to Read
Music, You Do! Just a few bands Dave Grohl has been in:
 Foo Fighters
 Nirvana
 Tenacious D
 Nine Inch Nails
 Pearl Jam
 David Bowie
 Queens of the Stone Age
 P. Diddy
 Tom Petty
 Scream
 Them Crooked Vultures
All the way, no mistakes!
 Practice with Mirror
 Check Hand Position
 “The Mother of All Beats”
 Make up more “beats”
101
 Rolls: bounce sticks
 Double stroke roll (double bounce)
 5 stroke roll
 9 stroke roll
Reading with feet
Think with your feet first
Practice with bass drum on all 4 beats
Hi-Hat on 2 & 4
Building Block Technique
 Keep Bass pedal with Hi-Hat constant
 Add one note at a time until finished
 Dynamics
 ff: fortissimo—very loud
 f: forte—loud
 mf: mezzoforte—moderately loud
 mp: mezzo piano—moderately soft
 p: piano—soft
 pp: pianissimo—very soft
Drum Movement
 Parallel movement—hands follow each
other in any direction
 Oblique movement—one hand stays on a
sound, other hand moves round
 Contrary movement—hands move in
different directions
Rudiments ABC’s of
Drumming
 Always play rudiments slow-fast-slow
 Only 40 rudiments
 Free poster from Vicfirth.com (you’re their
biggest advertiser)
 Most of the drum rudiments are variations of
each other, meaning it is not too hard to
learn all 40 rudiments. For example, if you can
play a flam stroke, and a paradiddle pattern,
you should have no trouble playing the flam
paradiddle
Open Roll Paradiddles Flam
Single Stroke Roll
Double
Paradiddles
Flam Tap
Buzz Roll Triple Paradiddles
Song Form
 Intro
 Verse
 Chorus
 Verse
 Chorus
 Bridge
 Solo
 Verse
 Chorus
 Repeated Chorus
 Outro
Song Form Cont.
 Fermeta—Hold until cue
 Crash at beginning of each section
 Fill at end of each section
 Find a different groove for each section
 Listen to music, and try to find out what is
going on (drummer’s ear)
Helpful Cues
 Limitation = Innovation
 Play fills only on snare
 Play fills on 2 sounds that don’t match
 Example:
 Floor tom/Hi hat
 Bass drum/Middle tom
Outro
Thank You for Your Time

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    Dave Grohl Doesn’t KnowHow to Read Music, You Do! Just a few bands Dave Grohl has been in:  Foo Fighters  Nirvana  Tenacious D  Nine Inch Nails  Pearl Jam  David Bowie  Queens of the Stone Age  P. Diddy  Tom Petty  Scream  Them Crooked Vultures
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    All the way,no mistakes!  Practice with Mirror  Check Hand Position  “The Mother of All Beats”  Make up more “beats”
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    101  Rolls: bouncesticks  Double stroke roll (double bounce)  5 stroke roll  9 stroke roll Reading with feet Think with your feet first Practice with bass drum on all 4 beats Hi-Hat on 2 & 4
  • 7.
    Building Block Technique Keep Bass pedal with Hi-Hat constant  Add one note at a time until finished  Dynamics  ff: fortissimo—very loud  f: forte—loud  mf: mezzoforte—moderately loud  mp: mezzo piano—moderately soft  p: piano—soft  pp: pianissimo—very soft
  • 8.
    Drum Movement  Parallelmovement—hands follow each other in any direction  Oblique movement—one hand stays on a sound, other hand moves round  Contrary movement—hands move in different directions
  • 9.
    Rudiments ABC’s of Drumming Always play rudiments slow-fast-slow  Only 40 rudiments  Free poster from Vicfirth.com (you’re their biggest advertiser)  Most of the drum rudiments are variations of each other, meaning it is not too hard to learn all 40 rudiments. For example, if you can play a flam stroke, and a paradiddle pattern, you should have no trouble playing the flam paradiddle Open Roll Paradiddles Flam Single Stroke Roll Double Paradiddles Flam Tap Buzz Roll Triple Paradiddles
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    Song Form  Intro Verse  Chorus  Verse  Chorus  Bridge  Solo  Verse  Chorus  Repeated Chorus  Outro
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    Song Form Cont. Fermeta—Hold until cue  Crash at beginning of each section  Fill at end of each section  Find a different groove for each section  Listen to music, and try to find out what is going on (drummer’s ear)
  • 12.
    Helpful Cues  Limitation= Innovation  Play fills only on snare  Play fills on 2 sounds that don’t match  Example:  Floor tom/Hi hat  Bass drum/Middle tom
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    Thank You forYour Time