In this two-pat installment from his video tutorial series (in which he covers everything from improving timekeeping to creativity and orchestrations in patterns and drum fills), Brian Ferguson discusses the hi-hats and takes a comparative look at the most common techniques for playing them.
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Play the 'spang a lang' or 'ride cymbal' jazz drum pattern
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Hold the bodhrán drum tipper
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Play various rhythms on bongos
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Differentiate tunable and non-tunable bodhrán drums
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Perform the behind the back move with a mace
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Play "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes on drums
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Properly hold drumsticks
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Practice drum beats & drumming basics
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Do drum music for the Chinese Lion Dance
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Treat the skin on your bodhrán drum
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Build your own Xylophone
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Play the baião bass drum rhythm
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Play the drum fill from "In the Air Tonight" on drums
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Play the dhol drum
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Play cha-cha drum patterns
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Improve your Darbuka/Doumbek Turkish solo technique
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Play shaker percussion
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Practice the timbales quietly
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Practice without a bodhrán and make your own tipper
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Use a Korg MA 30 metronome
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Play the 'spang a lang' or 'ride cymbal' jazz drum pattern
How To:
Hold the bodhrán drum tipper
How To:
Differentiate tunable and non-tunable bodhrán drums
How To:
Play various rhythms on bongos
How To:
Properly hold drumsticks
How To:
Play "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes on drums
How To:
Practice drum beats & drumming basics
How To:
Perform the behind the back move with a mace
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Play the Tambourine
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Build your own Xylophone
Off the Wall:
"Flight of the Bumblebee" Played on 101 Bottles
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Play the bodhrán drums with dynamics
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Play a three-chord (I-IV-V) ostinato on the xylophone
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Play a two-chord tonic-dominant ostinato on the xylophone
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Read music for drums
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Play an afro beat on bongos
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Play triplets & rolls using the bodhrán tipper's top
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Choose the right drum heads and tune your drum set
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Tune a drum head on a drum set
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Play the drums like a rock star
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