Hey, Bo Diddley! In this 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 demonstrates how to play the famous Bo Diddley beat on your drumset.
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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
How To:
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
How To:
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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