Looking at lesson 1a with bass drum on 1/4 notes added. If you have a bass (kick) drum, try playing all the 1/4 notes on the bass drum while you are playing the snare parts. If you do not have a bass drum, don't worry, just tap your right foot if you are right handed or left foot if you are left handed. If you are serious about more indepth study with your tutor or by yourself I recommend this book, Rhythm Reading for Drums-Book 1- Rhythm Reading for Drums provides a highly organized, systematic approach to reading and understanding rhythm for the beginning drummer/percussionist. Basic rhythm patterns including counting system and foot tapping indications are introduced on each page in eight-measure studies followed by a short solo.


Practise at slow speeds (60,70bpm, then slowly increase your speeds, 75,80,85bpm and so on.) Practise until the chart can be played several times without a mistake at many speeds then move on to the next chart. All these notes are a building block to some very interesting beats using the whole kit later on.


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