Free Drum Lessons Guide

Welcome to the #1 source of free drum lessons online! Here you will find links to dozens of video drum lessons that will teach you everything you need to know about playing the drums. Drummers of all skill levels can benefit from this massive drum lessons resource!

You can browse through the drum lessons using the quick-list below, or by selecting a category in the navigation bar along the right-side of this page. Either way, you can easily browse back to this page by clicking on the "drum lessons" tab at the top of this page, or the "drum lessons guide" link in the navigation bar along the right.

Important Tip: Don't forget to check out the secret-lessons. They cover unique and creative topics, including: hi-hat tricks, open-style drumming, modified drum beats, hand-to-feet patterns, syncopation, creative drum fill ideas, special practice tips, gigging advice, and a whole lot more. You can watch the first secret lesson now by visiting the "secrets" tab along the top of this website.

Beginner Drum Lessons
	Beginner Drum Lessons How To Play Drums Drum Related Terms	Holding The Drumsticks Bass Drum Techniques Drum Set Posture	Drum Set Warm-Ups Snare Drum Tuning Learn To Play Drums
Drum Theory & Notation
	Drum Theory & Notation Reading Drum Notation Counting Quarter Notes Counting Eighth Notes	Counting Sixteenth Notes Counting Eighth Note Triplets Counting 16th Note Triplets	Counting 32nd Notes How To Count Rests Note Value Exercise
Dynamic Drumming
	Dynamic Drumming Playing with Ghost Notes Accenting With Rim Shots	Snare Drum Cross-Sticking Crescendo & Decrescendo Opening/Closing Hi-Hats	Sizzling The Hi-Hats Cymbal Choking
Drum Set Rudiments
	Drum Rudiments Single Stroke Roll Single Stroke Four Single Stroke Seven Multiple Bounce Roll Double Stroke Roll Triple Stroke Roll Five Stroke Roll Six Stroke Roll Seven Stroke Roll Nine Stroke Roll Ten Stroke Roll Eleven Stroke Roll Thirteen Stroke Roll	Fifteen Stroke Roll Seventeen Stroke Roll Basic Flam Flam Tap Flam Accent Flamacue Flam Paradiddle Single Flammed Mill Flam Paradiddle-diddle Swiss Army Triplet Inverted Flam Tap Flam Drag Pataflafla Single Paradiddle	Double Paradiddle Triple Paradiddle Single Paradiddle-diddle Drag Ruff Single Drag Tap Double Drag Tap Lesson 25 Single Dragadiddle Dragadiddle #1 Dragadiddle #2 Single Ratamacue Double Ratamacue Triple Ratamacue
Rock Drum Lessons
	Rock Drumming Quarter Note Beats Eighth Note Beats Sixteenth Note Beats 2 Hand 16th Note Beats Tom-Tom Beats Half-Time Beats	16th Note Accent Beats Bass Drum independence Quarter Note Fills Eighth Note Fills Broken Eighth Note Fills Sixteenth Note Fills Broken Sixteenth Note Fills	16th Note Accent Fills Funk Drum Beats Blues Shuffle Beats Punk Drum Beats 5/4 Odd-Time Beats 7/4 Odd-Time Beats
Jazz Drum Lessons
	Jazz Drumming Basic Jazz Pattern Jazz Drum Beats	Jazz Drum Fills Jazz Brush Beats Snare Drum Comping	Bass Drum Comping Snare & Bass Comping
Latin Drum Lessons
	Latin Drumming Son Clave Beats	Rumba Clave Beats Bossa Nova Beats	Songo Drum Beats
Double Bass Drums
	Double Bass Drumming Double Bass Warm-Ups	Double Bass Beats Double Bass Fills	Bass Drum Speed Tips
Drum Play-Alongs
	Drum Play-Alongs Rock Play-Along #1 Rock Play-Along #2 Rock Play-Along #3 Rock Play-Along #4	Rock Play-Along #5 Rock Play-Along #6 Funk Play-Along #1 Folk Rock Play-Along #1	Bossa Nova Play-Along Songo Play-Along 3-4 Ballad Play-Along Swing Play-Along

All of our video drum lessons are also available on YouTube and Google Video. If you are new to drum lessons, you may want to visit the Free Drum Lessons homepage to watch the welcome message from Jared Falk.

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