Practice Pad Drum Lessons

Practice Pad Lesson For Beginners – Drum Lesson (Drumeo)

(funky groove) – Hey everybody, my name is Pat Petrillo and I’m an instructor here at drumeo.com,

and this is a beginning lesson for those of you who’ve just picked up a pair of drumsticks. As an instructor for many, many years

I feel this is the most important thing that you should learn how to do. Subdividing the beat. Quarter notes.

Eighth notes. 16th notes. And doing those also with a couple different stickings. So here’s a great

exercise for you if you’re just getting started. Here we go. So it starts with quarter notes. Quarter notes are the basic

subdivision of all music. And this is the tempo, 60 beats per minute. One one thousand, two one thousand,

three one thousand, four. One. Two. Three. Four.

One. Two. Three. Four. Next we have eighth

notes, which is a doubled subdivision from quarter notes. And those are played, one and two and

three and four and one and two and three and four and. And then next, we have one more subdivision,

and that would be 16th notes. And those sound like this. One e and a two e and a three e and a four e and a. (playing 16th notes)

So as you can see, everything fits in a metronomic time frame. Quarter notes, eighth notes and 16th notes.

So then we’re going to try to do 16th notes as double bounce, so that you can begin to learn how to do different

stickings, like this. One e and a two e and a three e and a four e and a one e and a two e and a three e and a four e and a.

Remember that it’s very important to let the sticks rebound and to relax your grip. And then we’re gonna learn

one more pretty cool sticking and that’s the right left left sticking, using 16th notes, and that goes like this.

One e and a two e and a three e and a four e and a one e and a two e and a three e and a four e and a right left left right

left left right left left right left left right left right left. So if you can do this one exercise as a beginning drummer,

and perfect that, you’re well on your way to learning different sticking combinations. Let’s try it with a

metronome, here we go. (clicking quarter notes) One. Two. Three.

Four. One and two and three and four and one e and a two e and a three e and a four e and a

one e and a two e and a three e and a four e and, one e and a two e and a three e and a four e and a one e and a two e and a three

e and a four e and a one. So that’s a really excellent exercise for you to practice over and over again

to make those sticks move in coordination with each other and also to get the sticks bouncing, very, very important and subdividing basic beats

is the very first step you need to take in becoming a good drummer. Okay? Let’s try that at a faster

tempo now, here we go. (clicking quarter notes) (playing quarter notes) (playing eighth notes) (playing 16th notes)

Excellent! Now if you have something like the P4 practice pad, now you can move it around the different surfaces

as if you’re playing on a regular drum set. Each surface has a different feel and each surface has

a different rebound, and each one is raised just a little bit, so it gives you that feel of moving around the drum set

just to give you a little bit of complicated movements. Here we go. (clicking quarter notes) (playing quarter notes)

(playing eighth notes) (playing 16th notes) So there you have it. That’s one of the first rhythms and exercises

that you should learn as a beginning drummer. I’m Pat Petrillo for drumeo.com, and thanks for checking out this lesson,

and if you’re interested in the P4 practice pad, just check out the link below. We’ll see you soon. (rock groove with

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Recently picked up a pair of sticks for the first time? This is the perfect lesson for you. Pat Petrillo is going to go over one of the most important things you should learn as a beginner drummer: subdividing the beat.

Sound confusing? Don’t worry – it’s not! We’re going to learn how to play quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes with a couple different sticking patterns.