Free Drum Lessons Guide

Welcome to the #1 source for 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.

Important Tip: Don't forget to check out the secret-lessons (details in the side column). They cover 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.

Beginner Drum Lessons
	Beginner Drum Lessons How To Play Drums Drum Related Terms Holding The Drumsticks Choosing Drumsticks	Bass Drum Techniques Drum Set Posture Drum Set Warm-Ups Drum Warm-Ups & Stretches	Drum Tuning Snare Drum Tuning Learn To Play Drums Drum Lesson From A Guitarist New!
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 Drum Exercise
Dynamic Drumming
	Dynamic Drumming Playing with Ghost Notes Accenting With Rim Shots Flam Drum Exercise	Snare Drum Cross-Sticking Crescendo & Decrescendo Opening/Closing Hi-Hats Doubles to Singles	Sizzling The Hi-Hats Cymbal Choking Off-Beat Hi-Hat Beats The Burn Drum Exercise
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 Drum Beats Eighth Note Drum Beats Sixteenth Note Drum Beats 2 Hand 16th Note Drum Beats Tom-Tom Drum Beats Half-Time Drum Beats 16th Note Accent Drum Beats	Bass Drum Independence Quarter Note Drum Fills Eighth Note Drum Fills Broken Eighth Note Drum Fills Sixteenth Note Drum Fills Broken Sixteenth Note Drum Fills 16th Note Accent Drum Fills	Funk Drum Beats Blues Shuffle Drum Beats Punk Drum Beats 5/4 Odd-Time Drum Beats 7/4 Odd-Time Drum Beats 9/8 Odd-Time Drum Beats
Jazz Drum Lessons
	Jazz Drumming Basic Jazz Drum Pattern Jazz Drum Beats	Jazz Drum Fills Jazz Brush Beats Snare Drum Comping	Bass Drum Comping Snare & Bass Drum Comping 5/4 Swing Drum Exercises
Latin Drum Lessons
	Latin Drumming Son Clave Drum Beats	Rumba Clave Drum Beats Bossa Nova Drum Beats	Songo Drum Beats Cascara Drum Beats
Double Bass Drums
	Double Bass Drumming Double Bass Warm-Ups	Double Bass Drum Beats Double Bass Drum 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 Rock Play-Along #7 Contemporary Drum Play-Along #1 New! Contemporary Drum Play-Along #2 New!	Contemporary Drum Play-Along #3 New! Contemporary Drum Play-Along #4 New! Contemporary Drum Play-Along #5 New! Contemporary Drum Play-Along #6 New! Funk Play-Along #1 Funk Play-Along #2 Funk Play-Along #3 New! Folk Rock Play-Along #1	Jazz Play-Along #1 New! Jazz Play-Along #2 New! Country Play-Along New! Bossa Nova Drum Play-Along Songo Drum Play-Along 3-4 Ballad Drum Play-Along Swing Drum Play-Along Progressive Play-Along Blues Drum Play-Along
Drum Solos
	Drum Solos Dave Atkinson Drum Solo #1 Dave Atkinson Drum Solo #2 Dave Atkinson Drum Solo #3 Dean Reimer Drum Solo #1 Dean Reimer Drum Solo #2	Sam Heard Drum Solo #1 Jared Falk Drum Solo #1 Jared Falk Drum Solo #2 Jared Falk Drum Solo #3 Lionel Duperron Drum Solo #1 Mike Michalkow Drum Solo #1	Mike Michalkow Drum Solo #2 Mike Michalkow Drum Solo #3 Mike Michalkow Drum Solo #4 Mike Michalkow Drum Solo #5 Mike Michalkow Drum Solo #6
Drum Articles
	Drum Articles General Drumming Drum Terms Practice Tips for Drummers Drum Rudiments	Finding Drum Lessons How To Tune Your Drums Using The Moeller Method Holding Your Drum Sticks	Starting A Band Drumming With Groove Double Bass Drumming Drum Muffling

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 get started.

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