Percussion Lesson

How To : Play steel pan drums in a band

How to play steel pan drums; get professional tips and advice from an expert drummer on playing steel percussion instruments in this free music lesson video series. Part 1 of 14 - How to Play steel pan drums in a band. Play steel pan drums in a band - Part 2 of 14. Click throu ...more

News : Dosh

Here is a video of what i think is an awesome drummer, his full name is Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh. He doese really interesting stuff because he loops his drum tracks so that he can overlap different beats, and create cymphonies of percussion! i think hes great, he's playe ...more

How To : Play beginner drum beats

Get an introduction on how to play the drums; get professional tips and instruction from an expert drummer on playing percussion instruments in this free music lesson video series. Part 1 of 39 - How to Play beginner drum beats. Play beginner drum beats - Part 2 of 39. Click t ...more

How To : Play paradiddles on your drums kit

In percussion, the paradiddle is a four-note pattern of the form RLRR or LRLL. When multiple paradiddles are played in succession, the first note always alternates between right and left. Paradiddles. Isn't that a funny word? It's reason enough to watch this.

How To : Perform beginner drum exercises

How to do some beginner drum exercises; get professional tips and instruction from an expert drummer on playing percussion instruments in this free music lesson video. Part 1 of 13 - How to Perform beginner drum exercises. Perform beginner drum exercises - Part 2 of 13. Click ...more

How To : Perform the "threes" 4-mallet rotation exercise

Over the past 5-10 years, there has been an enormous growth in 4-mallet percussion. With the rapid increase in popularity, there comes the possibility of students moving too quickly through the learning process, or not having adequate instruction. In this installment from his ...more

How To : Play the triangle

Learn how to play the triangle in this free video series that will show you how to play the triangle and provide you with other percussion instrument techniques with these video music lessons. Part 1 of 9 - How to Play the triangle. Play the triangle - Part 2 of 9. Click throu ...more

How To : Keep balance on a drum kit

A band leader, classical percussionist, clinician and author, Steve Houghton is also the associate professor of percussion and jazz at Indiana University-Bloomington, and is on faculty at the Henry Mancini Institute. In this installment from his video tutorial series on the fu ...more

How To : Handle large intervals on a mallet instrument

Over the past 5-10 years, there has been an enormous growth in 4-mallet percussion. With the rapid increase in popularity, there comes the possibility of students moving too quickly through the learning process, or not having adequate instruction. In this installment from his ...more

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