Play Eighth Note Fills

This lesson includes six eighth note drum fills that are played between the snare drum and tom-toms. They are great for beginners that have mastered eighth note drum beats, and are now looking for corresponding drum fill patterns. . Watch more drum lessons at: - http://www.Fre ...more

This lesson features six broken eighth note fills that fit well within many styles of rock music. The biggest change between these patterns, and the regular eighth note fills, is that these patterns have rests. In other words, the notes aren't continous for the entire measure. ...more

Drummer Jeff Indyke teaches you how to play 32nd note syncopated fills on the drums

In this lesson, you will learn four unique sixteenth note accent fills. These are slightly more advanced than the sixteenth note fills from a previous lesson, and are perfect for use within rock and related styles. . Watch more drum lessons at: - http://www.FreeDrumLessons.com ...more

This free drum lesson features broken sixteenth note fills that work well within rock music. They are perfect for intermediate drummers that are looking for patterns that are a little more challenging than the standard sixteenth note fills. . Watch more drum lessons at: - http ...more

In almost all charts and forms of sheet music, the composer will more than likely have added rhythmic dictation to the staff, a specific rhythm that he wants you to play over the progression using the chord. In this video you will get a breakdown of basic rhythmic dictation of ...more

In this advanced drumming video series, learn tips and techniques to improve your drum playing ability tenfold. Our expert will demonstrate single and double stroke techniques, how to play quads, how to do flams and paradiddles, how to play eighth note triplets, crossovers, ho ...more

Check out this instructional acoustic guitar video that provides a short lesson looking at quarter notes, straight eighth notes, swing eighth notes and eighth note triplets. Play quarter notes with the metronome. Metronomes are good for helping to play in time, learning to lis ...more

Check out this instructional acoustic guitar video that shows you how to practice playing a 7th position G7 arpeggio along with a one chord jam track. To play, use the up and down as quarter, eighth, eighth note triplets and sixteenth notes at 106 bpm. Arpeggios should be a da ...more

The Bossa Nova is one of Brazil's most popular forms of Latin music. It is one of the more simple grooves to play, however it is extremely effective. The Bossa Nova is usually played at slower tempos, and is eighth-note based. You will notice there is a standard "Bossa Nova" c ...more

A unique how to, this video simply shows you the quarter and eighth notes and how they sound on the drums. It's actually one of the more helpful videos we've seen and if you're serious about playing the drums, this is a great way to start. Play the drums with quarter and eight ...more

Learn how you can play and count eighth notes on the violin with this tutorial. This lesson covers music theory and violin techniques. You will be able to learn rhythms and how to play them on the violin with this how to video.

In this video, we learn how to play sixteenth notes and sixteenth rests. Start with the whole note and figure out how many beats it is worth. Treat this as a whole and then find the half note for each whole notes. If you continue to divide, you will end with two quarter notes ...more

In this video you will learn some wrist techniques for striking your Bodhran as well as how to play and count triplets. As a percussion you know how important it is to know your rhythmical figures and how to count. Just be sure, if triplets are hard for you, be sure to tap you ...more

In this part of Justin's guitar series on "Jazzing up your blues" you learn to link the two arpeggios playing eight notes on each one and changing to the nearest note of the following arpeggio. This lesson is great for learning to make chord changes but you absolutely must be ...more

This video teaches a piano novice how to play the introduction to “Because” by the Beatles, which was written by John Lennon. A close up on the instructor’s hands from above demonstrates the fingering for the piece. The view of the fingering is very important, since this video ...more

This is a video tutorial showing its audience how to play the song "Sea of Love" on the ukulele. The first step is to hold your ukulele properly. Then you can begin to play the notes. The notes in this song are in the following order: G, C, E, A. Then play the chords, B flat, ...more

Every once in a while you're going to run into an odd meter song, and one of the most common is 7/8 (7 eighth notes per measure). If you listen to a lot of Frank Zappa then odd meter is nothing new to you. If you're not familiar with odd timing, or are having trouble lining up ...more

This lesson looks at getting comfortable playing groups of 5 1/16th notes in 4/4 time on the drums.

If you're a musician in need of some lessons, there's no better way to learn than with MusicRadar's so-called "Tuition" instructions. Although the title tuition is misleading, this video class is anything but costly, because it's free, right here. Whether you're looking for he ...more

We've all attempted to fold a paper airplane before, right? One we hoped would sail majestically through the air for a good while but just ended up nose-diving into the grass. Paper planes, an invention likely as old as paper, are models of engineering; and they must account f ...more

As the best-selling toy of all time, the odds of you once playing with a Rubik's Cube are pretty high. And if you're like me, or even the cube's inventor Erno Rubik, your first attempts likely ended in futility. Every twist, every turn, the cube just gets more and more mixed u ...more

How to play a walking bassline on guitar by adding three notes before and after chords - eighth notes that feel like triplets but they are actually 8th notes.

In this tutorial, we learn how to read music for drums. A hi hat and kick is equal to quarter notes and a hi hat is just eighth notes. When you see a snare and a kick this is equal to quarter notes. As you continue to read the music for the drums, you will see the music notes ...more

The objective of this lesson is to break up the same old up and down strumming pattern and sound better. Otherwise your playing can sound the same after a while even though your playing different tunes. By adding rundowns, fill-ins, and alternating bass notes, we can take ordi ...more

Got a couple of dollar bills lying around? Then you can make yourself your very own frisbee! Please note, though, that while this paper frisbe does fly, we don't recommend you use it to play fetch with Fido anytime soon. Check out this origami tutorial for the how-to.

In this theory lesson, you will learn how to count and play thirty-second notes. There are eight 32nd notes for every quarter note pulse. Unlike all other sub-divisions, these notes aren't counted one at a time.

In this video lesson, you will learn how to count and play sixteenth notes. Sixteenth notes are to eighth notes, what eighth notes are to quarter notes. In other words, sixteenth notes are a sub-division of eighth notes.

The double paradiddle is a fun rudiment that is based on the single paradiddle. It is a 12 note pattern that is often used in a 12/8 feel, or in beats and fills with a triplet feel. This triplet feel makes it perfect for Jazz, Latin and other world styles.

In this lesson you will learn how to read and play sixteenth noteson the drums. In order to do this lesson you need to be comfortable with quarter notes & rests, eighth notes and 4/4 time. You will need the beat sheet for this lesson. You can find it here: http://onlinedrummer ...more

In this how to video, you will learn how to play drum and bass beats like Questlove. You must work to become consistent at 8th notes. A good way to do this is alternating hands. Do this by alternating between the hi-hat an snare drum. Practice until you can play this really fa ...more

A step by step video tutorial by Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio that shows you how the music staff works. Have you ever had trouble reading a music staff? Not anymore! Andrew Wasson explains to you what a treble clef, key signature, and time signature are and how to u ...more

In this Illustrator CS2 video tutorial you will learn to use the line segment tools. Please note that line segments will only fill between 2 points. A line with 3 or more points is called a path. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the ...more

Learn how to play "Human" by the Killers, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Capo On 1st Fret Intro: A Verse 1: A C#m D A I did my best to notice when the call came down the line. E F#m D E Up to the pla ...more