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Jazz Drums
with Peter Erskine
Beginner
Introduction to Jazz Drums with Peter Erskine
Recommended Course Materials
Submit a Placement Video: Introduce Yourself & Find Your Starting Point
Holding the Sticks
Practice Pads - Introduction
Practice Pads - Basic Strokes
Practice Pads - Warm Up Pattern
Practice Pads - Warming Up with Rudiments
Basic Tone Production
Jazz Phrasing
Ride Cymbal Technique
Ride Cymbal Phrasing vs. Tempo
Basic Hi-Hat & Ride Practice Techniques
Mindful Practice Routine
Subdivisions
Heel Up or Heel Down?
“Tribute”
Independence & Coordination - Unisons
Unison Exercises
Independence & Coordination - Contrapuntal
Vocabulary - Jazz Context
The Comping Game
Introduction to Coordination Exercises
Coordination Exercise 1
Coordination Exercise 2
Coordination Exercise 3
Coordination Exercise 4
Coordination Exercise 5
Coordination Exercise 6
Coordination Exercise 7
Coordination Exercise 8
Coordination Exercise 9
Coordination Exercise 10
Coordination Exercise 11
Coordination Exercise 12
Coordination Exercise 13
Coordination Exercise 14
Coordination Exercise 15
Coordination Exercise 16
Coordination Exercise 17
Coordination Exercise 18
Coordination Exercise 19
Coordination Exercise 20
Coordination Exercise 21
Coordination Exercise 22
Coordination Exercise 23
Coordination Exercise 24
Coordination Exercise 25
Coordination Exercise 26
Coordination Exercise 27
Coordination Exercise 28
Coordination Exercise 29
Coordination Exercise 30
Coordination Exercise 31
Coordination Exercises - Overview
“Home Basie”
Introduction to Jazz Coordination Exercises
Jazz Coordination Exercise 1
Jazz Coordination Exercise 2
Jazz Coordination Exercise 3
Jazz Coordination Exercise 4
“Della Buys Car Lights”
Additional Submitted Songs and Miscellaneous Topics
Intermediate
Submit a Placement Video: Introduce Yourself & Find Your Starting Point
Staccato to Legato Phrasing
Hi-Hat Control - Basic Technique
Hi-Hat Control - Exercises
Hat Tricks
Brushes - Basic Technique
Brushes - The Silent Lift
Brushes - “Autumnal Foliage”
Brushes - “Badlands”
Brushes in 3/4 Time - “Up Jumped Spring” Playthrough
Reelin' in the Ears
“Boogie Shuttle Stop”
Elvin Triplets
Call & Response Exercise - Trading 4's (1/4 Note = 120 BPM)
Call & Response Exercise - Trading 4's (1/4 Note = 150 BPM)
Call & Response Exercise - Trading 8's (1/4 Note = 180 BPM)
Introduction to Destination Point Fill Exercises
Destination Point Fill Exercise 1
Destination Point Fill Exercise 2
Destination Point Fill Exercise 3
Destination Point Fill Exercise 4
Destination Point Fill Exercise 5
Destination Point Fill Exercise 6
Destination Point Fill Exercise 7
Destination Point Fill Exercise 8
Destination Point Fill Exercise 9
Destination Point Fill Exercise 10
Destination Point Fill Exercise 11
Destination Point Fill Exercise 12
Destination Point Fill Exercise 13
Creative Practicing with Fills
“Now What”
Additional Submitted Songs and Miscellaneous Topics
Advanced
Submit a Placement Video: Introduce Yourself & Find Your Starting Point
Phrasing (Backphrasing)
Playing a Melody on Drums - “Billie's Bounce”
Listening
Slow Jazz Blues - 4/4 Time
Ballads - “Flesh & Spirit”
Ballads - “Daddy, What is God's Last Name?”
Odd Time Signatures
Odd Time Signatures - Freestyle Soloing
Odd Time Signatures - “Waltz of the Flowers”
Odd Time Signatures - “Bulgaria”
Odd Time Signatures - “Ellis Island”
Call & Response Exercise - Odd Time Signatures: 3/4 Time
Call & Response Exercise - Odd Time Signatures: 5/4 Time
Call & Response Exercise - Odd Time Signatures: 7/4 Time
Call & Response Exercise - Odd Time Signatures: 9/4 Time
Working with Vocalists
Jim Keltner: Let the Microphone Do the Work
“Remember Me Mañana”
Exploring Textures - Drum Sticks
Exploring Textures - Brushes
Exploring Textures - Mallets
Exploring Textures - End Button
Brazilian - Introduction to Samba
Brazilian - Samba Rhythms
Brazilian - Essential Clave Patterns
Brazilian - Baião
Brazilian - Adding Brushes
Brazilian - Dynamic Control
Brazilian - “Blues Bassa”
“Joy Luck Club”
Building a Solo - Getting Started
Building a Solo - Adding Dynamics
Building a Solo - Free Soloing
Choices - Rhythms and Textures
Choices - The Backbeat
Choices - “Tribute”
Choices - “Home Basie”
Choices - “Now What”
“Runferyerlife”
“Pesos”
“Cats & Kittens”
Soloing to an Image
Additional Submitted Songs and Miscellaneous Topics
30 Day challenge
30 Day Challenge - 2017 (Archive)
30 Day Challenge - 2018
