Essential Drum Skills Level 1 CDROM

The 10 drum lessons in level 1 will take you to the same skill level as Music Grades 1-3.

Learn by starting at the basics, harnessing the power of professionally written lessons, videos and the focused practice of PracticeX.

Here's a short clip from our TV show. It shows the expansive range of skills you will have learned step-by-step by working through to the end of Level 1.

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Here in more detail are the 10 lessons covered in Level 1. To hear an example of the kind of things you'll be able to play at the end of each lesson click the "Hear how you'll sound!" button.

Lesson 1: Building a Rock Groove

You will play a rock groove to music using three-way co-ordination by the end of this lesson.

Lesson 2: Introducing Eighth Notes

By introducing musical notes you will be able to read and then play 5 more rock grooves by the end of lesson two.

Lesson 3: Introducing Sixteenth Notes

After Lesson 3, you will be able to play not only a small variety of rock grooves, but also simple fills around the drum kit.

Lesson 4: Using Subdivisions For Fills

This lesson builds your library of rock fills and helps you understand how to read simple but effective fills easily.

Lesson 5: Developing Hi-Hat Lines

Here you will improve your time keeping skills and begin to vary the patterns you can play on your hi-hat whilst playing grooves.

Lesson 6: Developing Rock Grooves

This lesson continues straight on from Lesson 5 and expands the library of grooves you can play.

Lesson 7: Phrasing Part 1 Introducing Phrasing for Fills

Playing exciting fills whilst using the whole kit is what drumming seems to be about. This is the first of a two-part lesson introducing more exciting fills.

Lesson 8: Phrasing Part 2 Developing Phrasing for Fills

This is the second of a two-part lesson in playing more exciting and musical fills using the whole kit.

Lesson 9: Introducing the Crash Cymbal

A simple introduction to adding the Crash Cymbal into your playing whilst grooving and filling.

Lesson 10: Performing a Song

Learn how to play with a professional band, whilst reading a drum chart. This lesson can go towards your Level One in Essential Drum Skills with Gigajam Drum School.