Learn Jazz Drums & more
What you'll learn
- Learn the Swing and Even modes. Understand Basic Rudiments and practice them in an effective and fun way
- Build confidence at playing drums through the slowed down audio tracks available, increasing the speed step by step to develop a more-precise playing
- Gain independence between the limbs with Feet Pattern Exercises made to train your ability of playing different Rhythms at once. Learn how to Swing.
- Get to know the Jazz Songs with transcriptions and exercises. Learn how to play Even mode through Hip Hop grooves
- Learn how to improvise on the drum kit over a Jazz Song structure. Learn how to play Latin Jazz groove patterns to expand your vocabulary
- Learn How to play Half Time feel with dedicated exercises
Requirements
- You will need a drum set
- Ability to read music notes is required
- Practice can not be avoided
- You will get one 45-minutes private lesson with me every time you buy the course
Description
Welcome to my online drum course!
Throughout these 7 Lessons I will introduce you to different topics which I think are essential to develop solid skills as a drummer.
I will start by showing you the basic 12 rudiments and how to practice them in a non-conventional way, together with your feet, so you can start exploring from the very beginning the so-called independence of the limbs.
I will also give you some exercises to train your ability of playing even and swing modes.
Every exercise will be played by me to show you how it must be done.
I will introduce the main swing pattern for hi hat and cymbal and will give you a lot of exercises to enrich your jazz vocabulary.
You will also get both the pdf transcriptions for them and the slowed down audio tracks (at different speed), so you can start practicing at very slow tempos, and then move on to faster ones once you've mastered the mechanics properly. This will allow you to build confidence and to practice in the most effective way, building a solid and precise playing.
I will be talking about latin jazz grooves as well and show you some very cool patterns that master jazz drummers from the past used to play.
I will introduce some cool hip hop grooves for you to build confidence with the even mode.
Last but not least I will give you some lists of recommended listenings for every topic I show you.
This Course is addressed to Intermediate and Advanced Drummers who want to better understand Jazz, working on some vocabulary and exploring different genres as well.
I really hope you will have fun with this course!
don't hesitate to contact me for any doubts/questions you might have, I will be happy to get back to you asap.
Marcello
Who this course is for:
- Intermediate Drummers
- Advanced Drummers
- Jazz & Hip Hop enthusiasts
Instructor
- 5.0 Instructor Rating
- 14 Reviews
- 233 Students
- 1 Course
Marcello Spagnolo (1986) is a jazz drummer originally from Rome, Italy.
He has played the drums since the age of twelve, exploring Rock music at first and then going towards more improvised genres of music like Jazz, Blues and Hip Hop.
He appeared playing at different music festivals like North Sea Jazz Festival, Warsaw Jazz Days, WOMEX World Music Festival to name a few.
He has graduated in Jazz Drums at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in The Hague, The Netherlands in 2014.
His collaborations include Vondelpark, wow, Joe Midnights space trio, Lorenzo BITW, Claudio Piselli, Christos Yerolatsitis, Xavi Castilllo and more.
Beside playing with different jazz and alternative music bands, Marcello has developed online teaching classes as a result of more than 10 years of teaching experience.
He is currently part of the 'School of Philosophy' founded by Atlanta drummer Deantoni Parks, exploring live sampling and drums.