Learn to Play Drums Vol. 1 (step-by-step lessons)

Used by thousands of students worldwide, Drums With Willie is a step-by-step method for students who are new to the drums…or coming back!

Each unit is broken into 5 topics:

1. Improvisation - this is where you learn different fills that you can use for both drums solos and while playing grooves
2. Grooves - this is what playing drums is all about! You'll learn different grooves in a variety of styles step-by-step
3. Reading Music - knowing how to read music is an important skill for drummers. You'll learn techniques to read music faster and easier than before
4. Rhythm - this is the BIG ONE. Without good, solid rhythm you're lost as a drummer. You'll learn how to internalize rhythm so you're rock solid behind the drums.
5. Technique - if you can't PLAY a groove or fill, what's the point? This section shows you how to build a proper technique that will serve you for years to come.

In this first volume, some of the techniques you'll learn includes:

• Single and double-stroke rolls, single paradiddles
• Reading using quarter notes, pairs of eighth notes, and quarter rests
• Basic rock grooves using eighth notes on hi-hat or ride cymbal and simple bass drum rhythms
• Double and triple paradiddles
• Reading: adding single eighth notes on upbeats
• Adding eighth note upbeats on the bass drum
• Single flams
• Reading: adding groups of four sixteenth notes
• Grooves based on hi-hat sixteenth notes, part one
• Adding accents to single paradiddles
• Reading: adding the rhythm eighth&two sixteenths
• Grooves based on hi-hat sixteenth notes, part two
• Double and triple paradiddles with accents
• Reading: adding the rhythm two sixteenths&one eighth
• Grooves incorporating eighth note upbeats on hi-hat or ride
• Single, double, and triple paradiddles with rack tom accents
• Flam taps
• Reading: adding the rhythm sixteenth, eighth, sixteenth
• Grooves incorporating sixteenths on snare and bass
• Adding fills to grooves
• Drum set improvisation utilizing the reading exercises

Video features:

• Overhead camera so you see EVERYTHING
• Picture-in-picture so you see your teacher...not just the top of his head!
• Ability to move back and forth in the video so you learn every note

If you're looking for a complete course to learn the drums...look no further.