Master your Hi-Hat with Ydna Murd
What you'll learn
- This course will give them ideas the y can work on for better control of their Hi-Hat play which will affect their ability to groove on the drum kit immensely
Requirements
- Some basic drum notation reading would be helpful for this course
Description
You can’t really groove on a drum kit, without at least some basic limb independence, this is the nature of our instrument! Ydna Murd, well known German/Canadian drummer, educator and author of the HiHat Master and Breakbeat Guide drum books (YouTube channel Jungleritter), put together four video tutorials presenting some basic, advanced and unique concepts to work on your groove independence. The focus here is on the hi-hat and its countless possibilities to enhance your grooves. Part 1 deals presents a few basic hi-hat exercises every drummer should know and also introduces you to syncopated hi-hat patterns, one of the keys to make your grooves more interesting. Part 2 shows how you can apply well known sticking patterns on your hi-hat, including how to use the Stick Control drum book for groove exercises. Part 3 deals with dynamic hi-hat independence, something that is often overlooked and Part 4 shows you how to use your left hi-hat foot to groove even harder. Check it out and have fun!
Who this course is for:
- Everybody from Beginner to intermediate and advanced drummers
Course content
- Preview03:30
- Preview16:33
- 16:48Master your Hi-Hat – Part 2
- 12:37Master your Hi-Hat – Part 3
- 14:31Master your Hi-Hat – Part 4
Instructor
![Andreas David](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 4 Reviews
- 26 Students
- 1 Course
Andreas David aka Ydna Murd has been playing drums for more than 30 years. He has spend most of his life as a professional musician in Germany where he performed hundreds of shows with a great variety of bands and artists, ranging from Folk and Jazz, to Funk, Fusion, Gospel, Rock and Punk. He has also taught at renowned music schools, among others the Yamaha Music Station and the Hamburg School of Music. He moved to Canada in 2005 and is currently residing in Victoria, B.C. where he runs and owns the Westshore Music Academy.
For the last 10 years he's been focusing on producing and performing Drum&Bass music. In addition he is running a successful educational online channel (YouTube: JUNGLERITTER) and teaches drum clinics and masterclasses. Ydna has written and published the Breakbeat Guide and the Hi-Hat Master drum books and is a regular workshop writer for the German drum magazine DRUMHEADS as well as the Canadian Drum Magazine Drums etc. He is also an instructor for Drumeo, OnlineLessonsTV and DrumtrainerOnline.
Ydna has also released a series of D&B play-alongs for Drummers: "Drum&Bass Play-Alongs For The Wicked Drummer", "The Predator" and "Put The Bass In My Face".
On stage you can see him perform with his duo Frequency & Fever, a live Drum&Bass/Neurofunk act.
His teaching schedule consists of approx. 35 weekly private students as well as skype online lessons with international students through his website.