Drums & Contemporary Percussion Lessons
Peppermint Groove
3/2 and 2/3 clave pattern on the kit
Feb 16th
Matthew Hains from Peppermint Groove demonstrating a 3/2 and 2/3 pattern on the drumkit to help beginner students get the hang of playing 5 notes over 4 pulses.
Djembe and Kora jam on Carabane Island
Feb 12th
Filmed February 2009. Matt Hains from Peppermint Groove and Sadio Cissokho along with Nick Scarr jam along whilst on Carabane island, Senegal, with Mamady Keita on a two-week drumming workshop learning traditional West African djembe drumming rhythms. This is a repost with some title slides added. Enjoy the beautiful sounds of the kora and and [...]
Matt jazz jam
Feb 7th
Playing at the Psalm Drummer Summer School in August 2008. An impromptu jam with some excellent jazz musicians. They put up with me for as long as they could but then I had to down the sticks for someone else.
Syncopation Exercise 3
Nov 18th
One more example from Matt of Peppermint Groove showing a further use of syncopation in drumming. Basic ideas for students.
Syncopation Exercise 2
Nov 18th
A further example based on Exercise 1 from Peppermint Groove on syncopation
The beginner drummer – what I start to teach
Nov 18th
This is what I cover with a beginner when learning to play the drums – this is a sample of the beat learnt and played after your first lesson or two
