Drum Lessons: Ghost Notes - Page 1

Drummers Sharing Tips, Tricks and Knowledge on subjects such as Drum Tuning, Drum Rudiments, Paradiddles, Shuffles, Groove Ideas,
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Billy Ashbaugh: Blues Shuffle #3 Workout #1

by billy ashbaugh on 11/06/2010 | 9,542 Views | 4 Comments

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Today’s lesson is going to add some more ghost notes to our hand pattern. These two tiny notes really help to propel the groove forward. Don’t forget to download the PDF file for the kick drum patterns to workout with. Enjoy!

Billy Ashbaugh: 1/2 Time Shuffle #4 - Workout #1

by billy ashbaugh on 10/22/2010 | 5,904 Views | 0 Comments

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This is the final version of adding ghost notes to our 1/2 Time Shuffle. Today we're going to add the middle triplet to beat 3. This can be a little tricky at first. Remember you have to still hit the back beat as a rim shot then quietly tap the ghost note immediately after. I recommend getting the hand pattern down first, before you try playing the kick drum patterns from the PDF download. This is my favorite version to play. Enjoy!

Billy Ashbaugh: Funk Shuffle Workout Part 5

by billy ashbaugh on 09/23/2010 | 6,306 Views | 0 Comments

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Today we’re going to expand our Rhythms that were playing on the kick drum during this Funk Shuffle Groove Workout. We’re still keeping the same hand pattern for now. Things are getting funky, so remember to slow everything down when first digging into this stuff. Enjoy!

Felipe Torres - Flip of the Week #12 - Simple Ghost Notes

by Diablo on 11/03/2009 | 9,788 Views | 3 Comments

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Here is another lesson from our good friend and Drummer Conneciton member Felipe Torres. Feli's 12th Flip of the Week-Simple Ghost Notes. Felipe proudly endorses Evans Drumheads and The Clamp-it Secure Mic Stand System. www.felipetorres.net www.evansdrumheads.com www.theclampit.com Filmed by SomeGuys Productions www.someguys.tv Drum audio recorded on the Zoom H4.http://www.samsontech.com/products/pr oductpage.cfm?prodID =1901

Billy Ashbaugh: Ghost Note Grooves Pt. 2

by billy ashbaugh on 04/10/2009 | 16,320 Views | 8 Comments

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Here's another lesson involving ghost notes in a groove. Today we're going to phrase them as 16th note triplets...pretty cool sounding stuff! Not to mention a great workout for the left hand. Hope you enjoy.

Billy Ashbaugh: Kit Dynamics

by billy ashbaugh on 02/16/2009 | 16,523 Views | 3 Comments

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Here's a lesson on the beginning concepts of dynamics on the kit with your hands. Hey everybody welcome back. Here we are we're back in the Drum Room. We're up and running officially now. I'm excited, Eric's excited, everybody's excited...so we're sitting around here thinking what's the first lesson we want to shot out here. We've went through, we set everything up, talked through getting some angles. Talked through tuning, that sort of thing. So I thought, you know what, it's real important even if you're just beginning or picking up the sticks and getting into the drum set. I want to talk about dynamics. Some of this stuff may be a little hard to get a hold of in the beginning but just put it in the back of your mind and you more seasoned guys just sort of revisit this stuff and check this out. As drummers we spend the majority of our time (hand wise, we're going to discuss hands here dynamic wise first...we'll get to the kic... more...

Billy Ashbaugh: Ghost Note Groove #1

by billy ashbaugh on 02/13/2009 | 8,224 Views | 5 Comments

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This is a little funk groove inspired years ago by Rod Morgenstein. I've incorporated a 5 stroke roll along with opening the hi-hat to help spice it up a bit.....enjoy!! Hello Billy Ashbaugh here with DrummerConnection.com and we're here in the Drum Room again. We just shot a lesson about dynamics and sort of getting use to rimshots and ghost notes, hi-hat, the tip of the stick, the bell of the ride, all these things. So I thought hey let me hit you guys with sort of a funk ghost note groove that Rod Morgenstein sort of exposed me to years ago on his 1st video...VHS at the time. At that time in my playing it really helped me out a lot. I did sort of a version of that I want to share with you. What he did that sort of inspired me was that he took straight 8th notes on the hi-hat with the right hand and did â€œeâ€'s and â€œaâ€'s filled in lightly, tapped as ghost notes with the left hand, keeping his hands there, and then came down for 2 & 4 on the snare... more...