Free Drum Lessons + Exercises

The 2,739 hours of free play-along sheet music + video lessons below are designed to improve your drumming chops, technique, + limb independence. Whether you play drum kit or march drumline for school, WGI, or drum corps (DCI), these exercises allow you to practice listening in to perfect rhythmic interpretation. Music educators can use these videos to teach percussionists how to read sheet music + drum charts, develop drumming chops, refine drumming technique, + develop limb independence.

Live drum streams

I multistream on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, Twitter (X), Kick, + Facebook to share how I develop drum chops, technique, + limb independence. Stop in and ask me some questions in the live chat or leave a comment on prior clips + recordings.

Chop exercises

Grid Variations

  • Triplet grid
  • 16th note grid

    • Triplet Grid

    16th Note Grid

    Limb Independence

  • Patterns
  • Exercises
  • Charts
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    Limb Independence Patterns

    Limb Independence Exercises

    Limb Independence Charts

    Marching bass drum

    Technique exercises

    Tips + Lessons

    Short lessons