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Lesson Plan: Learn New Ride Patterns for Classic Grooves

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! What do you ride on? Whether it’s hi-hats, a stack, a China, your floor tom,... Read More...

Rock/Pop – Ride Pattern Lesson Plan Week 1

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! The term “pop,” first used in the 1950s in reference to “popular” music, can... Read More...

Funk – Ride Pattern Lesson Plan Week 2

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! “Funk” is another reference to a genre that covers many sub-styles. Funky mu... Read More...

Baião – Ride Pattern Lesson Plan Week 3

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! The baião, a popular folk style originally from northern Brazil, became popu... Read More...

New Orleans – Ride Pattern Lesson Plan Week 4

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! As with many styles of music, “New Orleans” cannot be easily defined with a ... Read More...

Uptempo Jazz – Ride Pattern Lesson Plan Week 5

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! Uptempo jazz is normally associated with the bebop and modern big band eras.... Read More...

Reggae 1-Drop – Ride Pattern Lesson Plan Week 7

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! The lively and groovy music that is reggae most often uses a 1-drop drum pat... Read More...

METAL – Ride Pattern Lesson Plan Week 6

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! If there was ever a musical genre that spawned a multitude of subgenres, it’... Read More...

Odd-Meter – Ride Pattern Lesson Plan Week 10

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! Most Western music is in 4/4, also known as “common time,” but much of the t... Read More...

Samba – Ride Pattern Lesson Plan Week 8

BY STEWART JEAN, ANA BARREIRO, AND JEFF BOWDERS | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM! The festive Brazilian sound of samba is the music of the people, the rhythm ... Read More...