Lesson Index
This is an easy reference guide that Teachers use to assign lessons to their students. It is also a quick reference for DC members to find lessons or areas you want to work on.
16 Week Beginner Course
Week 1
- W1 – Beginner – Week 1
- 1 – Technique: Holding the Sticks
- 2 – Technique: Wrist Turns
- 3 – Independence: Sitting Position & Playing the Bass Drum on 1-2-3-4
- 4 – Independence: Learn The Basic Rock Beat #1
- 5 – Playing: The Basic Backup Beat
- 6 – Reading: The Principles of Music Notation
- 7 – Reading: Learning Note Values
Week 2
Week 3
- W3 – Beginner – Week 3
- 1 – Technique: The Outside Release Motion®
- 2 – Independence: Basic Rock Beat with Outside Release®
- 3 – Independence: Basic Rock Beat 1 and 2 Combined
- 4 – Playing: Half Time Beat
- 5 – Reading: Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4
- 6 – Reading: Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4 | Exercise
- 7 – Reading: Quarter Notes and Rests in 4/4 | Lesson Review
Week 4
- W4 – Beginner – Week 4
- 1 – Technique: A Warm-Up Exercise
- 2 – Technique: Snap-ups
- 3 – Independence: Basic Rock Beat with Ride Cymbals, Toms and Hi-Hat on 2 and 4
- 4 – Playing: Four On The Floor
- 5 – Reading: Whole and Half Notes and Rests in 4/4
- 6 – Reading: Whole and Half Notes and Rests in 4/4 | Lesson Review
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
- W9 – Beginner – Week 9
- 1 – Technique: Outside Release Motion® (3-Stroke)
- 2 – Technique: Outside Release® (3-Stroke) on Drum Set
- 3 – Independence: Combining 8th, Triplet, and 16th Note Fills
- 4 – Independence: Playing a Rim Shot
- 5 – Playing: Basic Jazz
- 6 – Reading: Quarter and Eighth Notes in 2/4, 3/4 and 5/4
Week 10
Week 11
- W11 – Beginner – Week 11
- 1 – Technique: Outside Release Motion (4-Stroke) On Drum Set
- 2 – Technique: Intro to Single Stroke Motions (Alternate Strokes)
- 3 – Independence: Two Hand Unisons Using Quarter Notes in 4/4
- 4 – Independence: Basic Rock #4 with Bass Drum on 1, 3 AN
- 5 – Playing: Soul/R&B Beat
- 6 – Reading: Dynamics
Week 12
- W12 – Beginner – Week 12
- 1 – Technique: Outside Release Motion (3-Stroke w/ 2 Stresses)
- 2 – Technique: Intro to Double Strokes
- 3 – Independence: Two Hand Unisons Using 8th Notes in 4/4
- 4 – Independence: Rock Beat #5 with Bass Drum on 1A, 3A
- 5 – Playing: Disco Beat
- 6 – Reading: Combining all Note and Rest Values in 2/4, 3/4 and 5/4
Week 13
- W13 – Beginner – Week 13
- 1 – Technique: Outside Release Motion (3-Stroke w/ 2 Stresses) on Drum Set
- 2 – Technique: Alternate Double Stroke Motion
- 3 – Independence: Two Hand Unisons Using Quarter & 8th Notes in 4/4
- 4 – Independence: Reviewing Beats Moving Right Hand Around the Drums
- 5 – Playing: Cha Cha Beat
- 6 – Reading: Sixteenth Notes and Rests in 4/4
Week 14
- W14 – Beginner – Week 14
- 1 – Technique: Outside Release Motion (4-Stroke w/ 2 Stresses)
- 2 – Technique: Multiple Bounce (Buzz) Motion
- 3 – Independence: Non-Unison or Linear Hands
- 4 – Independence: Combining Rock Beat #1 & #3: Adding Crash Cymbals
- 5 – Playing: Basic Soca Beat
- 6 – Reading: Review Exercises 1
Week 15
- W15 – Beginner – Week 15
- 1 – Technique: Outside Release Motion (4-6 Stroke Motion)
- 2 – Technique: Intro to Syncopation Using Single Strokes
- 3 – Independence: Foot Unisons with Quarter Notes
- 4 – Independence: Bass Drum Fills on Snare Drum and Toms
- 5 – Playing: 8th Note Hip-Hop Beat
- 6 – Reading: Review Exercises 2
Week 16
- W16 – Beginner – Week 16
- 1 – Technique: Outside Release Motion (4-6 Stroke Motion) on Drum Set
- 2 – Technique: The 3-Stroke Ruff
- 3 – Independence: One Hand, One Foot in Unison with Quarter Notes
- 4 – Independence: Fills and Combined Rock Beat
- 5 – Playing: The Fatback Beat
- 6 – Reading: Review Exercises 3
16 Week Intermediate Course
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
- W12 – Intermediate – Week 12
- 1 – Hand Technique: The Single Paradiddle
- 2 – Hand Technique: Secret of Paradiddle Made Easy
- 3 – Hand Technique: The Single Paradiddle on Drum Set
- 4 – Independence: Triplet Combinations with 6 Sticking Patterns
- 5 – Independence: Triplet Figures, Left Hand Permutations, Right Hand Fig. 1 as Ostinato & Reverse
- 6 – Playing: The Alternative Beat
Week 13
- W13 – Intermediate – Week 13
- 1 – Hand Technique: The Single Paradiddle-Diddle
- 2 – Hand Technique: The Single Paradiddle-Diddle on Drum Set
- 3 – Foot Technique: Consecutive Single Strokes
- 4 – Independence: 16th Note Figures & 15 Basic Permutations
- 5 – Independence: 16th Note Figures – Left Hand 15 Basic Permutations, Right Hand Fig. 1 as Ostinato & Reverse
- 6 – Playing: Tom Patterns
Week 14
- W14 – Intermediate – Week 14
- 1 – Hand Technique: The Double Paradiddle
- 2 – Hand Technique: The Double Paradiddle on Drum Set
- 3 – Foot Technique: The Pedal
- 4 – Independence: Triplet Figures – Right Hand 9 Basic Permutations, Left Hand Figure 5 as Ostinato
- 5 – Playing: 7/8 Beat
- 6 – Playing: 7/8 Tom Groove
Week 15
- W15 – Intermediate – Week 15
- 1 – Hand Technique: The Double Paradiddle-Diddle
- 2 – Hand Technique: The Double Paradiddle-Diddle on Drum Set
- 3 – Foot Technique: 16th Note Exercises
- 4 – Independence: 16th Note Figures – Right Hand 15 Basic Permutations, Left Hand Fig. 10 as Ostinato
- 5 – Playing: 5/8 and 5/4
Week 16
16 Week Advanced Course
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Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
40 Rudiments
- Introduction
- 1 -Single Stroke Roll
- 2 – Single Stroke Four
- 3 – Single Stroke Seven
- 4 – Double Stroke Roll
- 5 – Triple Stroke Roll
- 6 – Buzz Roll
- 7 – 5 Stroke Roll
- 8 – 6 Stroke Roll
- 9 – 7 Stroke Roll
- 10 – 9 Stroke Roll
- 11 – 10 Stroke Roll
- 12 – 11 Stroke Roll
- 13 – 13 Stroke Roll
- 14 – 15 Stroke Roll
- 15 – 17 Stroke Roll
- 16 – Single Paradiddle
- 17 – Double Paradiddle
- 18 – Triple Paradiddle
- 19 – Paradiddle-diddle
- 20 – Flam
- 21 – Flam Accent
- 22 – Flam Tap
- 23 – Flamacue
- 24 – Flam Paradiddle
- 25 – Pataflafla
- 26 – Flammed Mill
- 27 – Flam Paradiddle-diddle
- 28 – Swiss Triplet
- 29 – Inverted Flam Tap
- 30 – Flam Drag
- 31 – Drag
- 32 – Tap Drag
- 33 – Double Drag Tap
- 34 – Lesson 25
- 35 – Single Dragadiddle
- 36 – Single Drag Paradiddle
- 37 – Double Drag Paradiddle
- 38 – Single Ratamacue
- 39 – Double Ratamacue
- 40 – Triple Ratamacue
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