Drums/Percussion Grade 6: Technique

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine tapping a drum with a stick — now try tapping exactly the same way with the other hand. That's a single stroke! 🥁

2. 2

   How many hands do you use for one single stroke? 🥁

3. 3

   Tap a single stroke with your right hand on the drum pad. 🥁

4. 4

   Let's play four single strokes in a row — right, left, right, left. 🥁

5. 5

   Now play four single strokes on the drum pad — right, left, right, left. 🥁

6. 6

   What is the third stroke in a right-left-right-left pattern? 🥁

7. 7

   If you play single strokes for 10 taps, how many times does your right hand tap? 🥁