Hip hop finger drumming lessons
8 hip hop lessons for MIDI pads and your keyboard, 72–88 BPM, starting at beginner level. 2 free to play, with feedback on every hit.
- 1Boom and bapKick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4, 8th hats, over two bars.82 BPM · 5 min · Beginner
- 2Pushed kickA real drummer's two-bar kick pattern with pickups.84 BPM · 6 min · Beginner
- 3Offbeat hatsProHats only on the "ands", pedal hat on the beat, a rim click in bar 2.72 BPM · 6 min · Beginner
- 4One-beat fillProYour first fill: snare and two toms on beat 4, crash on the 1.82 BPM · 7 min · Beginner
- 5Ghosts and a late snareProTwo different bars: a late backbeat, then a ghost-note answer.86 BPM · 7 min · Intermediate
- 6Open-hat bounceProFour bars of bounce with a two-beat snare and tom fill.86 BPM · 8 min · Intermediate
- 7Chop the loopProPlay a sliced break in order, then a remix of it in bar 2.85 BPM · 8 min · Intermediate
- 8Boom bap verseProA full four-bar verse: swung 16th hats, clap layer and a one-bar fill.88 BPM · 9 min · Intermediate