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Mike Snyder's Pattern Lesson
| In this lesson, you can practice your patterns along with a backing performance. Make sure to take advantage of point-by-point advice from Mike when you practice. |
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Profile Mike Snyder (Drummer/Percussionist/eDrum Guru) Mike has been a V-Drums clinician since their introduction in 1997, having to date presented over 1000 clinics and workshops in the US and abroad. He received a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Oregon, both in percussion performance. For the last 25 years he has produced, written, and played on countless pieces of music for jingles, films, and TV soundtracks. In education he has taught at the university level, and is the author of "All About ... Electronic Percussion," published by Hal Leonard--the definitive book on demystifying electronic percussion. Additionally, he is a regular column and feature article contributor to DRUM! Magazine. He can be reached through mikesnyder.net. |
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Pop/Rock | |
HD-1 Drum Tutor owners can download new practice songs here. The download contains SMF files that you can play on the HD-1 Drum Tutor, plus a PDF file with explanations.   |
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Lesson 1 |
Pop/Rock Even 8th Notes | |||||
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Lesson 2 |
Pop/Rock Op-Cl Hi-Hat 1 | ||||
Lesson 3 |
Pop/Rock Op-Cl Hi-Hat 2 | |||||
Lesson 4 |
Pop/Rock 16th Notes Fills | |||||
Lesson 5 |
Pop/Rock Short Fills | |||||
Lesson 6 |
Pop/Rock Long Fills | |||||
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Pop/Rock/Funk NEW |
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| Lesson 7 | Pop/Rock 16th Notes in Snare | |||||
| Lesson 8 | Pop/Rock 16th Notes in Kick | |||||
| Lesson 9 | Pop/Funk 8-Beat with 16th Notes 1 | |||||
| Lesson 10 | Pop/Funk 8-Beat with 16th Notes 2 | |||||
| Lesson 11 | Pop/Funk Add 16th Hi-hat and Fills | |||||
| Let's check out “Section 1 Pop/Rock”. This is an example that you can download. Download here. |
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Lesson 1: Pop/Rock Even 8th Notes
Practice basic pop/rock 8-beat patterns.
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Point-by-point advice from Mike
Almost all Pop/Rock styles are built from the bottom up, with the kick and the snare drum being the most important voices in the drum pattern. Concentrate on making the kick and snare drum balanced in volume. The hi-hat is a filler voice that helps the pattern move forward and is less important to the feel of the groove. Do not play the hi-hat too loud; this is very common. Use the features of the Drum Tutor software to work in one or two bar segments. Upon repeat, the crash on the downbeat of bar one may be played with either the left or right hand. |
Lesson 2: Pop/Rock Op-Cl Hi-Hat 1
Try playing an open hi-hat.
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Point-by-point advice from Mike
Play the hi-hat so that it aligns well with the kick and snare drum voices. It should never be too loud as to be distracting from the most important voices of the pattern, the kick and snare. In this exercise, the open hi-hat helps leads into either the downbeat of the next bar or the backbeat on beat 2. Learning to open and close the hi-hat can take practice and concentration. Don't be discouraged! Also, Playing all the hi-hat notes at the same volume will make any pattern have a machine-like feel. This is not desirable for this exercise. Playing the upbeats (the "&s" of the beat) slightly softer in volume than the downbeats will help give the hi-hat a nice feel. |
