Beginning Rock Beats 1

Beginning Rock Beats 1 by Radley Fricker is a free video lesson for beginners that teaches you to play three backbeat patterns. This lesson is a follow up to Rock Backbeat Basics. These grooves feature a steady hi hat and snare pattern played against varied bass drum rhythms. Backbeat rhythms are the basis of thousands of popular rock and R&B songs. You can find the notation below. After learning the beats, we'll practice them along with a jam track. The video has been split into two parts

Watch the Video: Part A and Part B

Listen to the jam track

Here is the notation for this lesson

sample video frame

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