Sixteenth notes are played on the snare drum, alternating between your hands. Once you have the rhythm and get in the groove, the beat almost plays itself. Of the 6 beats, this one is probably the hardest to play because there are so many notes in fast succession. The reason it’s called a 3-2 clave is because the beat is made up of 3 long notes, a pause and then 2 short notes. He used the distinctive rhythm in so many of his songs that it became known as the Bo Diddley beat. He popularized the West African 3-2 clave beat (pronounced claw-vay). If you want to hear a really fast shuffle, listen to Lido Shuffle by Boz Skaggs or The Boys are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy.īo Diddley was a guitar player in the 1950’s. Every drummer has his favorite way to play a shuffle.Ī faster shuffle is the song Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder. His drummer, Chris Layton, plays a variation called the Texas Shuffle where he plays the triplets with his left hand on the snare drum. I love to play the song Cold Shot by Stevie Ray Vaughn. Play 2 & 4 on the snare drum, and quarter notes on the bass drum. Play a triplet feel with the right hand on the hi-hat, leaving out the middle triplet note. It’s used mostly when playing blues music so that’s why it’s called “fast blues” or “blues shuffle.” Most drummers just call it a “shuffle.” Here’s what it looks like on paper: Or think about what a horse sounds like when it’s galloping across an open field. It sounds like someone shuffling along, dragging their heel with each step they take. You’ll know why this beat is called a shuffle when you hear it. And it can be played as a faster slow blues (if there is such a thing) like Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood. It’s also played at medium tempo like So Far Away by Staind. It’s played really slowly like on If You Don’t Know Me By Now by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Play triplets on the hi-hat with your right hand, the snare drum on 2 & 4, and the bass drum on 1 & 3. Here’s what a slow blues beat looks like. Triplets are groupings of three notes played within one beat and counted “1-and-ah-2-and-ah-3-and-ah-4-and-ah.” The blues beats use triplets to give a very different feel to the drum beat. So let’s take a look at beats 4 through 6: Slow Blues, Blues Shuffle and Bo Diddley.
#BASIC DRUM BEATS LMSS HOW TO#
If you need to refresh your memory about how to read drum music, visit this post: The Key to Reading Drum Music. Knowing these beats will allow you to get your first drum audition with a band and jump-start your musical career! As I mentioned in the Part 1, these beats are easy to learn, easy to remember, and form the basis for learning any song imaginable. If you know these 6 drum beats, you can play any rock, pop and country song written in the past 50 years. If you missed part 1, you can see it here: 6 Simple but Powerful Drum Beats – Part 1 This is the second part of a two part post that introduces 6 of the most important drum beats.
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