DRUM LESSON: Left Foot Independence

NEW LESSON/COVER EVERY WEEK! In today’s lesson we’ll be working on some left foot independence. We’ll mainly be playing either quarter or eighth notes, but placing them on all the different divisions of the sixteenth notes. Downbeats, Upbeats, E’s and A’s. Towards the end I’ll show you a rhythm and concept that gets a bit more advanced. This lesson can be difficult if you’re not used to involving your left foot in your playing, and have mainly been using it just to open the hi-hat. Take your time with each exercise looping it over and over and over, at a slow tempo, and make sure you get comfortable with it. Find the balance in your body! No swaying to change the anchor of your weight! Downloadable PDF: There are a few different issues we can come across here. First of all, it can be difficult to place the hi-hat on any other subdivision than the downbeats, mainly because we might not be used to doing so. So fir