Welcome to Drum Essentials here at NickCostaMusic.com!
First time visiting? Watch the video and download the resources below!
- PDF Checklist to help you keep track along the way.
- Marc Dicciani’s Practice Grid (Check his article in Modern Drummer on effective practice)
- Don’t forget to check out the fundamentals of playing jazz series.
- Keep checking back as more lessons are uploaded!
Technique
Drum Set Fundamentals
Flam (Rudiment 20)
Single Paradiddle (Rudiment 16)
Double Paradiddle (Rudiment 17)
Triple Paradiddle (Rudiment 18)
Paradiddle-Diddle (Rudiment 19)
Drag (Rudiment 31)
Single Ratamacue (Rudiment 38)
Double Ratamacue (Rudiment 39)
Triple Ratamacue (Rudiment 40)
Five Stroke Roll (Rudiment 7)
Seven Stroke Roll (Rudiment 9)
Nine Stroke Roll (Rudiment 10)
Eleven Stroke Roll (Rudiment 12)
Thirteen Stroke Roll (Rudiment 13)
Fifteen Stroke Roll (Rudiment 14)
Seventeen Stroke Roll (Rudiment 15)
Six Stroke Roll (Rudiment 8)
Ten Stroke Roll (Rudiment 11)