Half-Time Shuffle Without Bass Drum on 1 Pattern

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Part of the video series: Half-Time Shuffle Drum Beats

Summary: Need some variations for your half-time drum pattern? Learn to play the half-time shuffle without the bass drum on 1 from our drumming expert in this free video clip.

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David Pakman David Pakman is a longtime drummer and political talk radio host located in Northampton, Massachusetts. Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Pakman is tra... read more

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Half-Time Shuffle Without Bass Drum on 1 Pattern

Now, here's an example of a half-time shuffle where we're not even going to play the bass drum on one, and really, this is a perfect example to show that the feeling of the half-time is based around the back beat on three. And, here it is with the shuffle pattern. So, just another example of the half-time feel. Eventually, we will start using all of our triplet partials, and that'll make things more complicated. We'll add in ghost notes. It's best to have a good grasp for these basic patterns first.

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