Playing 2 & 4 On a Snare Drum

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JOEL SIEGEL: Alright. So, we've got our bass drum happening, you can feel it in your sternum. You got a good kick, hopefully. We've got our hi-hat, we saw we can do those eighth notes there, and now, I want to talk about your backbeat. This is two and four, this is kind of a broad concept. Again, this is really prevalent in pop music. From jazz to funk, soul, R&B, rock, really heavy like metal and stuff like that. Your two and four is kind of where--what the feel is. This is kind of where your pelvis comes in. This is what Elvis was so happy about. We're going to do two and four on the snare with--if you have a conventional setup like mine where your hi-hat is on the left, eventually you'll be playing crossover like this. You've seen a lot of drummers do that, that's how they typically play. So, we're going to be playing the snare with our left hand. Now, you can play it traditional or match, whichever you're trying to develop or you've decided is comfortable for you. But I'm going to play traditional. And so, we'll play the same tempo and remember, we're going to be playing two and four. So, this is similar to the bass drum concept, we're going to play rest on one, a quarter note on two, rest on three, quarter note on four. Here's what it sounds like. Two, three, four. Try playing it with me, I'll count you off. One, two, ready, play. And off. Good job.

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