Beginner · 8 min
Meet the kit
Learn the core voices, balanced setup, and safe listening habits.
✓ Name five kit voices✓ Set a relaxed seat height✓ Choose hearing protection
Learn with a clear path.
Twelve lessons connect technique to music. Work in order or jump to the skill that your playing needs today.
Beginner · 10 min
Count the grid
Read quarter and eighth notes as positions in time.
✓ Count 1 & 2 &✓ Follow the playhead✓ Hold a steady pulse
Beginner · 12 min
Build your first backbeat
Coordinate kick, snare, and hi-hat into a full groove.
✓ Place snare on 2 and 4✓ Keep eighth-note hats even✓ Loop four bars
Beginner · 10 min
A fill that lands
Move singles around the kit and return cleanly to beat one.
✓ Lead with either hand✓ Move without rushing✓ Crash with the kick
Intermediate · 14 min
Sixteenth-note control
Subdivide one beat into four equally spaced notes.
✓ Count e & a✓ Keep accents intentional✓ Relax at higher tempos
Intermediate · 15 min
Orchestrate the paradiddle
Turn sticking into musical movement between snare and toms.
✓ Hear the lead-hand change✓ Move accents✓ Keep doubles soft
Intermediate · 14 min
Own the offbeat
Add syncopated kick notes without disturbing the snare.
✓ Anchor 2 and 4✓ Place offbeat kicks✓ Maintain dynamic balance
Intermediate · 12 min
Linear fill design
Build fills where no two limbs strike together.
✓ Use K R L groupings✓ Shape dynamics✓ Resolve on beat one
Advanced · 18 min
Layer independence
Hold a foot ostinato while your hands phrase above it.
✓ Internalize the feet✓ Add one hand at a time✓ Recover without stopping
Advanced · 16 min
Make five feel natural
Group 5/4 as 3 + 2 and create a repeatable pocket.
✓ Count two groupings✓ Mark the downbeat✓ Phrase across the bar
Advanced · 14 min
Shape a dynamic arc
Control ghost notes, accents, and crescendos without changing tempo.
✓ Separate tap and accent heights✓ Build four-bar arcs✓ Keep pulse independent of volume
Advanced · 18 min
Hear three over two
Understand and coordinate the 3:2 polyrhythm.
✓ Sing both layers✓ Play each limb alone✓ Combine at a slow pulse