Ben Makinen Brush Lesson: Quarter Note Ballad I FREE DRUM LESSON!

Award-Winning Drummer/Producer/Filmmaker Ben Makinen
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This stroke is all about smooth motions with arms and wrists.

Pulsing quarter note fits any meter. (Count the quarters in 3 and in 5 etc ... The motion of the stroke remains the same.)

Brushes do not leave the surface of the drum.

When hands are furthest from each other your elbows should be about 8" away from your torso. When hands are closest to each other your elbows should gently touch the side of your torso.

I am playing along with "Swingin' the Blues" perfromed by Count Basie and his Orchestra, rec. 1938

Have fun!
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