Hi Everyone! Today we’re going to work on hi-hat technique. It’s not something I see the drum teaching community writing about or teaching much, but it is a very important skill for beginners that should not be overlooked.
In this lesson, I want to give you the tools to work on getting the hi-hat’s open sound. I also want you to be able to control where you place that open sound in the flow of your hi-hat playing and grooves.
Getting the classic open sound from the hi-hat, and having some control over placing it is trickier than it looks. It’s tricky because you have to move your cymbal hand downward as you move your hi-hat foot upward in order to get the sound. That’s a pretty weird combination of movements at first.
In order to help you work on this, I’ve made a PDF with 9 exercises and a video with me demonstrating the exercises at two different tempos. I think that you’ll have the information and guidance that you need with these two teaching aids. Here’s the PDF with the exercises: Intro to Hi-Hat Part 1
And here’s the video:
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He first gained attention as one of the winners of Modern Drummer magazine's very first drum solo contest, judged by Rush's Neil Peart.
He's played with Oz Noy, Will Lee, Alison Krauss, Curtis Stigers, Emily Remler, Joel Hoekstra, GE Smith, Andy York, Marshall Crenshaw, Tony Shanahan, The Drifters, The Marvelettes, Big Brother and The Holding Company, and many other artists.
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