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BONUS: Setting up the drum kit

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A fast-forward run through Harry Pope setting up his drum kit, so you can lay out your own kit without missing anything.

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    • 01. BONUS: Setting up the drum kit

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      2:36

    • 02. Meet Harry

      Free lesson

      2:01

    • 03. Getting Familiar With Your Kit

      Free lesson

      13:15

    • 04. Stick and Foot Technique

      10:18

    • 05. The Basic Beat

      7:26

    • 06. Crotchets and Quavers

      6:05

    • 07. Varying the Beat

      8:06

    • 08. Rudiment #1 - Single Stroke Roll

      9:39

    • 09. BONUS: Fills using the single stroke roll

      5:06

    • 10. Rudiment #2 - Double Stroke Roll

      7:11

    • 11. BONUS: Fills using the Double Stroke Roll

    • 12. Rudiment #3 - Paradiddles

      5:53

    • 13. Grooving With Paradiddles

      7:03

    • 14. Adding Semi-Quavers and Ornaments

      7:28

    • 15. Adding the Ride Cymbal and Open Hi-Hat

      7:08

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Fast forward video of setting up your drumkit! The whole process in detail.

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Harry Pope is a London drummer and a graduate of the jazz programme at Trinity College of Music. He has played with Brit Award winner Eddi Reader, guitarist Jim Mullen, Graeme Duffin of Wet Wet Wet, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra Big Band. His beginner course starts from the kit up - posture, grip, timekeeping and your first grooves - at a pace that suits anyone picking up sticks for the first time.

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