Grooving Through The Rudiments

Set the tone for the course and see how Larry Finn will help you turn your rudiments into real grooves behind the kit.

Meet Larry Finn, the Groove Professor, and get to know the playing and teaching background that shapes everything you'll study here.

Lock into a medium funk feel and work paradiddles into your fills, playing along so the sticking lands straight into a groove context.

Build on the first play-along with a fresh set of paradiddle fills, strengthening your ability to drop rudiments into the pocket on the fly.

Dig into the Crunge-style groove and hear how rudimental ideas add flavor to a heavy, syncopated feel.

Watch the Camel Isle groove up close and pick up how the sticking and orchestration come together across the kit.

Explore the Border Song groove and the way rudiments shape its phrasing, giving you another color for your own playing.

Compare different groove choices for the same tune and learn how to decide which rudimental ideas best serve the music.

Open up the possibilities hiding in groupings of five, mapping out how they can reshape a familiar groove.

Take on the "Dangerous" groove and see how Larry stitches rudiments into a tune for a bold, musical statement.

Bring the five stroke roll into a medium funk groove, cleaning up the roll so it sits naturally in the pocket.

Expand your five stroke vocabulary with a second set of funk fills, keeping the roll crisp as you move it around the kit.

Round out the five stroke series with a third funk fill, deepening your command of the roll as a groove-building tool.

Get grounded in what rudiments really are and why they're the foundation for everything you'll groove through in this course.

Work through the essential rudiments, building the clean, even sticking you'll lean on when the grooves get more demanding.

Combine single and double strokes to sharpen your control and set up the paradiddle-based grooves ahead.

Master the flam and its common variations, dialing in the timing between the grace note and the main stroke.

Add drags to your toolkit, focusing on crisp grace notes so the ornament enhances rather than muddies your groove.

Apply the double paradiddle to a flowing 6/8 groove, letting the sticking carry the triplet feel.

Fold the drag paradiddle into 6/8, using the ornament to add texture while keeping the pulse steady.

Settle into a 12/8 shuffle and weave in the seven stroke roll, keeping the swing relaxed and the roll even.

Color your shuffle with flam accents, placing the flams to reinforce the groove's natural pulse.

Bring single tap drags into the shuffle, sharpening your touch so the drags lock neatly into the triplet feel.

Drive an upbeat rock groove and launch into seven stroke roll fills, keeping the energy up as you transition in and out.

Lay back into a half-time rock feel and use single tap drags to add detail without crowding the pocket.

Bring Swiss triplets into a Latin groove, using the sticking to add drive and authenticity to the feel.

Tackle flammed mills in a 7/8 groove, counting carefully so the ornament lands cleanly inside the odd meter.

Hear Larry's parting encouragement and his advice for keeping the groove alive as you keep practicing.