Private Lessons

Donny Gruendler
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The sheer amount of educational material on the market overwhelms many student drummers. Due to their limited practice schedules or performances opportunities, many fail to see how they can implement any new (or super-sophisticated) material into their daily routines. Worse yet, other students neglect practical information altogether in hope’s of becoming the next super-human speed based drummer. With this in mind, the Private Lesson series of video and pdf based lessons will provide today’s student drummer with a series of performance suggestions, tips and tricks that they can use immediately with their band, playalong texts and performance opportunities.

This will be accomplished by presenting the reader with a wide variety of real-world based instructional videos and corresponding PDF’s that will make it fun for the student to practice, perform and progress.

This series includes the following lessons:

  1. Time, Sound and Form: 16th Based Development: Gruendler uses techniques from his Musicians Institute Private Lesson curriculum to help you solidify your straight 16th note time feel, clean up your drumset sound and accurately play through detailed forms.  Includes a detailed PDF
  2. Time, Sound and Form: Triplet Based Development: Gruendler uses techniques from his Musicians Institute Private Lesson curriculum to help you solidify your 8th note triplet time feels, clean up your drumset sound and accurately play through detailed forms.  Includes a detailed PDF
  3. Fundamental Fills: Gruendler demonstrates a series of solid, effective and “fundamental” fills that every drummer needs to know. After this lesson, you will be able to play many 8th, 16th and sextuplet based fills in time and with a powerful sound. Includes a detailed PDF
  4. Fundamental Fills: 16th Note Right Hand Lead: Gruendler demonstrates a series of solid, effective and “fundamental” Right Hand Lead fills that every drummer needs to know. After this lesson, you will be able to play many syncopated 16th note fills that lead with the right hand around the kit — in time and with a powerful sound. Includes a detailed PDF
  5. Fundamental Fills: 8th Note Triplet Right Hand Lead: Gruendler demonstrates a series of solid, effective and “fundamental” Right Hand Lead fills that every drummer needs to know. After this lesson, you will be able to play many syncopated triplet based fills that lead with the right hand around the kit — in time and with a powerful sound. Includes a detailed PDF
  6. Fundamental Fills: Six Stroke Rolls: Gruendler demonstrates a series of flashy (yet solid), effective and “fundamental” six stroke roll fills. After this lesson, you will be able to play many six stroke roll patterns on the snare drum, the toms and the entire kit. Includes a detailed PDF
  7. Backbeat Based Fills: What item is present in nearly all of the pop, R&B and Rock music?  Answer: the backbeat!  In order to blend with today’s sequenced tracks and loops — many of today’s drummers include the backbeat within their fills. With this in mind, Gruendler presents a series of concepts, exercises, fills that will help you build a Backbeat Based fill vocabulary. Upon completing this lesson, you will be on your way to seamlessly blending with a modern sequenced track. Includes a detailed PDF
  8. Tom Based Grooves: If you are feeling stagnant with many of your time feels or grooves – check out Donny’s unique take on how to develop simple (yet effective) grooves based around the toms and kit. Many of these groove ideas will help you play Pop and Progressive music alike.  Includes a detailed PDF
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