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Lessons / Genres / Hip-Hop & R&B

Hip-Hop & R&B

Programmed feel, played live

Translating drum-machine vocabulary to acoustic kit. Late-and-loose feels, J Dilla's slipped time, modern trap on the kit.

Level 1

5 lessons
  1. 01 Boom-Bap 20 min
  2. 02 Pocket Time-Feel 25 min
  3. 03 Classic Hip-Hop Drumming 25 min
  4. 04 R&B Basics 25 min
  5. 05 Quiet Storm Style 20 min

Level 2

5 lessons
  1. 01 Trap on the Kit 25 min
  2. 02 Neo-Soul Feel 30 min
  3. 03 Modern R&B 25 min
  4. 04 Southern Rap Drumming 25 min
  5. 05 Questlove Time-Feel 30 min

Level 3

5 lessons
  1. 01 Studio Drums to Live Kit 25 min
  2. 02 Programmed Displacement 25 min
  3. 03 808 Patterns on the Kit 25 min
  4. 04 Chris Dave Concepts 30 min
  5. 05 Anderson .Paak Style 25 min

Level 4

5 lessons
  1. 01 J Dilla Time-Feel 30 min
  2. 02 Modern Production Feel 30 min
  3. 03 Drumming Around Samples 30 min
  4. 04 Louis Cole Drumming 30 min
  5. 05 Future R&B 35 min

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