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Lessons / Genres / Rock & Pop

Rock & Pop

Backbeats that built modern music

From classic rock backbeats to contemporary pop production. The most economical genre — fewer notes, deeper feel.

Level 1

5 lessons
  1. 01 Eighth-Note Grooves 20 min
  2. 02 Quarter-Note Hi-Hat 15 min
  3. 03 Cross-Stick & Ballad Feel 20 min
  4. 04 Basic Fills 25 min
  5. 05 Four-on-the-Floor 15 min

Level 2

5 lessons
  1. 01 Sixteenth-Note Hi-Hat 25 min
  2. 02 Open Hats & Syncopation 20 min
  3. 03 Shuffle Rock 25 min
  4. 04 Power Ballad Grooves 25 min
  5. 05 Tom-Driven Grooves 25 min

Level 3

5 lessons
  1. 01 Half-Time Feel 20–25 min
  2. 02 Train Beat 20 min
  3. 03 Linear Fills 25 min
  4. 04 Double-Time Grooves 20–25 min
  5. 05 Stadium Anthem 20 min

Level 4

5 lessons
  1. 01 Prog Rock Vocabulary 30 min
  2. 02 Odd Meters in Rock 30 min
  3. 03 Hybrid Grooves 25–30 min
  4. 04 Studio Polish & Production 30 min
  5. 05 Dynamic Mastery 30 min

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