in this next video lesson we're going to play through some punk drum beats take a look at beat number one on the provided sheet music you can see it's a straight quarter note groove now if you play this groove at a slower tempo it might sound a little bit funny but play it up to speed and with the hi-hats open it actually sounds quite full I'm going to demonstrate it for you now number two builds on the first group take a look at the sheet music now you can see I have the bass drum on the one and the and and then on the three and the N now my hi-hat is still doing a quarter note feel I'm leaving it a little bit open to fill in all the gaps let me play it for you now beat number three we move to an eighth note feel this is similar to the eighth note beats we did earlier except we're going to be playing it at a faster tempo in beat number four we're going to move off the hi-hat down to the floor Tom with our right hand I'm going to be inserting a high Tom on the ah of to my bass drum will be played on all four counts number five is a fun one we move back to a quarter note feel on the hi-hats we're going to leave them open a little bit to to fill in all that space now take a look at the provided sheet music you can see on the end and the AH of three I got two quick bass drum strokes these are going to be a little tough at first to play up to speed but once you get them they sound great beat number six builds on beat number five again we have the quarter note hi-hat feel and then we're just adding in a few extra bass drum strokes let me play it for you now now all these Punk drum beats can be really fun just make sure that you don't push it too fast too soon I've seen a lot of drummers injure their right arm or the right leg by trying to play and push it too fast just take it slow and it'll all come with in time
