Accents Using Different Surfaces

Lesson 3/41 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner Drums

Accents Using Different Surfaces

Accents can often be created simply by using different parts of the drumkit. The most common example of this is the use of the crash cymbal. If you play a groove using the hi hat and then play the crash cymbal it automatically gives the effect of an accent even if you don’t hit it any harder.

Another common situation where this occurs is in playing a fill. If you play part of a fill on one drum (e.g., snare) and another part of the fill on a different drum (e.g., tom), the difference in tone and the surfaces of the drums will create accents as demonstrated in the following example.

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1- Playing With a Band 2- Accents 3- The Sixteenth Note 4- INTRODUCTION 5- The Triplet 6- Playing Fills 7- The Eighth Note 8- The Three Four Time Signature ( <span class="symbolA">^</span> ) 9- Understanding the Drumkit 10- Using the Left Foot 11- Note and Rest Values 12- Using The Crash Cymbal 13- Using a Metronome 14- Two Handed Funk 15- How to Sit At the Drums 16- Accents Using Different Surfaces 17- Bass and Snare Drum Variations 18- Jazz Beats 19- Musical Form 20- Rock Beats 21- Twelve Eight Time Solo 22- Notes Used In Drum Beats 23- The Paradiddle 24- Side Stick 25- Sixteenth Note Variations 26- Fills Using Triplets 27- 12 Bar Blues 28- Snare Drum Variations 29- Building a Drum Beat 30- Understanding Music 31- How to Hold the Drumsticks 32- Harmony and Chords 33- The Shuffle Rhythm 34- Playing The Open Hi Hat 35- Dynamics 36- Bass Drum Variations 37- How to Read Drum Music 38- Volume Changes 39- Metronome Symbol 40- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com 41- Dynamic Independence

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Accents Using Different Surfaces