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Opening/Closing Hi-Hats - Drum Lessons

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Bored to death of practicing? Try this... ‪http://DrumLessons.com/prg/
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This video lesson will show you how to spice up simple rock grooves by opening and closing the hi-hats at a specified time within the beat. Jared gives tips and tricks to keep in mind when first playing open-close hi-hat beats, and then demonstrates four patterns that make use of this powerful dynamic drumming technique.
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- http://www.freedrumlessons.com/drum-lessons/open-close-hi-hats.php
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  • These are great for free lessons.Thanks

  • No, you are ugly and suck balls at drums. These guys are pro ^^.

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  • omg so much easier

  • the first one is billie jean. :)

    Also try opening the hi hats up with the snare drum on 2 or 4 then closing them up on the following beat (1 or 3). Phil Collins does this in abacab. Or you can play a sixteenth note hi hat beat and open them up on the a of 1 and 3.

  • Oh yeah, I realize they are adjustable. But my upper rod is almost 2 feet long and no matter how I adjust it sticks up about a foot and a half cause I like my hihat low. I ended up cutting the bottom of the rod and using a Die to re-thread it with the proper threads. Now its all good...

  • @sweetchuck47

    you DO know that hi-hats are adjustable, ja?

  • i would find this more effective if they could stay on the camera's angle of the hit-hat, isn't that what all this video is about?

  • Did you bu a special small (short) hihat rod or did you cut a normal one?

    Great Videos...

  • hi jared, can you tell me the name of your drum kits pls ? sound so great

  • The 3rd I always considered a Disco beat,& the 5th should be "The Crunge "his demeanor is a little Thorazine like,If I were to take lessons he would be a strong candidate for an instructor

  • jared rulz.i learnt so much.

  • I wonder if this dude talks like this all the time...

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