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Virtual Drumming is an interactive drums method, with
free online drum lessons, a
drum charts collection,
partitures for drums in pdf format, and
virtual drums that you can play in real time.
The method will be periodically updated with new drum lessons and drum charts.
Drum lessons > Drums grooves > John Bonham |
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Introduction The first part of this method for drums and percussion instruments deals with the right
posture, which is the basic condition to develop speed, endurance and precision with your playing.
The style and the role of drumming have evolved with time, but the basic drums and percussion instruments technique hasn't changed much, and all the great drummers
still build their own style from the same basis of musical theory.
Method It's very important, in all the exercises, to keep a relaxed approach
with the drum set and the sticks, to control the breathing and to avoid muscles' tension.
You should approach every exercise by playing it slowly at first, then gradually speed up mantaining a relaxed posture,
without changing your breathing or stiffening your body. You don't have to hurry, the study of musical instruments demands a lot of practice,
and also the study of drums, as any other discipline, demands a long and constant exercise.
Improvisational skills are essential to any drummer to improve his expressive possibilities; that's why it's so important to experiment personal
variations playing the exercises, following his own style and natural inclination. |
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The rock drums of John Bonham
John Bonham, Led Zeppelin's drummer, reached his popularity in the '70's, drumming in some of the most famous songs in rock music's history.
John Bonham's style is still a model for many young drummers, in rock'n'roll music and in more recent musical languages.
In the drum chart of this lesson you'll find some drum grooves taken from some famous Led Zeppelin's songs, as played by the late, great John Bonham.
John Bonham with Led Zeppelin album "Led Zeppelin" 1969: Good Times Bad Times, I Can't Quit You Baby, How Many More Times.
John Bonham with Led Zeppelin album "Led Zeppelin III" 1970: Since I've Been Loving You.
John Bonham with Led Zeppelin album "Led Zeppelin IV" 1971: Black Dog, Stairway To Heaven, When The Levee Breaks.
John Bonham with Led Zeppelin album "In Through The Out Door" 1979: South Bound Saurez.
free download download the drum chart of this lesson
 john bonham grooves pdf
In the Flash version the virtual drums play the drum lessons charts in real time!
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Topics in the basic drum lessons and in the online drum lessons' published drum charts are: rudiments & fundamentals,
coordinated independence, drums basic beats, snare drum studies, drums grooves and songs' drum partitures,
with transcriptions of songs and grooves by John Bonham, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland, Steve Gadd, Ian Paice, Jeff Porcaro.
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