Tips for Playing Fast Latin Rhythms on the Drum Set

Here is a video about playing fast Latin rhythms on the drum set. Many drummers struggle with these tempos because of the physical nature of the technique involved in playing these types of grooves. I show you five different strategies for dealing with these issues as well as exercises to work on. All of the playing examples in this video come from my book Advanced Coordination for Drum Set and Hand Percussion If you are interested in a hard copy or PDF of the book, please contact me at rickdior@gmail.com Time Stamps 0:00 Introduction 3:10 Fast Mambo :3 Limb Ostinato 5:20 Unison Samba 6:49 Rhythms Between the Hands 7:57 The Baion Rhythm 10:39 Left Hand Lead Samba 11:30 Solo Outro The drums used in this video are Peavey Radial 1000. The cymbals are: Sabian 20" Jack De Paiste 8: mini hi hats mounted Sabian 13" HH hi hats Sabian 12" hi hats mounted Sabian 20" Jack DeJohnette Signature Ride Sabian 16" Vault crash Paiste 18" traditional crash The headphones I am using are from Gordy Knudtson. You can purchase them here: https://www.gk-music.com/product/ultr...