StretchLearn Course

Play Grooves That Make People Move

A step-by-step path from your first stroke to confident grooves and fills on acoustic and electronic kits.

Beginner9 hr 55 minSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

This course takes you from never having held a stick to playing solid grooves and fills behind real songs. You will learn matched and traditional grip, the single stroke, double stroke, paradiddle, and flam, how to read drum notation on a five-line staff, the rock, funk, and shuffle grooves that drive most popular music, and how to set up and record an electronic kit. Each lesson pairs a clear technique with a concrete drill, a target tempo on the metronome, and a worked example so progress is measurable.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Set up a kit and hold the sticks using matched and traditional grip with a relaxed Moeller-style rebound

Play the four foundational rudiments cleanly and gradually raise tempo on a metronome

Read basic drum notation including note values, rests, and standard kit voices on the staff

Perform the rock, funk, and shuffle grooves with steady time and correct limb coordination

Construct and place four-bar fills that resolve back to beat one

Set up, tune, and record on both acoustic and electronic drum kits

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Setup, Grip, and Your First Strokes

Get the kit and sticks working for you, learn matched and traditional grip, and produce a relaxed, rebounding stroke.

3 lessons

The Kit, Stick Choice, and PostureContent · 45 min

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Matched and Traditional GripContent · 45 min

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The Full Stroke and ReboundContent · 50 min

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Module 2

Module 2: Rudiments and Reading Rhythm

Learn the building-block stick patterns and how to read the rhythmic notation that every drum part is written in.

3 lessons

Single and Double Stroke RollsContent · 50 min

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The Paradiddle and the FlamContent · 50 min

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Reading Drum NotationContent · 50 min

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Module 3

Module 3: Grooves: Rock, Funk, and Shuffle

Coordinate your limbs to play the foundational beats that drive the majority of popular music.

3 lessons

The Basic Rock BeatContent · 50 min

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Funk Grooves and the Sixteenth-Note Hi-HatContent · 55 min

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The Shuffle and Swung FeelContent · 50 min

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Module 4

Module 4: Fills, Dynamics, and Electronic Drums

Add fills that resolve to beat one, control your dynamics musically, and play and record on an electronic kit.

3 lessons

Building Fills That Land on Beat OneContent · 55 min

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Dynamics, Cymbal Voices, and Musical TasteContent · 45 min

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Tuning, Electronic Kits, and RecordingContent · 50 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

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