How To Get Faster At Playing The Drums! Killer Speed-Building Exercise

Here’s a REALLY simple but brilliant way of developing your speed for grooves and fills!
This method will also work for building up hand speed for rudiments, foot speed for double kick etc. It’s a CLASSIC!
The metronome I use is the Soundbrenner Pulse. It can be used as the standalone app or with the watch, which I’ve had for a couple of years now and is great - use it every day!
www.soundbrenner.com/
That Moeller technique video I mentioned:
• How To Play Fast Hi-Ha...
And one about finger control:
• One Minute Drum Lesson...
Have fun and thanks for watching :)
Mike :)
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Kit
Yamaha Recording Custom - 22”/10”/12”/16”
Tama John Blackwell 6.5 x 13” Snare
Evans Hydraulic Red Drumheads, Evans Edge Control Reverse Dot (Snare)
Meinl Byzance Cymbals - 20" Sand Ride, 18” Sand Thin Crash, 16" Vintage Crash, 14” Sand Hats
Dave Grohl Zildjian Drumsticks
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[@tomcurrant8864]

Mr Barnes, Sir....you are wonderful...I really enjoy your videos, your optimism, your passion and your wisdom....I too really wish there'd been this resource (youtube) when I was a kid ,learning...I think what you do here is just great 👌🏽if I'd had access to all this when I was first playing (long long time ago) I'd be a much better player by now, for sure! Thank you for sharing your passion so openly....keep up the good work, bro! Rock on! ✊🏽👌🏽🤓🙏🏽

[@MJ-Drummer]

I like this simple beat and fill, so easy to build my speed up 👌

[@clovisgeigers7020]

Wonderful video... Thanks lots for the video. Drums are really cool. :)

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Clovis Geigers Cool Clovis! :)

[@muddodger]

What an incredible video. Two amazing things about this. Firstly, the expression: Struggling - that's what improving feels like!! Flipping gold! Secondly, your attitude and approach to teaching is incredibly inspiring.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers! Thanks for watching and glad you dig :)

[@devonkenny2154]

Brilliant teaching as usual .... I actually managed to " keep up" til the 140 BPM ...not bad for me as a self taught grade 3/4 ..love the way you make learning the drums soooo much fun ❤😅 thank you

[@mylovingjesus7872]

Really man your outstanding, I wish I become like you a great drummer, I wish my hands too would work like yours❤️

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Go for it Preston!

[@mylovingjesus7872]

I tried I reached 170 then my hand started paining I need improvement 🥺

[@davidcoune5274]

Excellent for practice, nice for me thank you so much

[@agungsycho]

Great practice

[@hananshells8055]

Great video! Thank you for sharing ❤️!

[@BandGalaxy]

My favorite video! Starting slow & explaining how that " improvement zone"Seeing feels. When I get discouraged I refer to this! The example of someone as good as you showing your limits & having fun to boot! 😄❤️

[@alisongibb4726]

Wonderful! Next practice session for me 🤣

[@paulashby418]

160 is hard, great stuff again, on my imaginary drum kit :)

[@chrisrankinvideo]

Hey man loved this video. Got a quick question, I have a fill I am trying to get fast at, I can play it at the “ improvement zone “ for 30 seconds straight, is that ok and should I move the tempo up or stay there?

[@davegill7614]

130 is my max for now....but then 110 was my max a few months ago....so I'm making progress....160 seems years away lol

[@johanne1005]

Hi My johanne Paul From sri Lanka This Is Fantastic Can You Do Some Grove On The Cajon Drum As Well

[@Rijo31000]

Thanks, I love your lesson series! I have a lot of problems getting the first fill at speed with the Proud Mary song of Ike & Tina Turner. And because I know, and see all band members looking at me every time we arrive at that part, it becomes a big psychological issue as well. Just before the fill I tense up, and that way it never works and becomes a selffulfilling prophecy over and over again. Hope your tips will help. Thanks again for all the support, your tutorials are very inspiring! 👍🥁😀

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Ah thanks Richard, lovely message. And yes I know that feeling exactly! 3 rules:keep going, keep going and keep going! The more you work on the right stuff the better you'll get. This type of exercise works wonders if you stick at it - get in that improvement zone and stay there and the speed and smoothness will build. Cheers and thanks so much for watching, really pleased if vids are helpful :)

[@Rijo31000]

Tanks! I will not give up and keep on pushing! I wanted to support you through www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarn... but unfortunately there is no possibility using paypall. Don't think you can make money nowadays without it, just my feedback ;-) I do not have my credit card with me right now, will take care of it later. Cheers!

[@tomcurrant8864]

Like the man says: stay loose! ✌🏽

[@FrostysTunes]

could you do a video of you completely jamming out? that would be cool to see,

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Hi, yeah! Do have a little playlist of drum covers/remixes here: kzbin.info/aero/PLcfoni8UPb9qtUEh7gGQFAUS2MEWjfsoP Will do a few more!

[@Martin_Bernard]

200 bpm is slow for a death metal drummer, 240 bpm is medium, 280 bpm is fast