Drum Lesson: How To Play The Drag Beat

Get Your Free DRUM! Mag Pack ► pro.drummagazi... The drag beat may have started out as producers trying to add "human error" to programmed drums, but now players are using it to add a laid-back or "sloppy" feel while keeping perfectly in time. Questlove was largely responsible for helping quantify how to play the drag beat on the drum set back in the 1990s, and now it's an indispensable tool for modern hip-hop, R&B, soul and other styles.
Garrett Tyler demonstrates how to get started with the drag beat, and how you can even apply it to a wide variety of musical styles. Check out the full lesson at wp.me/p7Np7V-3aw and more at drummagazine.com.
Drag beat playlist: • Drag Beat
0:09 Exs. 1-6
0:54 Exs. 7-12
1:48 Exs. 13-18
2:55 Exs. 19-24
3:56 Exs. 25-30
5:02 Exs. 31-36
5:57 Exs. 37-42
7:32 Ex. 43
8:05 Exs. 44-45
8:45 Ex. 46
9:07 Ex. 47
9:26 Ex. 48
9:46 Ex. 49
10:05 Ex. 50
10:40 Ex. 51
11:02 Ex. 52
11:21 Ex. 53
11:44 Ex. 54
12:45 Ex. 55
BONUS:
13:41 Pop groove/drag beat fusion
14:26 Shuffle with sextuplet/quintuplet drag beats
15:54 Prog/drag beat fusion (in 7)