Small Group Beginners Drum Lesson # 2 with Atlanta Drum Academy

ATL DRUM ACADEMY
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Jul 19, 2026
Small Group Beginners Drum Lesson # 2 with Atlanta Drum Academy. This lesson on accent taps is a continuation of a series of drum lessons provided by Mr.Riles and Atlanta Drum Academy for the beginner drummer who wants to learn to play or just recently started to play. This exercise focus on what a lot of people skip over and that's the ability to play taps and accents. This will help with creating different volumes and textures when playing the music . Be sure to subscribe and hit that notification button so that you won't miss any of the series.
This videos are private and only for our Atlanta Drum Academy students initially and then we open them up to the public to join along.
what time it is all right thank god for this lesson i hope everybody had a good day at school
all right so last week we went over the warm-up uh we went all the way from
one to four this week we're going to go from five to eight remember the warm-up
seven eight five six seven eight all right so now we're going to do what number are we going to
five all right so let's do five essence all right in three taps one two watch me and one two three
four five six seven eight your turn to right hand go one two three four five six seven eight my turn
eight your turn to left hand go one two three four five six seven eight i'll play both hands
and you watch one two three four five six seven eight one two three five six seven eight your
turn two ready i'm watching one two three four five almost let's do five again let's do let's
together and one two three four five six seven eight one two we got five done
all right so now let's do six let's do six two i go first one two three four five six seven eight
your turn two ready and one two three four five six seven eight my turn two left hand and one
six seven eight your turn left hand ready go one two three four five six seven eight let's play
together ready and one two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six seven
eight i feel like i did it wrong did i do it wrong okay this is what we're doing one two three four
let's do it together one two ready and one two three four five six seven eight one two three
four five six seven eight all right make sure you you use these back fingers to keep those sticks
down keep your sticks down all right let's do five and six but let me check my camera though
and we good let's do five and six one two five and six one two three four five six seven eight
one two three four five six seven eight one two five six seven eight watch me do it too ready
one two three four five six seven eight
seven eight one two three four five six seven eight two three four five six seven eight all
right your turn two ready and one two three four five six seven eight one two three four five six
seven eight one two three four five six seven eight two three four five six seven eight good
So the next one is 7. Let's try to do 7 together. Let's try to do 7 together. 1, 2, 7, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Again.
This is probably the hardest one. 2, ready, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Again.
Watch me. Watch me. Ready? And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, I don't know. Watch me. Now watch me. And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Let me watch you. Ready? And 1, 2, 3, 4. Stop. Stop. What number are we on? 7. Here we go. 1, 2, 7, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Good.
Together. Ready? And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Good. Again. Ready? And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
All right. So what comes after 7? 8, right? So that means everything is S in it. And this is just like regular 8 on the hand now. All right? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Right?
Let's go from 7 to 8. Watch me first. Ready? And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4. All right. That's it. That's it. That's it.
Let's go from 5 to 8. 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Again. 1, 2, 5, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Alright, that's your homework. I only want to see 5 to 8.
I don't want to see 1 to 8. I want to see 5 to 8.
5 to 8. And if you didn't do last week's homework, you need to go back and watch the first video.
Alright? I'm going to send you part 2 of this lesson.
Have a good day.
