El Presidente for Konnakol and Snare | Claus Hessler & Claudio Spieler
El Presidente is the first joint piece by Claus and Claudio. It laid the foundation for their book Taladiddle — Konnakol meets Rudimental Drumming, which…
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Develop Your Internal Pulse – Spoken Rhythms in 5 Beats
For any musician, but particularly us drummers, understanding and keeping track of time is essential for finding flow within your sound. When looking to strengthen…
Deconstructing Sarvalaghu Grooves On Drums
This lesson delves deeper into Sarvalaghu: the rhythmic essence of Carnatic (South Indian) drumming. Picking up where we left off, the content of this lesson…
Deconstructing Sarvalaghu Grooves
Sarvalaghu, as in, Smooth Groove! In this lesson Claudio Spieler runs through some typical flowing rhythmic patterns in the Carnatic drumming tradition, which are often…
Pad Routines For Your Vacation
Away from home with only sticks and a pad? This live meeting contains enough content to practice for your next three holidays too! Based on…
A Rhythmic Formula in the Carnatic Music Tradition
In the first live meeting hosted by Claudio Spieler, the main topic here is Arudi. Arudi is a rhythmic formula used in the Carnatic music…
Swiss Rudiments & X-Tuplets Inside Polyrhythms
This month’s live meeting expands on the content covered in the previous one, so consider checking that one out first!This time it is some Swiss…
DRUM(SET) HISTORY: Evolution of the Instrument, Styles and Patterns – PART 2
A continuation of the evolution of the drumset as we know it today. Many more interesting inventions to learn about, some which we use every…
Introduction to Taladiddle | The Common Ground Between Indian Rhythms and Rudiments
Konnakol! The amazing ancient rhythmic language originating in India. In recent times more and more drummers are learning and studying these methods and applying them…
Two Surface Reading | Basic Ideas
In this live lesson Claus shares some ideas and approaches to studying using a reading text. What makes this lesson different to others concerning using…