The Secret Weapons of Anika Nilles Drumming
This online meeting is a proper deep dive into Anika Nilles’ drumming, philosophies, approaches to practicing and playing, discipline, compositional processes and more. And who…
Library Tags: Rudiments
Chart Interpretation: Setting Up Ensemble And Section Figures in Different Styles.
Join Claus as he dives into the art of chart interpretation! No worries if reading charts isn’t your thing – this session is all about…
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…
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…
Jazz Drumming & Comping 2.0 – Part 2
The craziness continues with more strategies and alternative ways to organize comping jazz comping ideas. Including explanations of the bits we left out last time. …
Odd Rolls and Xtuplets Inside Polyrhythms – Creative Ideas?
A first step into some rhythmic craziness from Claus: using odd rolls and Xtuplets inside polyrhthyms. This lesson covers the possibilities of using odd rolls…
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…
An Updated Version of the „Rudimental Ritual“
Alan Dawson’s famous ‘Rudimental Ritual’ has a wealth of useful benefits to be taken from it. In this lesson Claus shares some ideas on how…