Master groupings with Anika Nilles
24 Lessons | 6 Hours of Videos | 42 Exercises | +700 Audio Tracks | 63 PDF Pages
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The only complete and exclusive online course designed by Anika Nilles!
Are you ready to take your drumming skills to the next level and unlock the potential to create incredible grooves? Look no further!
We present to you a unique opportunity to access the course with the essential rhythms every drummer must master, led by renowned drummer Anika Nilles.
Unlock these drumming skills:
- Dive deep into the process of Anika Nilles practice strategies.
- Build a Strong Foundation – Develop solid pad workouts to transfer simple concepts into practical and musical phrases.
- Master Groups of 4 Like a Pro – Learn everything you need to confidently play any song in 4/4 with creative phrasing and musical fills.
- Polish Your Dynamics – Master your accent placement within stickings made up of singles, doubles, and paradiddles.
- Create Modern & Groovy Drum Parts – Move stickings to the drum set to build hip, groovy beats that sound fresh and unique.
- Master Subdivision Transitions – Apply stickings seamlessly across 16th-note and 16th-note triplet grids.
- Develop a versatile set of fills that will serve you in any musical situation.
- Master 3-over-4 and 4-over-3 polyrhythms to craft catchy rhythmic illusions.
What you will get?
- Carefully crafted video lessons to help you master groupings, grooves, and dynamic feels with a clear, step-by-step approach.
- Dedicated Exercises with Live Audio Tracks recorded by Anika herself!
- Expert Guidance. Benefit from the knowledge of top experts in the field.
- Downloadable PDFs with Sheet Music.
- Community and regular online meetings with the teachers.
- Take the course at your own pace and revisit lessons and exercises as needed.
Course Content
With this course I would like to introduce you to a system I like to call “The Power of Groupings” and give you insight into my approach to building musical vocabulary around the drums. Groupings are a great tool for building interesting melodic grooves, fills and phrasing and can be helpful when playing over bar lines. With so many options of groupings to work with, the intention of this course is to focus on just one: The Group of Four, and show you the wide range of possibilities that it offers.
Entry level: Beginner
24 Lessons
6 hours of videos
42 exercises
+700 audio tracks
Try this course for free with these lessons:
A group of four is a very common rhythmic structure in many styles of music, and is a great place to start in the world of groupings as you are likely already familiar with it on many levels. The process of applying different combinations of stickings, accents and ghost notes to this grouping will create an array of rhythmic melodies that you can easily use for tasteful fill-ins and groove-based material.
Course booklet to each lesson
In addition to all the video materials, exercises and support you’ll get a downloadable, printable booklets to each lesson with exercises so you can study wherever you want, even if you don’t have your phone or internet connection.




Meet your instructor!
Anika Nilles
German drummer, composer, solo musician, and educator
Drummer for Nevell with whom she released two studio albums
Drummer for Jeff Beck in 2022
Department Chief at Germany’s “POPAKADEMIE”
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