{"id":9385,"date":"2018-07-09T09:23:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/blog\/?p=9385"},"modified":"2023-10-04T13:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T20:09:03","slug":"left-foot-challenges-for-intermediate-drummers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/left-foot-challenges-for-intermediate-drummers\/","title":{"rendered":"Left Foot Challenges For Intermediate Drummers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NvQ5gt387i4\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/Resources\/ch-left-foot-challenge-for-intermediates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the sheet music \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already gone through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/left-foot-challenges-for-beginner-drummers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">left foot challenge for beginners<\/a>, this lesson is the next natural step in your development. Siemy Di will further challenge your left-foot independence by having you learn three new beats that make ample use of the left foot.<\/p>\n<p>First up we have a Brazillian rhythm. As you can see, these challenges have quite a few more notes to play compared to the beginner ones.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9405 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090556\/Untitled3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"158\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090556\/Untitled3.png 981w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090556\/Untitled3.png 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090556\/Untitled3.png 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090556\/Untitled3.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This next one is an African-based clave. Usually, we recommend focusing on the feet first before adding the hands over top, but try leaving everything <em>but<\/em> the left foot out at first if you&#8217;re having troubles with this one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9406 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090645\/Untitled4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"160\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090645\/Untitled4.png 980w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090645\/Untitled4.png 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090645\/Untitled4.png 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090645\/Untitled4.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re most likely going to recognize this rhythm! It comes up a ton in modern funk music.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9407 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090747\/Untitled5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"156\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090747\/Untitled5.png 984w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090747\/Untitled5.png 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090747\/Untitled5.png 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09090747\/Untitled5.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There we have it! If you&#8217;ve made it all the way through, you&#8217;re definitely on your way to having an independent, unlocked left foot. And if you&#8217;re looking to take your limb independence even further, we just re-launched our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/drumshop\/independence-made-easy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Independence Made Easy<\/a><\/strong> drum course where you&#8217;ll receive a 26-week guided lesson plan so you know EXACTLY what to practice (and get personal feedback from Jared Falk along the way!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siemy Di will further challenge your left-foot independence by having you learn three new beats that make ample use of the left foot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4028,4018],"tags":[13,12],"class_list":["post-9385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foot-technique","category-technique","tag-drum-lessons-2","tag-jared-falk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9385"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48636,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9385\/revisions\/48636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}