{"id":27558,"date":"2021-03-05T08:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T16:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=27558"},"modified":"2023-07-17T08:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T15:28:04","slug":"beginner-drum-chops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/beginner-drum-chops\/","title":{"rendered":"Drum Chops For Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a5LJbvA9uzk?modestbranding=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Showmanship and chops? In a BEGINNER LESSON?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sure, why not &#8211; if you slow it down.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been playing basic beats and fills, working on your time and technique, and you&#8217;re hoping to start developing some new cool ideas, this lesson will give you a foundation for chops.<\/p>\n<p>But hold on &#8211; what <em>are <\/em>chops?<\/p>\n<p>Most people use the word to describe repetitive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/tony-royster-linear-drumming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">linear patterns<\/a> (or hand\/foot combinations) played quickly around the kit. When drummers go into the practice room and &#8216;shed&#8217; (aka jam), they&#8217;re developing technical proficiency with certain patterns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box-snippet\">\n<div class=\"shadow\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div><i class=\"fas icon fa-solid fa-question\"><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-container\">\n                    <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/drumming-questions\/\">The Most Common Drumming Questions (Solved)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While groove is just as &#8211; if not more &#8211; important than chops, it can be fun to shred and come up with variations on a pattern on different surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>In this lesson, Jared shows you six &#8216;chops&#8217; you can try, even if you&#8217;re an elementary drummer. Like anything, it&#8217;s not going to sound great when you start. And some of these patterns might not sound like much when played slowly, but they&#8217;ll sound awesome later. Remember to practice slowly to a click and don&#8217;t try to rip around the kit until you&#8217;re ready &#8211; and be honest with yourself!<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/04154309\/beginner-drum-chops-beat.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the sheet music here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are chops? And can a beginner learn how to shred? Here are 6 patterns you can try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4017,4015],"tags":[4014],"class_list":["post-27558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beats-and-fills","category-beginner-lessons","tag-beginner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27558","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=27558"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47610,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27558\/revisions\/47610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}