How to Write Advanced DRUMS • Music Theory from Royal Blood "Mountains at Midnight"

<p> </p><div class="video-container size_xl justify_center" style=""><iframe data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="To5QiIENVdo" data-video-thumb-url="" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/To5QiIENVdo?rel=0&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><p> </p><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-huge"><strong>How to Write Advanced DRUMS</strong></span></h2><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"><meta charset="utf-8"></p><h3 style="text-align:center;" dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-5225a4e5-7fff-ea73-3aaa-83a1e0a48b86"><span class="text-huge" style="color:#000000;"><strong>Step 1. Pattern</strong></span></h3><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">Set up two bars of 4|4 with your grid set to 1/16 notes, and your tempo at 136 BPM. Now, instead of starting to make your drum beat with the usual kick on beat 1 and snare on the backbeats (like everyone else does!), you’re gonna start by writing your kick and snare pattern on the hi-hats.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">Wait, what?! I know that seems like a really odd thing to do, but this method is gonna result in a far more creative (and therefore “advanced”) drum beat. Okay, so there are many ways to write a creative pattern, but here’s an easy method. Start by playing every 1/8 note. Then, delete a couple of those. This creates variation. And then, move one or two hits over to the next 1/16 note. This creates surprise.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;" dir="ltr"><span class="text-huge" style="color:#000000;"><strong>Step 2. Beat</strong></span></h3><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">Right, now that you’ve written a creative rhythm, it’s time to turn it into a drum beat. To do that, simply divide up your pattern between the ki