Learn How to Play Drum Rudiments for Jazz

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Learn how to play drum rudiments for Jazz with solid hand technique, fun practice tools, and easy ways to turn them into real music.

Jazz Drum Fills Course

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This course teaches you how to play all 40 of the standard drum rudiments with solid technique and turn them into powerful, musical phrases for your Jazz drumming.

You’ll learn:
• How to play each rudiment with proper hand technique
• The best ways to practice for speed, control, and feel
• How to displace rudiments to create fresh rhythmic ideas
• The concepts of tripletizing and straightening patterns for more creative options
• How to make rudiments feel natural and musical
• How to build real ability in your hands
• And tons more!

By the end, you’ll have the skills to make rudiments a natural, expressive part of your playing!
Course Overview
This course is all about how to play drum rudiments for Jazz in a way that feels natural.

You’ll go through all 40 standard rudiments, build solid technique, and learn simple ways to practice that actually help you use them in your playing.

Just a relaxed, real-world approach to making your rudiments swing and feel good behind the kit.

  • Drum Lessons Video: 5 hours
  • Drum Lessons: 11
  • Lesson PDF Downloads: 2
  • Drum Practice Tracks: 2
  • Lessons In 9 Languages:
    English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어, 日本語

Learn How to Play Drum Rudiments for Jazz - and Actually Use Them in Your Playing

If you’ve ever wondered how to make rudiments sound like real music instead of just dry exercises, this course is for you. This is hands-down the best rudiment drum course for Jazz because it shows you how to take all 40 standard rudiments and actually use them with music.

We’re going way beyond “just practice these with a metronome.” You’ll learn Jazz drumming rudiments the right way with groove, feel, and creative expression.

What You’ll Learn in This Jazz Drum Technique Course

Here’s what we’ll dig into together:

 • How to play each of the 40 standard drum rudiments with great hand technique
 • Rudiment practice for Jazz drummers that builds real speed, control, and feel
 • How to displace rudiments for fresh comping and soloing ideas
 • Tripletizing and straightening to give you more creative phrasing options
 • How to improve hand technique for Jazz drumming (matched and traditional grip)
 • Drum rudiment exercises for Jazz that actually sound musical
 • How to turn rudiments into music you’d want to play live

I’ll also show you my favorite ways to use a metronome on 2 & 4 and how to practice with music so your rudiments swing like crazy.

Why Rudiments Matter in Jazz Drumming

Let’s be real, rudiments are the secret sauce behind every great Jazz drummer. They’re the building blocks that let your hands speak clearly on the kit. Rolls, flams, paradiddles, drags… they’re the vocabulary we use to create grooves, fills, and solos that feel amazing.

When you learn how to play drum rudiments for Jazz the right way, they become second nature, not just drills but musical ideas you can call up on the fly. That’s what this course is all about.

How to Practice Drum Rudiments (and Actually Enjoy It)

No more mindless repetition. I’ll show you how to make your rudiment practice musical and fun. We’ll build your hands up step-by-step, not just for speed and control, but with real intention and groove.

This isn’t about showing off chops. It’s about creative Jazz drumming with rudiments that work in a music setting.

Build Real Power with These 3 Game-Changing Concepts

Once your hands are solid, we’ll super charge your phrasing with:

 1. Displacement - move your rudiments around the beat to create surprising, musical lines.
 2. Tripletizing - turn straight patterns into swinging triplet-based feels.
 3. Straightening - flip triplet-based rudiments into straighter feels for contrast and groove variety.

These tools are gold when it comes to fills, comping, and soloing. You’ll be shocked how easily they unlock new creativity.

Make Rudiments a Natural Part of Your Jazz Drumming

By the end of this course, rudiments won’t feel like homework anymore. They’ll be baked into your groove, fills, and solos. This course helps you:

 • Learn all 40 drum rudiments with solid Jazz phrasing
 • Swing harder
 • play more musically
 • Solo with more control and clarity

It’s like giving your hands their own musical voice so you can focus on playing the music, not just “thinking” the patterns.

What You Get Inside the Course

  • 11 high-quality drum lesson videos
  • Over 5 hours of step-by-step instruction
  • PDF downloads to support your practice
  • 2 drum practice tracks for musical application
  • Drum Lab Monthly Drum Class
  • Lessons available in 9 languages
  • Direct access to me if you have questions

Join the Course

This is the rudiment practice for Jazz drummers I wish I had when I was coming up. No fluff, just real skills that help you sound better right away.

  • One-Time Payment: $35
  • Lifetime Access
  • Or join through the Monthly Groove Pass for full access to this and all other courses

One-time payment for lifetime course access.

PREVIEW THE COURSE

Here’s the lesson on paradiddles. In the course, learn how to turn this essential sticking pattern into powerful, swinging ideas you can use in Jazz and any style of drumming. There are PDF downloads for this and many other lessons when you enroll.
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Practice Apps to improve your time and feel, build a strong internal pulse, comp and solo better.

  • Make your playing feel more relaxed
  • Stop second guessing your timing
  • Improve your solo timing and creativity
  • Comp with more confidence
  • Play better with other musicians

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The Lessons In The Rudiment Power Course

Learn all 40 drum rudiments with great feel and technique!

1.  INTRO 1:37
2. HAND TECHNIQUE 35:44
3. SINGLE STROKE ROLLS 47:19
4. DOUBLE STROKE ROLLS 47:39
5. PARADIDDLES 22:42
6. FLAMS - 49:04
7. DRAGS - 29:06
8. PRACTICE WITH MUSIC 25:38
9. POWER CONCEPTS 16:17
10. POWER CONCEPTS WITH MUSIC 11:38
11. CONCLUSION 00:51

Von Baron

Jazz drummer, educator, composer

About YOUR TEACHER

Performing regularly on stage and in the recording studio for 40 years, Von Baron is one of the busiest drummers in Japan. 

Playing with Stanley Jordan, Benny Golson, Eddie Henderson, Geoff Keezer and many others gave Von the opportunity to hone his Jazz drumming skills. 

It's with this real world experience, Von created this course to give you a solid foundation for your Jazz drumming.
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