Rudiment Power Course

Turn Your Rudiments Into Music!
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Master all 40 of the standard drum rudiments with killer hand technique, powerful practice tools and turn rudiments into 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 most effective 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
The ultimate rudiments course for building speed, control, and creativity in your Jazz drumming.

Learn all 40 standard rudiments with solid technique and musical phrasing. You’ll unlock powerful ways to practice and apply them.

Make your rudiments swing with purpose and groove like never before.
  • Drum Lessons Video: 5 hours
  • Drum Lessons: 11
  • Lesson PDF Downloads: 2
  • Drum Practice Tracks: 2
  • Drum Lab Monthly Drum Class
  • Soon Lessons Will Be In 9 Languages:
    English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어, 日本語

What Are Drum Rudiments and Why Do They Matter?

Drum rudiments are the building blocks of drumming. They're short sticking patterns like rolls, flams, paradiddles, and drags that form the foundation of everything you play. Whether you’re playing Jazz, Rock, Funk, or Latin, rudiments give your hands the vocabulary to express rhythm with control, creativity, and feel.

In Jazz drumming especially, rudiments aren’t just exercises, they become musical phrases. Mastering them helps you swing harder, comp with more finesse, and solo with confidence.

How To Practice Drum Rudiments the Right Way

Practicing rudiments isn’t just about repetition, it’s about learning to make them musical. In the Rudiment Power course, you’ll learn how to practice each of the 40 standard drum rudiments with solid hand technique, using both matched and traditional grip.

You’ll also learn my favorite ways to use the metronome (on 2 and 4) to lock in your time feel, and how to practice with music for real progress. These exercises will not only build speed and control, they’ll make your rudiments groove.

Build Real Power with Displacement, Tripletizing & Straightening

Here’s where things get exciting. Once your rudiments feel solid, we’ll take them to the next level with three powerful concepts: displacement, tripletizing, and straightening. These ideas help you shift rudiments into new rhythmic feels, opening the door to creative phrasing, better drum fills, and more expressive grooves.

These are the same advanced tools I use in my fills and solos, and I’ll show you exactly how to use them in your own drumming.

Make Rudiments a Natural Part of Your Jazz Drumming

This course isn’t about memorizing patterns. It’s about making rudiments feel natural and musical. You’ll learn how to connect them to your groove, fills, and soloing, so they become a seamless part of your drumming language.

By the end, you won’t just be “practicing rudiments," you’ll be using them to swing harder, play smarter, and express yourself more clearly on the drums. Let’s unlock your drumming potential together!

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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Jazz Drums Total Lessons Pack

Learn Jazz drumming from your first beat to playing with a band! Get all my courses at a great price!

Includes the Rudiment Power course!
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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

The Rudiment Power Course

FOCUSED

This course saves you time and energy by focusing on the key techniques you need to play drum rudiments with real control and musicality.

By the end of these online drum lessons, you’ll use all 40 rudiments naturally in your playing.

  • 5 hours of online drum lessons
  • 11 drum lesson videos.
  • 2 lesson PDF's
  • 2 drum practice tracks
  • Drum Lab Monthly Drum Class
  • Lessons In 9 Languages: English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어, 日本語

AFFORDABLE

One-Time Payment. Lifetime Access to your course. Pay once, drum forever!

Pocket-friendly subscription plans also available through Groove Pass. 

PAINLESS

Learn with a relaxed, step-by-step method at your own pace.

You can also track your progress and see how much you have accomplished. Example below is from the Brushes Mastery Course.

Need more help with how to play drum rudiments?

Send me a direct message in the School and ask your questions in my monthly Drum Lab class. Just some of the perks for joining Jazz Drum School! 

Von Baron

Jazz drummer, educator, composer

About YOUR TEACHER

Performing regularly on stage and in the recording studio for 35+ 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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