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Time for some new lick and fill ideas. Lets look at a classic...

The Bonham Triplets is a cool drum lick first made famous by the great John Bonham. It's a basic pattern but this is what makes it so great and easy to play super fast.

The Basic Pattern

Here are the three most common variations on the Bonham Triplets. Either playing the bass drum at the end, beginning or in the middle.

Bars 1 an 2 are by the most common way this lick is played as it's the easiest to perform. Bar is still a great lick though and I will often throw it into my playing for some fun and frolics!

Try to practice these variations so that all three notes flow into each other. All three notes have to be played smoothly so that when it's sped up it sounds uber sweet!

I like to use Bar 1 the most as I find it easier to start the pattern with my hands. There is something mentally harder about starting a pattern with the bass drum foot that I seem to be affected by as well as most drummers I teach.

Drum Fill Idea 1

Here's a cool way the basic pattern can be used through sixteenth note triplets. Note the snare drum that purposefully lands on beat 4 of the bar maintaining a strong back beat throughout the fill itself.

I have written a brand new lesson on this lick so why not read the rest of this article by clicking "Bonham Triplets" - Drum Fill & Lick Ideas

The lesson gives many more variations and ideas for this classic fill/solo pattern so check it now.

Have fun!

Check out the brand new drum chart and video song tutorial for the song Banquet by the band Bloc Party. This song is drummed by the dance machine that is Matt Tong and includes some really cool beats, grooves and fills to learn.

The track is upbeat and so involves some rather classy dance sounding drum beats with fancy Hi-Hat patterns and open Hi-Hat ideas. Learning this song will really bring your Hi-Hat technique on to another level!

You can download just the chart or the video tutorial and free chart combo by following the links below...

Banquet (Bloc Party) - Video Song Tutorial (Drum Play Along) AND Chart

Banquet (Bloc Party) - Drum Chart

I thought It was about time that I uploaded some new drum charts to the sister site at www.Videos.DrumsTheWord.com and so wrote out fully notated drum charts (scores) for both "Fire" by Kasabian and the "Heartbeat Song" by The Futureheads. Both these tracks feature some simple but exciting drum parts that the beginner or intermediate drummer can really get their teeth into.

These tracks feature the drumming talents of Ian Matthews from Kasabian and Dave Hyde from The Futureheads. Two drummers of notable ability.

Check out the full drum charts below...

Heartbeat Song (The Futureheads) - Drum Chart

Fire (Kasabian) - Drum Chart

A new drum video tutorial has been uploaded as promised for Californication by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. You can view and download this 40 MINUTE lesson from the Drums The Word sister site by clicking here.

This lesson teaches you every little groove and fill within the song as well as offering plenty of tips and advice when learning and performing the track. Every ghost note and drag is explained clearly and slowly.

Learn to sound and play just like Chad Smith by downloading this video now. It includes the fully notated 7 page drum chart for this song absolutely FREE!

Watch a preview for this drum video here...