Learn To Play The Drums In 10 Minutes (Beginner Lesson w/ Domino Santantonio)

Learn the drums in 30 days with daily guided workouts:

Learning to play drums might look difficult, but it’s easier than you think. And you can start playing drum beats more quickly than you think, too!

In this video, Domino Santantonio will show you how to play one of the most popular beginner drum beats of all time, then coach you through a 5-minute drumming ‘workout’ as you build the beat into something you can play confidently.

It’s like a fitness video, but with drums!

Here are the five steps to learning a basic drum beat:

1. Hi-hat and bass drum together
With your right hand on the hi-hat and your right foot on the bass drum (left hand/left foot if you’re a lefty), hit both the hi-hat and bass drum together.

2. Hi-hat and snare drum together
With your right hand on the hi-hat and your left-hand on the snare drum (or in reverse if you’re drumming open-handed or on a left-handed kit), play the hi-hat and the snare together.

3. Combine steps 1 and 2
Alternate between steps 1 and 2 to create a beat!

4. Double the hi-hat
You’ll play twice as many hits on the hi-hat than you were before. Think of it like adding one more hi-hat stroke that you play alone in between steps 1 and 2.

You can then try alternating steps 3 and 4 to go between playing one hi-hat stroke and two hi-hat strokes.

5. Add a crash
Every time you restart the phrase – or every 4 or 8 repetitions – replace the first hit on the hi-hat with a hit on the crash. And there you have it: the most popular beginner beat ever, and one of the most used rock beats of all time.

(While writing it out might make it look overly complicated, watch the video to see how simple it actually is.)

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Chapters

0:00 - 0:18 Intro
0:19 - 5:37 Beginner Lesson
5:38 - 10:40 Beginner Workout
10:41 - 11:11 Outro
11:12 - 12:43 30-Day Drummer
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[Chimunculous]

I'm a total beginner and got my first electric kit today. I played along with this video for about an hour and had such a blast! I got it by the end despite my kick falling behind a little and couldn't stop playing it. Loved the backing track - so much more fun to play to than a click!

[RebelMystic]

FINALLY!! Someone understands what’s it’s like to be a complete beginner - timing the kick was always my issue (I would want to tap my foot to match my hands on each hit instead of being disciplined and keeping my foot down while my hands do the work), so many YouTube videos just jump to grooves at full speed and tell you to copy them without letting you get your body accustomed to the full movements or reasoning first.

[gdscreation]

She’s the best. I haven’t played in years and I feel I’m starting over. Your never too old to start doing things you always dreamt of.

[jeremiahalexander]

I was cruising YouTube for drumming videos a couple months back with my 2yr old daughter because she showed an interest in playing drums and we found this video. This is her favorite video! She watches this at least 3x a day now and you can tell she’s absorbing it the more she watches. As someone who likes to play multiple instruments, I’m finally getting it too. Thank you for this video, and rock on!

[gardengirl]

I’ve been contemplating taking up drums as a retirement hobby. In one video, you take students from a beat, to playing a song. You’re wonderful, and you’ve convinced me to go for it! Thank you, ma’am!

[argenisjavier]

Been practicing this work out for about 10 days now, being my first time holding sticks and starting to learn the drums I feel really good about my progress, my plan is to keep praticing this work out until the beginning of the 30 day course, I'm so excited!!!! ❤️🔥🥁

[het]

I'm not a drummer, I don't have a drumset but I iust sat down and air drummed for 10 mins while mesmerized by the video. Great job I'd say. She's an excellent teacher for someone who doesn't have any idea about drumming.

[ralphwilson]

Been drumming for +- 50 years. Still put 1-2 hours a day. Often had to teach youngsters that had all the theory knowledge to go back to the basics. Keep it clean, neat and tight. None of the Beatles read music. Follow how you feel.

[diegopeart]

she is great, all around. good teaching skills, keeping everything very simple and easy to follow. Made me grab my pad and practice some tempo, too. Good for anyone who wants to play the drums so they can see how fun it can be, even at their first steps.

[loganjosepescorsby]

Thanks to all the drumeo team and Domino for the class, it's great that your never stop sharing the topic of teaching because that keeps us drummers in the habit of discipline and never stop learning and also the class is dynamic and fun. Quedo chida la clase.

[SmokedPudding]

Started learning drums with this beat last week because of drumeo, with some practice i have it down now. Thank you

[krzprc]

You really chose the best person to teach this. Domino is having such a contagious smile and clearly having fun while doing this. 👌
And the steps are very intuitive. I'm clearly going to use this approach if I teach drums to a beginner. Thanks, Drumeo! 👍

[dave_dave]

My permanent metronome, now built into my head for life, because of you. The "And 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4" I can't un hear that!

[dylanmccormickmoran]

Domino is a Star. Fantastic to see her collaborating with Drumeo. Wishing everyone all the best on the course

[gggonzogamer]

Why did I watch the whole video, being an advanced drummer?

[EXTRAs]

After 45 years still love drumming, if possible on a daily basis. It's fun every day, and always possible to learn something new, or practice to get better 🥁 For life ✨️ ❤️

[Euthymia]

Aside from the very good pedagogy, there are so many details to admire in this video. First and foremost, she demonstrates how much feel and emotion you can put into the money beat, even playing to a canned MIDI backing track. I felt it in my heart. Next, she has a personalized, well-tuned kit. 4-piece, Heaven's own snare sound, the Ludwigs with vintage-style reinforcement rings, perfectly damped, nice light Paistes that go well with her vintage tone. I would have loved to have this course available when I started playing 10 years ago.

[michaelortega]

This is actually well put together and she makes it interesting. I’m taking notes for when I get asked to teach someone who doesn’t play, how to begin.

[jfrracing]

I'm ready to retire in a few years and have always wanted to play drums😊

[mightyV]

As simple as these beats may seem to someone who's been playing the dwumms already for quite some time, it still was heaps of fun to play along with Domino (and some of the other drumeo guys in the recent live stream video, too) 😊👍