Jeff Porcaro Instructional Drums

This is truly a unique opportunity to receive a private drum lesson from world-renowned musician Jeff Porcaro. In this exciting instructional video series, Jeff describes his approach to straight-time, triplet and shuffle feels, as well as Latin grooves. Jeff also breaks down a variety of drum patterns including his most famous groove from Toto’s mega-hit “Rosanna.”

Videos

• Intro / Opening Jam (02:09) - Jeff and the band perform a groove before a brief and jumping into the lesson.

• Exercises & Examples Pt. 1 (07:31) - Jeff starts off by showing us the Straight Eighth Groove, and then dives into Hi-Hat exercises and stick and Bass Drum techniques.

• Exercises & Examples Pt. 2 (06:54) - In this video, Jeff shows us the Sixteenth-Note groove as well as the 'Samba Feeling'. Jeff then shows us a song called 'Mushanga' before also covering the eighth-note triplet groove.

• Exercises & Examples Pt. 3 (11:14) - Jeff starts this video off by showing us the Shuffle Groove and then the Half-Time Shuffle Groove. After that, he breaks down each part by drum and shows you how to approach the techniques he uses. Jeff also dives into the Jazz cymbal beat and the Jazz Shuffle and helps us understand how to play both these styles.

• Outro / Closing Jam (02:29) - Jeff re-emphasizes what we've learned today and thanks the band. Jeff then signs off with the tune titled 'Creature Stomp'.