{"id":9383,"date":"2018-07-09T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/blog\/?p=9383"},"modified":"2023-12-08T09:13:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T17:13:04","slug":"left-foot-challenges-for-beginner-drummers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/left-foot-challenges-for-beginner-drummers\/","title":{"rendered":"Left Foot Challenges For Beginner Drummers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nTW3rAWiFlI\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/Resources\/ch-left-foot-challenge-for-beginners.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the sheet music \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this lesson, Siemy Di will challenge your left foot independence and general 4-way coordination with three 8th-note-based beats. For each of these exercises, start with just the feet then slowly introduce each limb.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s kick things off with a drum and bass style ostinato with your feet while your hands add some spice over top in the form of eighth notes and a backbeat on 2 and 4.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9388 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09081740\/Untitled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"148\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09081740\/Untitled.png 978w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09081740\/Untitled.png 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09081740\/Untitled.png 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09081740\/Untitled.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This next one is a Middle Eastern inspired rhythm. You&#8217;ll be playing the exact same pattern with your hands as you did in the previous exercise, but your feet will be playing something slightly different. Again, focus on the feet first!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9392 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082307\/Untitled1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"147\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082307\/Untitled1.png 970w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082307\/Untitled1.png 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082307\/Untitled1.png 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082307\/Untitled1.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Time for some funk! This one is definitely the most challenging of the three.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9395 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082742\/Untitled2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"151\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082742\/Untitled2.png 980w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082742\/Untitled2.png 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082742\/Untitled2.png 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/09082742\/Untitled2.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;d you do? If you&#8217;re not used to practicing foot independence, these can definitely be challenging when you&#8217;re first starting out. Take your time!<\/p>\n<p>If you find these too easy, make sure to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/left-foot-challenges-for-intermediate-drummers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intermediate left foot challenges by Siemy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a beginner drummer, don&#8217;t neglect your left foot! Try these challenges taught by Siemy Di.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":10162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4018,4015,4028],"tags":[90,26,12],"class_list":["post-9383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technique","category-beginner-lessons","category-foot-technique","tag-beginner-drum-lessons","tag-drum-beats","tag-jared-falk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9383"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49848,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383\/revisions\/49848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}