Drum Lesson - Blur 'Song 2' - Explained for complete beginners

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A step by step guide of how to play the iconic opening groove to 'Song 2' and an interesting story of how Blur recorded the drum beat in the studio in 1997!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:48 Step 1 - What is a 2 bar phrase?
02:19 Step 2 - Learning the first bar
03:54 Step 3 - Learning the second bar
05:58 Step 4 - Putting them together
07:31 Step 5 - How Blur recorded the drums for Song 2
08:23 Step 5 - Bonus Challenge - Can you play this?

Hope this video helps you learn the intro to Song 2!

Apologies for the focus problems in the video (making it blurry ironically). Was trying out a new lens and the auto focus was giving it large. Did my best to edit around it.

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Link to article on how they recored Song 2: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/how-got-sound-stephen-street

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