Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
→ Play modern worship TOM patterns, FILLS, and 6/8 & 3/4 grooves with ease - Grab the church drummer’s “15 Go-To Grooves & Fills for Worship Music.” Feel confident & equipped to play your best every Sunday. thenonglamorousdrummer.com/grooves-and-fills-for-church-drumming
2:43 - “What is 6/8??”
6:44 - Step 1: Counting & feeling 6/8
8:05 - Step 2: Playing the “6/8 money beat”
10:00 - Using the 3:2 polyrhythm to craft TOM GROOVES in 6/8
14:40 - Playing fills in 6/8
16:56 - Step 3: The biggest secret to 6/8 mastery…
18:11 - Playing 6/8 songs with a SWUNG feel…
If you’re a new church drummer, then all of the 6/8 songs you’re faced with on a weekly basis (like Great Are You Lord, How He Loves, or Reckless Love) might be tripping you up more than you feel like they should.
If you struggle to sound as smooth & natural in 6/8 as you do in 4/4, and you feel like an incomplete drummer with a big “hole” in your skill, then today’s lesson is for you!
I get it! When I got started playing in church as a total beginner, I was scared to play fills in 6/8 because it was too easy to lose track of where the one was. I was terrified of not knowing when to end a fill… and therefore train-wrecking the band.
BUT… It doesn’t have to be this way.
We assume that the key to playing in 6/8 is playing a lot of 6/8 grooves and getting good at counting to 6 instead of 4. BUT if you’re having to count, you’re probably not sounding very good. The secret to mastering 6/8 starts before you even sit down at the kit.
Today I’m teaching you 3 steps for getting comfortable with 6/8 so that you’re not counting, you’re feeling the groove, and you’re musically leading the band so that you all sound awesome leading your congregation in worship. YOU CAN DO THIS.
Recent Church-Drumming Lessons:
3 steps to playing in 3/4 without wrecking the band
youtu.be/aDh8xdFz5Oc
How to play softly in church - but still use sticks!
youtu.be/Tu7QTM5r2oI
7 things I wish I knew as a new church drummer
youtu.be/NEXM-BkLfCU
I believe that YOU can become the drummer everyone wants in their band. Anyone can learn the drums, and you’re far more capable of mastering this instrument than you think you are. Don’t sell yourself short!
SUBSCRIBE for more Non Glamorous videos that help you know what to practice so that you can gain confidence, nail songs, and be the drummer everyone wants to jam with.
Stay Non Glamorous,
Stephen
Check out thenonglamorousdrummer.com for more content, including free e-guides designed to fast-track your drumming progress!
→ Play modern worship TOM patterns, FILLS, and 6/8 & 3/4 grooves with ease - Grab the church drummer’s “15 Go-To Grooves & Fills for Worship Music.” Feel confident & equipped to play your best every Sunday. thenonglamorousdrummer.com/grooves-and-fills-for-church-drumming
2:43 - “What is 6/8??”
6:44 - Step 1: Counting & feeling 6/8
8:05 - Step 2: Playing the “6/8 money beat”
10:00 - Using the 3:2 polyrhythm to craft TOM GROOVES in 6/8
14:40 - Playing fills in 6/8
16:56 - Step 3: The biggest secret to 6/8 mastery…
18:11 - Playing 6/8 songs with a SWUNG feel…
If you’re a new church drummer, then all of the 6/8 songs you’re faced with on a weekly basis (like Great Are You Lord, How He Loves, or Reckless Love) might be tripping you up more than you feel like they should.
If you struggle to sound as smooth & natural in 6/8 as you do in 4/4, and you feel like an incomplete drummer with a big “hole” in your skill, then today’s lesson is for you!
I get it! When I got started playing in church as a total beginner, I was scared to play fills in 6/8 because it was too easy to lose track of where the one was. I was terrified of not knowing when to end a fill… and therefore train-wrecking the band.
BUT… It doesn’t have to be this way.
We assume that the key to playing in 6/8 is playing a lot of 6/8 grooves and getting good at counting to 6 instead of 4. BUT if you’re having to count, you’re probably not sounding very good. The secret to mastering 6/8 starts before you even sit down at the kit.
Today I’m teaching you 3 steps for getting comfortable with 6/8 so that you’re not counting, you’re feeling the groove, and you’re musically leading the band so that you all sound awesome leading your congregation in worship. YOU CAN DO THIS.
Recent Church-Drumming Lessons:
3 steps to playing in 3/4 without wrecking the band
youtu.be/aDh8xdFz5Oc
How to play softly in church - but still use sticks!
youtu.be/Tu7QTM5r2oI
7 things I wish I knew as a new church drummer
youtu.be/NEXM-BkLfCU
I believe that YOU can become the drummer everyone wants in their band. Anyone can learn the drums, and you’re far more capable of mastering this instrument than you think you are. Don’t sell yourself short!
SUBSCRIBE for more Non Glamorous videos that help you know what to practice so that you can gain confidence, nail songs, and be the drummer everyone wants to jam with.
Stay Non Glamorous,
Stephen
Check out thenonglamorousdrummer.com for more content, including free e-guides designed to fast-track your drumming progress!
