Metric Modulation on drums is something that many drummers really over complicate @Thedrummersalmanac

Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Metric Modulation on drums is something that many drummers really over complicate. In a nutshell... Metric modulation is keeping a continuous pattern or ostinato, the then assigning different note values to that ostinato. When you do that, the tempo shifts or “Modulates.”
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The bigger the numbers and the closer they are together, the tighter that ratio gets… makes it hard

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Using #polyrhythms to slow down the tempo… . . . #drums #drummer #drumsdrumsdrums #polyrhythm

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These #brazilian rhythms are NOT native to the #drumset …so it is up to us #drummers to find

This is such an important exercise to practice and get down on #drums . . . #drummer #drumlesson

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