101 Drumming Styles In 10 Minutes

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Have you ever seen one drummer play over 100 drumming styles in one short video? Now’s your chance. Brandon Toews recently released the ultimate drummer’s reference, The Drummer’s Toolbox where he introduces you to 100+ drumming styles from around the world. In this 10-minute video, Brandon plays through every style in the book…literally.

1. Pop Rock
   John Mayer – “Heartbreak Warfare”
2. Bo Diddley
   U2 – “Desire”
3. Surf Rock
   The Surfaris – “Wipe Out”
4. Latin Rock
   Santana – “Waiting”
5. Hard Rock
   Van Halen – “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love”
6. Progressive Rock
   Porcupine Tree – “Start of Something Beautiful”
7. Rock Ballad
   Toto – “Anna”
8. Punk Rock
   Rancid – “Side Kick”
9. Grunge
   Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
10. Pop Punk
    Green Day – “American Idiot”
11. 4/4 Swing
12. Brushes
13. Up-Tempo Swing
14. Big Band
    Benny Goodman – “Sing, Sing, Sing”
15. 3/4 Waltz
16. Jazz Shuffle
    Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – “Moanin’”
17. Odd Time Swing
    The Dave Brubeck Quartet – “Take Five
18. Jazz Fusion
    Return to Forever – “Return to Forever”
19. ECM Feel
    Pat Metheny Group – “April Joy”
20. Contemporary Jazz
    Avishai Cohen Trio – “Pinzin Kinzin”
21. Blues Shuffle
    Junior Wells’ Chicago Blues Band – “Hey Lawdy Mama”
22. Straight 12/8 Blues
    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – “Love Me Darlin’”
23. Swung 12/8 Blues
    Otis Rush – “Got to Be Some Changes Made”
24. Memphis Blues
    Booker T. & The M.G.’s – “Green Onions”
25. Texas Blues
    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – “Pride and Joy”
26. Jump Blues
    Louis Prima – “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead (You Rascal You)”
27. Chicago Blues
    Freddy King – “Hide Away”
28. Flat Tire Shuffle
    B.B. King – “Every Day I Have the Blues”
29. Blues Rock
    Queen – “Mississippi Queen”
30. Half-Time Shuffle
    Toto – “Rosanna”
31. Train Beat
    Johnny Cash – “Folsom Prison Blues”
32. Western Swing
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – “My Adobe Hacienda”
33. Country Waltz
34. Bluegrass
35. Two-Step
    Alan Jackson – “Ace of Hearts”
36. Rockabilly
    Roy Orbison – “Ooby Dooby”
37. Country Pop
    Rascal Flatts – “I Like the Sound of That”
38. Country 6/8
    Keith Urban – “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
39. Country Shuffle
    Maddie & Tae – “Shut Up and Fish”
40. Country Rock
    Eagles – “Take It Easy”
41. Gospel
    Kirk Franklin & the Family – “Whatcha Lookin’ 4”
42. Motown
    Four Tops – “It’s the Same Old Song”
43. Boogaloo
    Ray Barretto – “New York Soul”
44. Neo-Soul
    Erykah Badu – “On & On”
45. Funk
    James Brown – “Funky Drummer”
46. Second Line
    The Meters – “Hey Pocky A-Way”
47. New Orleans Funk
    The Meters – “Fire on the Bayou”
48. Latin Funk
    Rámon Gil – “Mercurio”
49. Go-Go
    Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – “Bustin’ Loose”
50. Disco
    Bee Gees – “Night Fever”
51. Doom Metal
    Saint Vitus – “Born Too Late”
52. Speed Metal
    Exciter – “Violence & Force”
53. Thrash Metal
    Metallica – “Hit the Lights”
54. Death Metal
    Morbid Angel – “Pain Divine”
55. Progressive Metal
    Meshuggah – “Do Not Look Down”
56. Power Metal
    Sonata Arctica – “FullMoon”
57. Groove Metal
    Lamb of God – “Pathetic”
58. Nu Metal
    Slipknot – “Wait and Bleed”
59. Metalcore
    Architects – “C.A.N.C.E.R”
60. Folk Metal
    Eluveitie – “King”
61. Breakbeat
    The Winstons – “Amen, Brother”
62. Electro
    Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force – “Planet Rock”
63. House
    Marshall Jefferson – “Move Your Body”
64. Techno
    Aphex Twin – “Xtal”
65. Trance
    Resistance D – “Cosmic Love”
66. Jungle
    Shy FX – “Wolf”
67. Drum and Bass
    Netsky – “Daydreaming”
68. Dubstep
    Skrillex – “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
69. Trap
    Post Malone – “Congratulations”
70. Hip-Hop
    Jay-Z – “Empire State of Mind”
71. Bolero
72. Guajira
73. Cha-Cha-Cha
74. Guaguanco
75. Conga
76. Mambo
77. Nanigo
78. Abakua
79. Mozambique
80. Songo
81. Samba
82. Baiao
83. Afoxe
84. Partido Alto
85. Maracatu
86. Choro
87. Marcha
88. Frevo
89. Samba Reggae
90. Bossa Nova
91. Calypso
92. Biguine
93. Bachata
94. Merengue
95. Ska
96. Reggae
97. Zouk
98. Salsa
99. Soca
    The Mighty Sparrow – “Lying Excuses”
100. Dancehall

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Brandon Toews is an author, educator, and performer based out of Vancouver, Canada. Brandon is the author of The Drummer's Toolbox, co-author of The Best Beginner Drum Book, and the Content Director at Musora, home to the award-winning online music education platforms Drumeo, Pianote, Guitareo and Singeo.