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Questlove’s Quintessential Backbeats

Aaron Edgar  /  UPDATED May 30, 2023

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Questlove is the drummer and joint frontman for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, who also serves as the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He has produced for Elvis Costello, Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, John Legend, and many more – and in this lesson with Aaron Edgar you’ll learn three of Questlove’s awesome beats: a groove from “Don’t Feel Right”, a beat from the track “Get Busy”, and the beat from “I Will Not Apologize”!


Jared Falk is a lifelong drummer, drum teacher, and the co-founder of Drumeo. For over 18 years, Jared has been a leader in the online music education industry, publishing his first online video lessons in 2003 and founding Musora in 2005.

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