How to get started with drumming?
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biggsy
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Definitely get lessons. Learn the theory and you'll go on from there. A drum kit isn't necessary from the start, but it's good fun and it's easier to motivate yourself when you're actually making some good noise as opposed to improving your skills on practice pads. Just make sure you don't try and take it too quickly: learn your basics and practise them and things will fall into place.
TylerTheNuke
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Okay, I am about to get a drumset tomorrow and my friend is teaching me. However, my friend is a dipshit, and I doubt he will teach me very much, so what are some good online resources to supplant my instructer?
Therma lobsterdore
Self marinating
There are many great resources floating about there on the net, you should definitely go to vicfrith.com and check out all the educational videos, start with mark wessel's snare drumming videos here:
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/technique/wessels.html
And from there check out all the rudimental videos and whatnot. Some other great sites are:
http://www.drummerworld.com/
http://www.onlinedrummer.com/
http://www.drummingweb.com/
And youtube has plenty of drum lessons on it too. Enjoy!
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/technique/wessels.html
And from there check out all the rudimental videos and whatnot. Some other great sites are:
http://www.drummerworld.com/
http://www.onlinedrummer.com/
http://www.drummingweb.com/
And youtube has plenty of drum lessons on it too. Enjoy!
GoldenDrumer456
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doctortornface
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As Buddy Rich would have said practice,practice,practice,practice,practice...and then practice somemore.My Dad made me practice at least 1 hour a day on the practice pad,and then let me loose on a kit at weekends to put the theory into practice.But get yourself a good local teacher who will teach you theory as well as beats.Learn to read it's the gateway to becoming a great musician.Have fun,and good luck.
You'll have the kit soon which is good. Then get your friend to show you some very basic beats - AC/DC style stuff. Just to start getting your body working together and to play some real proper beats. I would recommend avoiding toms for a while as they will only distract from the real learning, definately buy them just don't use them too much.
Then its a case of learning how to use your feet and separate the hits from your hands. This took me a while. Also try using basic fills like hitting a crash or a few snare hits.
Getting lessons will be good but I would recommend waiting a few weeks before enrolling so that you can try this stuff yourself, its the same as what you'll be shown and if you can do this before you get lessons you can learn what they show in lessons a little easier as you'll be more familiar with the kit.
Then its a case of learning how to use your feet and separate the hits from your hands. This took me a while. Also try using basic fills like hitting a crash or a few snare hits.
Getting lessons will be good but I would recommend waiting a few weeks before enrolling so that you can try this stuff yourself, its the same as what you'll be shown and if you can do this before you get lessons you can learn what they show in lessons a little easier as you'll be more familiar with the kit.
I see too many drummers, especially in metal, that doesn't have the right tecnique. So get lessons, and get the tecnique right FIRST. Otherwise you might get stuck with the popular "swing your whole arm to hit the drum" kinda thing that many tend to do.
Regards,
David Lingdell.
Regards,
David Lingdell.
Therma lobsterdore
Self marinating
Yes it is very important that you get away from using your arms and try to use your wrists/fingers primarily, your arms should be used for big accents only. This should come naturally with time but you do need to pay attention to this, then as you move onwards you should start to use the natural bounce of the stick to get extra hits out of your strokes, both these concepts are fundamental to drumming.
You don't necessarily need formal lessons for this and the rest of your technique though, there are plenty of videos out there that explain things just fine. Mark wessel's (on vicfirth) and Dom famularo's (on youtube) various videos are great for this. I did fine with this method anywho, I have a teacher now and he say's my technique is great, you just have to pay close attention to what your doing, start real slow and spend alot of time getting your weaker limbs up to speed.
The key is to stay relaxed and loose at all times, if you tighten up or feel any pain then your either going to fast or adopting the wrong technique.
Some important techniques to look up when you've been drumming for a few months are 'the free stroke', 'the moeller technique' and 'open/close (also known as push/pull)', learning these will really help you out.
You don't necessarily need formal lessons for this and the rest of your technique though, there are plenty of videos out there that explain things just fine. Mark wessel's (on vicfirth) and Dom famularo's (on youtube) various videos are great for this. I did fine with this method anywho, I have a teacher now and he say's my technique is great, you just have to pay close attention to what your doing, start real slow and spend alot of time getting your weaker limbs up to speed.
The key is to stay relaxed and loose at all times, if you tighten up or feel any pain then your either going to fast or adopting the wrong technique.
Some important techniques to look up when you've been drumming for a few months are 'the free stroke', 'the moeller technique' and 'open/close (also known as push/pull)', learning these will really help you out.
i would say that there is no real surefire way of going about starting. i would learn the basics, probably get a beginner's book or two, and start playing songs and beats to work my muscle memory out. the more you do it the better you get.
Therma lobsterdore
Self marinating
Yeah definitely agree with that, get one of those beginner drum books (I used this one http://www.amazon.com/Crash-Course-...7029235?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184928978&sr=8-1) to get you grounded in drumming, and start practicing some of the key rudiments on a daily basis, I'd recommend practicing single and double stroke rolls, parradiddles, double parradiddles and parradiddlediddles at the bare minimum, spending 10 to 20 minutes everyday on these will help alot. Get yourself a metronome and use it whenever your practicing, most drummers start at a slowish tempo with there rudiments and gradually raise it over time, like say 5bpm every few weeks. Practicing triple stroke rolls, a flam and a drag type rudiment every day is a good idea too, you can read up on rudiments here http://rudimentstudies.com/.
There's also a great book, called 'Stick control for the snare drummer' by George stone that is purely designed to condition your hands/feet through repetitive exercise, it's often called the drummers bible, if you can get your hands on that and practice from it regularly with both your hands and feet you'll improve by leaps and bounds.
There's also a great book, called 'Stick control for the snare drummer' by George stone that is purely designed to condition your hands/feet through repetitive exercise, it's often called the drummers bible, if you can get your hands on that and practice from it regularly with both your hands and feet you'll improve by leaps and bounds.
circle master
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first of all dont try and be derek roddy or george kollias when you first get the kit. metal drumming is phisically challenging and almost impossible for a beginner. get some steady rock beats going and if you can find a teacher learn every style you can. (jazz is especially useful) a good website to get you stated is www.nufusions.com there are some great video lessons. all i can say is good luck
Someone mentioned the moeller technique and some other stuff like that. Don't bother looking at that until you can already drum. Thats running before you can walk.
The most important things when drumming is to be able to play in time, learn basic beats and basic songs and play those to get a solid grounding. Some rudiments will help develop your hand co-rdination and speed. They are patterns that you perform and you can find them on the net or in books.
The most important things when drumming is to be able to play in time, learn basic beats and basic songs and play those to get a solid grounding. Some rudiments will help develop your hand co-rdination and speed. They are patterns that you perform and you can find them on the net or in books.
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