Drumming Tips and Reviews For Acoustic and Electronic Drums!
Drumming is a special aspect of music and drummers are special musicians. Yes, I said ‘musicians’ for all you haters out there. We have to to use all of our limbs to play the drums in order to maximize its entire potential. So, we become better drummers as we learn to engage both hands and …
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Almost 20 years ago I discovered Dave Weckl’s ‘Back To Basics’ and ‘The Next Step’ vhs tapes. There was a lot of great information and lessons to be learned on those tapes. One of the lessons that is very challenging is an exercise he created that includes ten hand and foot combinations. He would do …
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Looking back on my early percussion education, it’s now apparent that lessons covering bass drum technique weren’t particularly in depth. In fact, they didn’t really go much further than the introduction. “Do that bit with your foot,” was pretty much the only instruction I received. A few years later, a friend of mine bought a …
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When it comes to double bass pedals, there are two products of the same brand that you should consider: the DW 3000 and the DW 5000 double bass pedal. But how do they compare to each other?
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You need double bass drum exercises to practice if you want to become proficient or exceptional using double bass in your music. Below you’ll get basic, intermediate, and advanced double bass drum exercises to help you improve your playing. Two bass drums can be used in one way or another in most for forms of …
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Drum rudiments are among the most essential parts of drumming. You can call them the building blocks to any drum beat, solo, fill, and pattern. It doesn’t matter what level you’ve attained as a drummer (beginner or advanced), you must practice your rudiments. In all, there are 40 drum rudiments, some are basic while others …
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One of the most impressive methods that drummers adopt in expressing themselves is playing a drum solo. As a drummer, you would want to daze your audience with a special drum solo. However, achieving this goal starts with building a proper drum solo skill. When you do this, you won’t bore your audience with a …
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In this lesson we will discus bass drum techniques for beginners. The bass drum is one of the primary drums you will use on your drum set. You might be surprised that many drummers seem to spend less time on bass drum technique and pay more attention to stick control and practice sticking rudiments more than bass drum …
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True to its name, the Go Anywhere DW Practice Pad Set is a high quality, completely portable practice pad drum set. Features Of The DW Practice Pad Set. This practice set is made up of 2 tom tom (or cymbal) drum pads (8 inches each), a bass drum pad, and floor tom, and a snare …
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There are several different bass drum techniques that most drummers naturally tend to use when they play drums. Some players have developed new techniques to help with speed and they may be worth your time to practice and develop, depending on what your goals are as a drummer. For example, if you want to be …
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