Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Simple question. We followed through on the axiom that every house should have a drum kit; it finally came today, and I got it all set up (yay!). Now, how do you play it? Any preferred advice, websites, or other instructional aids, etc., would be most welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 It can't be that hard, have you ever met a drummer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay sanislo Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 simple beat to to start with would bePlay eighth notes on the hi hatsBass drum on beat 1 and 3Snare drum on beat 2 and 4Also try playing the eighth notes on the ride instead and play Hi-hat (foot pedal) in line with the snare patterns. Once you get this beat try moving thins around and try a fill in there somewhere.Play to the radio or any of your favourite discs will help build some strength. Also stick rudiments are great to get your hands working and build strength. When i have some time i can write tham out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 I think it'd also be good to focus on rhythms and patterns on their own, without using the kit. A practice pad works great for this, as you can use it just about anywhere, and it's also pretty much silent.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Pull out the little wooden sticks, close your eyes and start banging. You got music in your soul dave, it shouldn't be a problem at all.Then again, that's from a guy that has no real idea how to play drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted July 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 The kids are banging away on them downstairs right now - they'll figure it out, I'm sure, like CJ. I'm fairly content with my hand-drumming; I'm just such a hand-foot coordination spaz. I think that's what I really need to get past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 My problem playing a drum kit is hand/foot coordination: my hands and feet are too coordinated. Whatever the right hand is doing, that's what the right foot does, and the same for the left hand/foot; nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.Funnily enough, in one group I used to jam with, we'd do these jams where everybody would play somebody else's instrument. They wouldn't let me play drums, though, because I was too good at it. This may tell you the skill level of the members of that particular enmsemble...Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 5/8/77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 I recommend only playing them after midnight, and with all of your house-windows open. Ideally, hit them as hard as you can. An amplifier could go a long way, too.Congratulations on the new kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 When i have some time i can write tham out for you. thanks already for the help and more would certainly be appreciated. I've enjoyed banging away on them so far, but I'm sure it's pretty painful to listen to. Hell...I need instruction on just holding the sticks correctly...two went flying out of my hands within the first 3 minutes! hahahaha! I tells ya, though, Dave's down on the kit right now and sounding EXCELLENT! It's so frustrating to hear him describe himself as a spaz......he's a freaking natural with ANY instrument he picks up and listening to that skill just sucks the drive right outta me.....and I decide I'd rather be a groupie than a mediocre musician! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 be there in 4 hours yay scullies! as far as foot/hand independence goes, there are a wide variety of excercise books that will help. i would reccommend endless hours of the "snail" beat... boom boom da! boom ba dum ba! (repeat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 The "paradiddle" is also a weird one: you play one beat with the right hand, then one with the left, then two with the right. You then start over with one beat with the right hand, then one with the left, then two with the right, and so on.You can think of it a three-part pattern: one - one - two, with the parts alternating between the hands. Since it's a three-part pattern, and you only have two hands, the hand it starts on switches from left to the right (and vice versa) each time through.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eDDie mAx Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 It can't be that hard, have you ever met a drummer? I resent that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neugroove Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 when ever possible sit behind a drummer in action and just watch listen and learn.neugroove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted July 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Are you kidding? Whenever I watch drummers like you and Tim I just go all slack-jawed and confused . Even minimal-kit players like the guys from Mr. Something Something or the Dap Kings jumble my wires! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Larry Graves (of Mr.SS) is insane to watch. He's one of the only drummers I really want to play more loudly. I love seeing Mr.SS at The Rainbow because I usually tape from the balcony, and that gives me a bird's eye view of him. I saw him play a pattern with just his left hand that I can't play with both hands.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 5/8/77That is the strangest-looking time signature I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 It can't be that hard' date=' have you ever met a drummer? [/quote'] I resent that.Ahhh, Ed, I'm kidding!! You're one of the coolest people I know. I couldn't resist a drummer joke. They're more addictive than heroin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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