Hand techniques - Speed, Control, Consistency

I realize I haven't been posting beginner lessons so here you go.






This is a basic lesson of how to hold you stick, different exercises that you can practice to achieve a higher speed and smooth roll. Having the right technique is important. It becomes sort of like a habit and is harder to change later part in your drumming so make sure you get it right.

If you have been playing for quite a while and notice that your drumming speed haven't been increasing the way you wanted, chances are you are doing it wrong. Check this one out.

John Bonham

• John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) 
• Drummer of Led Zeppelin Rolling Stone readers' pick in 2011 placing him in first place of the magazine's "best drummers of all time" 
• He began learning to play drums at the age of five, making a drum kit out of containers and coffee tins, imitating his idols Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich 

Drum history

One of the drummers you have to know. John Bonham invented the Bonham triplets, first heard in Moby Dick by Lep Zeppelin. You can hear it being used in the video at 4:15

 

 

Here is one video that teaches the Bonham triplet. The concept is a basic pattern of RLfoot(Tri-p-let)  but to get it up to speed it is rather intermediate/advance. 

Have fun throwing one of these in solos.

Calling all drummers!

Hey dudes and dudettes. This post is for those who are interested in learning to play the drum without spending much money.

REQUIREMENTS

1) You need internet (this is stupid)

2) You need to have a pair of drum sticks. For starters, 5A drumsticks (basic pair) You can get them in music showrooms or anywhere. I like vic firth and it costs around $10 plus for a pair.

Introduction

I' have been playing drums for almost 3 years now since I was like 15. I learned drums from Yamaha ( a great deal from my drum teacher) for one and a half years which I later quit due to major examinations in high school. Now I play drums on my own.

My point is that it is possible to start drumming on your own but in some point in your drumming life you may need to consult some pros to speed the process up. Most importantly, drumming requires perseverance so don't give up.

Do you need a drum to play?

Not really. I start out playing on my pillows and bolsters. Just assign them accordingly. Like cushion for high toms, bolster for hi-hat. Blah blah. Some people air drum.

Of course, having a drumset will be better so do save up for one.

OKAY.

To the main part- Resources on net.

The following resources are totally free but of course they do advertise their products on their website. You don't have to buy anything to view these lessons. (They don't pay me anything but I'm just trying to help those who wants to have resources to start out) The good thing is that they don't spam me with offers or whatever.

1) Freedrumlessons.com This website is amazingly awesome and it's really great because they classify music into different genres like Rock, Funk, Jazz and Latin.They offer drum theory too. (View them because theory enables you to read scores and transcriptions to play your fav band grooves) They have playalongs too. I highly recommend this site to all (beginner, intermediate and advance)

Here's my suggestion. Start out with rock. (YAY!) This genre of music is mostly made up of straight beat. (Meaning there is little funny or odd kind of counting) So, it will be easier. Then, you can move on to others. Master all the rudiments! They are magical! (Trust me on this.) Latin is for advanced or intermediate players.

Click here to go to the drum archives

2)Jack Bennett. This dude help me lots! He gets my creativity going. There are monthly newletters which introduces new grooves that are cool. You can subscribe to it to gain access to the free lessons.

I can play drums

3) Youtube! Here are some videos which I think is useful.

I'm not trying to be mean but I think expertvillage are not helpful at all so you can skip them out.

Check out Vansdrumming. Some of his video lessons are great.

Click here for vansdrumming

Work your feets (Doubles on a single pedal/Bass drum techniques)



Double stroke accents (Ideas for solo)


Funky Hi-hat stuff (This is cool)



How to play Rodney Holmes groove (Advance)

Accent change (Japanese language so it will be kinda hard to understand but it's a good lesson)



Fun with paraddidles. (Rudiment) Groove-A-Diddles

Inspirational materials:

Check these channels out:

Deedlebag. This guy is really creative.

I thought this was cool.



Igor falecki. If this kid can do it, why not you?



Of course, there are legendary drummers such as Mike Portnoy, Steve Gadd and more, so do check them out too. There are certainly so much more materials to learn drumming so if you fish one or have some good lessons, please leave a comment to share with the rest. Keep drumming.

Peace out.