2.Getting Familiar with the Instrument
3.Practicing Properly
4.Learning Limb Independence
5.Learning More Complex Rhythms
6.Playing Fills
TIPS:
- As always when playing drums, wear protection such as ear plugs. Snares in particular were designed to be extremely loud to carry across entire battlefields, but are played very near your head and ears.
- Pick up a video or book, and make sure you type the name of the item in a search on the Internet to read some reviews on the material before you spend your money on it. Not all of the videos and books help somebody that is new to the game, even if they may say that it is made for beginners.
- If you really want to be a good drummer learn feels first, then forms, then figures, and lastly fills. Bands don't want to know about how good you can play a drum solo, they want to know if you can provide an appropriate groove and play the form. It may seem boring, but you will be a better drummer than the guy who just screws around with licks all day.
- Let the drumsticks do the work for you by bouncing, don't pull them up or you will tire easily.
- Take a lesson with a local teacher and see if you enjoy it.
- Don't bash your pads or drums else you may end up with broken sticks and drum heads, cracked cymbals, and hard bone impacts which may prevent you from playing at all. Unless you happen to be John Bonham or Keith Moon, take it easy. Drummer gloves can also help prevent this.
- Practice every day even if it is not in front of a drum set or it is just for 15-20 minutes. Practicing every day for 5 minutes is better than practicing once a week for 35.
- Be a musician first, and a drummer second. The best drummers in the world play their drums in a very musical way, always putting the song first rather than their flashy chops. There's a time and place for everything
- If you wish to pursue drumming, start with an inexpensive or student drum set which can often be purchased for under a few hundred dollars. These usually come with a hi-hat, crash-ride cymbal, kick drum, snare drum, one or two rack tom-toms mounted on the kick drum, and a floor tom-tom. You can always upgrade or add more pieces to your set later.
- You don't strictly need to buy a metronome, there are many free metronome apps available for smartphones.
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