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October 27, 2012 Playing Music No Comments

Practice Without Drums – Think Before You Play

Visualize Playing the Drums Did you know that you don’t have to be sitting behind a set of drums to practice playing the drum set? There is a technique called visualization that will allow you to create a mental picture as if you were playing the drums. We’re following a plan to play drums in 4 weeks and […]

April 14, 2012 Playing Music No Comments

How to Play Drum Fills Between Song Parts

It’s time to review the individual skills you’ve learned and use them all together to play a song. What you’ve learned so far is how to play a basic drum beat (see “Play Your First Song with Drumsticks”), how songs are structured (see “The Parts of a Song and What They Mean To a Drummer”) […]

April 7, 2012 Technique No Comments

What Are Drum Fills and How Are They Played?

I remember the day I got my first drum set like it was yesterday. The first thing I wanted to learn how to play was a rock beat like the one you learned in “Your First Drum Beat (No Drums Required).” The second thing I wanted to learn was a short, 8 beat drum fill […]

March 31, 2012 Playing Music No Comments

Quiet Verse plus Loud Chorus equals Dynamic Drums

What comes to mind when you hear that something or someone is “dynamic”? I think of someone with a dynamic personality as being interesting, outgoing and always having something to offer. I also think of the weather in Seattle, where I live, as being dynamic. A sunny sky can turn to rain and back to […]

March 24, 2012 Technique No Comments

How to Play a Closed Hi-Hat

Have you ever watched a drummer and noticed how they play a lot of the time with their arms crossed, one over the other? It looks very odd the first time you see it but there’s a reason why drummers play with crossed arms. It has to do with hitting the hi-hat cymbals (instead of […]