I’m pinging people who are musicians. They may know actual drummers or percussionists.
I recommend to learn playing Matched Grip instead of Traditional Grip. Traditional Grip is a holdover from marching with a snare drum where your left hand had to hold the stick more like a pencil because the drum skin faced forward at the hip.
I also recommend learning Open Handed drumming instead of traditional cross-handed. Cross-handed is a holdover from the Traditional Grip due to a marching snare and from older kits where you couldn't move your equipment wherever you wanted.
https://www.amazon.com/Open-Handed-Playing-Vol-Claus-Hessler/dp/0739054155
I’m not a musician but Portnoy is back with Dream Theater. He’s in studio here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dxGRq0cNDY
Listen to this song with headphones on and learn from the best.
Percussion - Morris Pert
Drums - Phil Collins
Brand X - Malaga Virgen (studio version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vozCJdLUFv8
I play the bass, so I can’t help with drums and percussion.
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Irish Bohran.
Scottish snare.
Find a good drum teacher.It’s as simple as that. Mine was the (late) Joe Morello, one of the best drummers ever.
A piano is a percussion instrument because the sound is from hammers hitting strings.
Flamadiddle, paradiddle, roll.......................
Very cool! Good for you!
Been playing since I was four and even made a living at it for awhile before I settled down and got married.
I love to see someone trying to keep cultural arts alive by learning an instrument!
Did you get set up Acoustic or electronic?
My parents bought me a double ride tom set for Christmas back in the 60s. We were very remote so there were no teachers available close and I had to teach myself. Mom had a huge album collection and I just started playing the same song over and over for sometimes a month before I could get it down pat. It was a gruelling slow process one song at a time until my play list started to grow and my skills got better. And I really could not start to play fast complex songs until my arms got longer around the age of seven.
But it can be monotonous and take a lot of patience to learn one song at a time like that. And back in the day you had to try and figure out “how did he do that?” because you only had audio as a clue, no video unless you happened to get lucky and watch that drummer perform live on a TV show and catch how he “did that”. But now days we have Youtube. So if you set yourself up with a nice stereo and a screen you can watch while playing you can just keep looping the song over and over and actually watch how they are catching those changes and fills.
Pick a few fairly easy songs and play them over and over until you hit the groove. And even with my years and years of experience this is what I do now as I learn new songs and add them to my play list. And as you get better figuring out how they reach for things gets easier and easier. I have to be honest and suggest jumping right to this process. I went through all the formal rudimentary training for years later in school and other than the song “Fifty ways to leave your lover” none of it really helped me much when playing rock and roll or country on a full drum kit.
Concert band/orchestra, yes... Marching band, yes... Jazz scores on a kit, a little bit... Rock and roll drum kit not much. So unless you plan to play just a snare in an orchestra or marching band I would jump right to playing along with simpler songs you like and enjoy on a kit then challenge yourself to harder ones as you slowly get better. The traditional rudimentary strokes will naturally fall in as you go along anyhow. But you will advance much much faster. :)
https://knoxvillesymphony.com/about-kso/meet-the-orchestra/
What’s the harp doing in the percussion section?
I’d start with lessons with a teacher for a few months so you don’t get bad habits ingrained. Gear wise you can save big bucks by buying used of course. I’d prioritize getting the best cymbals you can afford since they can really make or break the sound of a kit. I started on drums a couple years ago and have been impressed with how much of a coordination hump there is to get over in the beginning, and how much skill it takes for your playing to sound musical. Drums is not an easy instrument. My favorite players are Bernard Purdie, Jeff Porcaro, and John Bonham.
Hi, Kaw (and all)
I just took the plunge and decided to try drums as part of my bucket list. For anybody who doesn’t have a drum kit yet, I’d like to recommend highly an electronic set. Your drum kit will be able to teach you how to play the drums!
I found the Alesis nitro Max on sale at Guitar Center for just under $400, and it is definitely worth the money. The practice rhythms take you through very basic to more complicated steps in a very logical and easy-to-follow progression without anybody else watching, which is a wonderful thing for a fairly shy person like me.
Disadvantages of going electronic are that you don’t actually make drum sounds, so you would need a speaker system if you ever wanted to use it to perform.
Advantages are that you don’t actually make drum sounds, so if you have roommates or family members you can practice without disrupting the household. The sounds I hear in my headphones, though, are so good that I forget that I’m not making noise. The kit is also very compact, so it’s it’s in a corner of my bedroom which makes me much more likely to play it often.
There’s a lot of stuff available on the module that I have no idea what to do with yet. But I have to say that I am very, very satisfied with everything I’ve been able to do with this so far.
Just my two cents,
Love, 02
I can't recommend enough that you learn to read sheet music. It will shorten your learning times and expand your abilities. It will help you isolate and correct weaknesses. Down the road it will allow you to play anything if you have the sheet music.
Drummers with a limited repertoire aren't limited because they don't know things, they're limited because they've trapped themselves to where they need to keep it all in their head. There's only so much room in there. Musicians who read sheet music can keep expanding, reaching back to the sheet music for refreshers if they need, and really grow.