Beginner Drum Lessons DVD: Private Lessons At Home

By Oniel Chester

Are you looking into purchasing a full drum set? There are a number of models and brands of full drum kits to choose from for the beginner, intermediate, and professional. You can find acoustic drum sets that are fairly cheap in price to expensive high quality kits. Before purchasing, check out the determining factors regarding the reasons for acquiring a drum set.

A drum set includes a number of drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments which are arranged in such a way that a solo drummer is able to play them quite easily. Drum sets can be bought at local music stores or can be ordered online. When a drum set is bought, the drums and other musical components arrive in pieces, packed in one or more boxes.

Learn the 7 essential rudiments (at least) accurately and up to speed. (Especially the single and double stroke rolls). Know and recognize all the styles and be able to play variations of each. Have a thorough understanding of rhythmic note values and sight-reading. Know the "name" players in the industry and their contributions to the drum world.

Drum heads are also popularly known as the drum skins. The most important preservation of any drum kit is proper maintenance of this part. As a drummer, whether you are a professional or just a beginner, you should properly maintain the drum skins to extort a great sound out of the drum kit.

My experience with the speed drumming is a strange one. Basically, one October day, while picking up some drum sticks at a local music store, I noticed drummers using a device called a "Drumometer. This "drumming speed" measurement device used a practice pad for a striking surface with an embedded piezo trigger. The trigger was connected to a counter-timer computer brain that had a count and a timer display.

Before you get started, be sure to do warm-up exercises for drum set playing. Generally speaking, drum set exercises would refer to rudiments or chops but the information that is being presented to you has to do with warming up the body before any drumming.

I was informed that Mike Mangini (the world's fastest drummer and record holder "gulp") would be the judge. I was also told that the regional winner would be sent (for free) to winter NAMM for the chance to qualify (again) for the final 10 positions at "World's Fastest Drummer Finals" to be held there. I must say, I liked the idea of a free trip for 2 to California and NAMM in the winter. But I really had no expectations - since I knew essentially nothing about how to improve my drumming technique, speed and endurance.

Do not under estimate the power of you mind and its ability to create for you. Some drummers get it backwards right here. They become copy cats in stead of creating from within. - 32368

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