Basic Drum Lesson

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The basics on reading drum notes

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Here's a very simple illustration on reading drum notes and this was written on a paper towel during one of my boring day. I was sat in the room doing nothing and suddenly a lightbulb moment happened and took a piece of paper towel and started writing drum notes. There are three lines and it's labelled as H.H. for hi-hat then S.D. for snare drums and B.D. for bass drum.  If you look it as just lines. The top one would be hi-hat, middle would be snare and the bottom is bass drum. These are the three basic parts of drums which we will be using throughout the lesson. I know a lot of us already know about notes but just a refresher exercises using clapping. Whole note:  Let's count 1 through 4 and just clap on the 1.  Meaning 1 clap each time. Half note:  Count 1 through 4 again and clap on 1 and 3.  Meaning 2 claps each round. Quarter note: Count 1 through 4 and clap on 1, 2, 3, and 4. Meaning 4 claps at a time. Eight note: Counting is changed to 1 ...
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Here are the basic parts of the drumkit that one should know in order to play and understand drums. There are three basic parts in order to play drums and then I would call the rest as accessories where you play it to add flavour and make drumming more interesting.  Here are the three basic parts:  1) The Hi-hat. 2) The Snare drums and 3) The Bass drum.  When you know these three unit, you can already play a rhythm and start a good accompaniment to a song or join a band for that matter. The Hi-hat is consist of a foot pedal to make it open and close hence some call hi-hat as clapper because it looks like it's clapping.  There are many ways to use it either by hitting it with a stick or use your foot to open and close it rhythmically. The Snare drums normally is in between your legs and it is a flat drums with springs underneath.  There are myriads of ways to play with it.  Like, hit it with a stick and there are variety of sticks, brush, etc. to use an...
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basic drum lesson on 16th notes

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