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The drum lessons are easy with the virtual drummer. And free.
Join the online drum lessons now.
The interactive drum lessons require Flash Player 7 or later.
If you do not have the Flash Player installed, you may download it here at this link:
http://Get.Adobe.com/flashplayer/
Otherwise you can go to the html versions of online drum lessons, listed below.
Basic drum lessons html version
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Rudiments & fundamentals
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Coordinated independence
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Basic drum beats
Drum grooves
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Snare drum studies
Songs drum parts
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The basic drum lessons, the first part of this method for drums and percussion instruments, deal with the right posture,
which is the basic condition to develop speed, endurance and precision with your playing.
The style and the role of drumming have evolved with time, but the basic drums and percussion instruments technique
hasn't changed much, and all the great drummers still build their own style from the same basis of musical theory.
Method It's very important, in all the exercises, to keep a relaxed approach
with the drum set and the sticks, to control the breathing and to avoid muscles tension.
You should approach every exercise by playing it slowly at first, then gradually speed up mantaining a relaxed posture,
without changing your breathing or stiffening your body. You don't have to hurry, the study of musical instruments demands a lot of practice,
and also the study of drums, as any other discipline, demands a long and constant exercise.
Improvisational skills are essential to any drummer to improve his expressive possibilities; that's why it's so important to experiment personal
variations playing the exercises, following his own style and natural inclination.
Learn to read the drum sheet music.
Drum set elements
The graphic symbols of drum set elements in drum sheet music.
Notes and Rests
Notes and rests value in drum sheet music.
Tie and Dot
Tie and dot in drum sheet music.
Topics in the basic and advanced drum lessons and in the online drum lessons published drum sheet music are:
Rudiments & Fundamentals, Coordinated independence, Basic drum beats, Advanced drum beats, Snare drum studies, Drums grooves, Songs drum parts
and Drum solo transcriptions, with transcriptions of songs and grooves by John Bonham, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland,
Steve Gadd, Ian Paice, Jeff Porcaro, and transcriptions of drum solos by Michael Bland, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Dave Weckl, Tony Williams.
All the drum lessons are played in real time by the virtual drummer.
New release of the Virtual Drum Machine.
You can program with the Drum Machine your own rhythms and patterns, straight from the score.
That's a great way for you to get to know better drumset elements and drums scoring.
Also the new release of the Drum Machine comes in
Windows
and Mac-Linux versions.