Grow your drumming skills by practicing simple and basic exercises.
Online drum lessons for beginner drummers to learn music theory, fundamentals and basic percussion techniques.
The basic drum lessons, the first part of this method for drums and percussion instruments, deal with the right posture,
which will allow you to develop speed, endurance and precision, and improve your skills with the drums.
The style and the role of drumming have evolved with time, but the basic technique of drums and percussion
has not changed, and all the great drummers still build their own style from the same basis of musical theory.
Method It's very important, practicing 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.
The basic drum lessons for beginners are organized by topic, and suggest a path to follow
to learn the technique of percussion instruments and to know the
drum sheet music.
The topics covered are:
Rudiments & Fundamentals, Coordinated independence, Basic drum beats, Snare drum studies, Drums grooves, Songs drum parts,
with transcriptions of famous songs and grooves played by John Bonham, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland,
Steve Gadd, Ian Paice and Jeff Porcaro.
Online drum lessons are played by the virtual drummer, who will help you in learning.
The Virtual Drum Machine
is another useful tool for learning music and composing your own songs.
Learn to read drum sheet music notation
Drum set elements
Conventional symbols for drum elements in musical notation.
Notes and Rests
The value of notes and rests in music theory and drum scores.
Ties and Dots
The meaning of ties and dots in drum sheet music.