Can any one give me a good internet site with practices or best books with practices for improving drumming skills? I want to improve basic skills, not actual drumset skills. i'm on a percussion team and I am one of the lower level drummers so I want to increase my playing abilities.
2006-09-18 16:46:54 · 6 answers · asked by ruggergirl418 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
My drumming skills didn't really improve much until I started taking lessons. At least for my personality type, having "deadlines" for improvement helped a lot. I didn't want to disappoint my drum teacher by showing up to lessons unprepared (or upset my parents, who were paying out the money), so I was more motivated to practice regularly.
It's important to find a good teacher. Try to find one that can help you specifically with the type of drumming you want. There are plenty out there that can teach you basic rock/pop drumming, but it might take a bit more searching (and $$$) to find someone skilled enough to analyze your grip and technique well. If the teacher has a formal musical (e.g. my favorite teacher graduated from the great Berkeley School of Music), even better. Ask around. Ask the professors of music at your local university if they know a good teacher.
IMO, books or websites can only take you so far. Studying with someone who has already mastered what you're trying to learn is indispensable.
2006-09-18 17:00:09 · answer #1 · answered by thenextvinnie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am a drummer and i once had that same problem. what i did was i listened to lots of music, and when i found a beat or fill that was withing my playing range(but still challenging), i would plug in head phones to my player, turn it up load to drown out half of the noise from the acoustic set i had, and play the song while focusing on that certain beat of fill (rewinding constantly) until i figured it out. then what i would do is integrate what i learned into my drumming technique. i took a lot of songs and practicing, as well as time, but it was all worth it. I still use this method today.
2016-03-27 08:27:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, rudiments, I do not know... now set??? well, I could show you a few things there.
The only thing that I could suggest is getting ahold of a beginners drum book, and note the different types of rhythms, such as paradiddles, and paradidlediddles, and practice these.
Sightread as much music as you can get your hands ahold of.
2006-09-18 16:57:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are tons of really good videos on drumming. Check one or two out from your library or order from NetFlix. The videos are great because you can pause and review stuff that went by too fast.
2006-09-18 16:49:59 · answer #4 · answered by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try practicing over a song or drumbeat. listen how others play and try to play the same, i just about practicing as much as you can.
2006-09-18 16:52:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
practicse paradiddles on a pillow, or on a practice pad... left right left left, right left right right...it works,
2006-09-18 16:55:54 · answer #6 · answered by SERENDIPITY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋