If you love metal or progressive rock, are looking at how to improve drumming technique, and want to improve your skills on the double bass pedal, this post will be the perfect starting point in helping you achieve your double bass pedal goals. It’s going to introduce you to a great little exercise that will …
Whether you are a new drummer wanting to take your playing up to the intermediate level or an intermediate player wanting to take your drumming to the advanced levels, learning to split up rudiments between your hands and feet is an excellent way to do that. And the great part is you can make it …
If you’ve been avoiding practicing to a metronome, I can almost guarantee you I know the reason or reasons why. First, it could be that you don’t actually know what a metronome is. Maybe you’ve just picked up drumming and are brand new to music and don’t know what or how to practice on the …
Developing hand and foot independence is a crucial skill that drummers of all skill levels need to continually challenge themselves to improve. It can be a blast watching a highly skilled drummer doing their thing on the kit, but it’s far too easy to forget just how much practice and how much time they have …
How do you tell if the stage is level?The drummer is drooling from both sides of his mouth. What did the drummer say to the band leader?“Do you want me to play too fast or too slow?” How can you tell a drummer is at the door?The knocking speeds up. What do you do if …
Throughout this “warm-up routines for drummers” series, we’ll be discussing different routines that you, as a drummer, can begin implementing in your own warm-ups. This will be the first post in a series that will progressively introduce more advanced warm-up concepts and techniques. If you are brand new to drumming and haven’t considered starting your …
Because I know the internet likes a quick answer, I’ll briefly explain what the difference is between a major and a minor chord right now. However, I will elaborate on the answer in much more detail throughout this post, so I hope you decide to stick around for it. The simple answer to what differentiates …
Unless you are a genius or a musical savant, I’m sure at some point in your musical learning journey you’ve asked yourself why music theory is so hard. Seriously though, why is music theory so complicated for so many people? Before I go any further and attempt to answer this question, you should know that …
[Says in Homer Simpson’s voice] “Mmm…I like meat and potatoes!”. Sorry, I digress. I forgot to eat breakfast this morning and I guess I’m hungrier than I realized. But food can wait! I have more important things to do at the moment, and one of those things is discussing the ‘bread and butter‘ of every …
Below you will find links to different sections of this page providing guides and examples of different time signatures you will inevitably encounter throughout your musical journey. I will break them up into different categories, with the goal being to provide a beneficial reference for anyone who is unsure of how a particular time signature …
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