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Parts of a Drum Set
Drumming Posture
Holding Drum Sticks
Drumming Form
Techniques for Playing the Snare Drum
Techniques for Playing the Bass Drum
Techniques for Playing the Cymbals on Drums
Drum Crossover Technique
Cymbal Transitions for Drums
How to Play a Drum Roll
Transition Drum Fills
Song Structure for Drummers
How to Play Rotary Toms
How to Play Double Bass Drums
Drumming Performance Demonstration
Summary: Learn the proper form to use while drumming in this free online video music lesson on how to play the drums for beginners.
Chris Hynes has been playing the drums for over 10 years and has played with numerous artists. He is currently the drummer for the up-and-coming band What We Know.read more
"My name’s Chris. We’re going to talk about form and technique now. Now with many drummers you will see everybody has their own style. Styles vary from jazz drumming to rock drumming to even marching band drumming. Now as you will see a lot of marching band drummers like to use the traditional style but you will also notice they play a lot harder. Now this varies with musicians and drummers who want to play on a drum set. Now when you are playing on a drum set you have to have a mentality and a concept where you are more relaxed and more in tune with the drums. Okay, this allows you to be able to move over the drum set more freely without hesitation, okay. Let me demonstrate. When you are in a marching band usually you are more stiff; you arms are more stiff and there is a lot more wrist action, okay. If you want to be able to move over the drum set and be able to function within it at a more free angle, relax your wrist; relax your arms, create a pendulum between your fore finger and your thumb so this allows you to freely move around. Now let me demonstrate between the two okay. Now then if I am rigid this limits me to be able to move around the drum set, okay. Okay, now then I’m more rigid my snare hits were not consistent and when I was moving over the toms and the snare, moving back between both of them it wasn’t as natural sounding. Now then let me demonstrate a more relaxed feel okay. Posture, okay. You notice I didn’t have to move around and be as rigid, I was able to free flow and move around the drums in a more natural way, okay. This is a more natural feel for us."
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shattertheearth said
on 1/19/2009 Oh yea and he doesn't even hold the sticks the correct way with tradition grip! INSANITY! The traditional grip is held with matched grip in the right hand, and a traditional grip in your LEFT, not the other way around like he shows. And he doesn't even hold the stick the right way! And with matched grip, you don't want your hands at that much of an angle. Your sound will be AWFUL (as bad as his is) and you'll look like an idiot.
He says "when you're in a marching band, you're more stiff".....THAT'S THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT PLAYERS DO! Having marched before, you should still be very relaxed. Yes, the style of play is very precise, but you should NEVER be "stiff" when you play, no matter what music you're playing.