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Drum Dial
Jun 10th
The Drum Dial is amazing!
So I had been hearing a lot about the Drum Dial. And I mean A LOT! It seemed like everyone had to get one because they made tuning so unbelievably easy. And I’m not the best tuner in the world because I can’t always distinguish the different pitches. So I decided that if it was so truly amazing I should go out and pony up the 60 bucks that i costs. And if I didn’t like it I could just go back and return it for a refund. So when I got home this is what I found out. More >
Rudiments
Apr 7th
Rudiments, as everyone probably knows, are the fundementals of drumming. Every drummer should be able to learn and memorize all of the 40 standard rudiments picked by the Percussive Arts Society which can be see here: http://www.vmea.org/stef/forms/rudiments.pdf. However in addition to these 40 there are also many hybrid rudiments. They are really just variations of the original 40 and a few of them can be seen here: http://www.gmajna.net/svojat/strudel/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/128hybridrudimentbook.pdf. These are all very helpful rudiments that should also be added to your daily practice routine. I like to add a few of these to my practice everyday all with the 40 rudiments, and it really helps. Hope this was helpful.
FreeDrumLessons.com
Mar 2nd
I just found this cool site called www.freedrumlessons.com. It’s actually pretty cool, because it gives insight to various styles of drumming. Now I consider myself to be an intermediate drummer, and to me this site was really helpful. Yes some of it was extremely basic, but if you’re just starting out then there’s no problem there. I personally like the parts about double-bass, and odd timing, because those are some of the things I need to work on. They also give sheet music and have multiple ways to view thier videos. Here’s one of their videos about Songo Drum Beats.
