I am not a drummer, but would love to learn... Quietly! And little.
Hello everyone!
Those who know me from the guitar side of things will know I'm totally skint at the minute because I'm investing in a rather expensive partscaster (so far, it's worth it for the learning and experience...I think!) and need to get my ticket for Download...
But I wouldn't mind learning some drums later in the year, maybe after summer. It does need to be an electronic kit so I can use headphones (same as my guitar amp is attenuated and my digital piano needed a headphone out, too...). I would rather it be small, too. In fact, the smaller the better. If there was an electronic jungle kit, it would do me just fine. It would be neat if I could plug it into my line 6 Pod studio UX2 and record.
So... Any thoughts? I'm a complete noob.
You can start learning drums with a practice pad, a pair of sticks and a rudiments book.
AHA! That will do nicely, thanks. Significantly cheaper, too :P (can you tell I'm a noob?).Originally Posted by monquixote
I'll head down to the local gas emporium. Any rudiments book will do?
The list of rudiments is pretty much standard. Not sure which book is the best, but make sure you get something which has something about how to get the right grip or you might hurt your wrists.
Get some smaller sticks to start off with 7As if you are of a jazzy persuasion or 5As if you are more rock oriented
Perfect. That's me pretty well sorted then! Thanks for the advice. If I take to it, maybe I'll invest in a kit, but this should stave off my desires until next year!
The Vic Firth website's a good place to start, free too!
Just checked it out. Bloody hell, that's pretty much a book's worth, surely?! With tracks, and applications, too! Very nice. That'll keep me amused for some time.
Unlike everyone else I'm gong to recommend not starting with rudiments on a practice pad. While I'm sure rudiments are going to be handy once you start and they'll improve your fills what you'll actually find is that 90% of the time you'll be playing grooves not rolls and the other 10% of the time you'll be playing mostly singles and paradiddles.
Practicing on a pad doesn't get you anywhere with limb independence or playing grooves and is mind numbingly boring compared to actually playing something useful. It's kinda like learning all the modes before you can play open chords if you know what I mean.
So what I would do is rent a rehearsal room with a real kit and practice some of the stuff from the vi firth site. Alot of places will give you a discount rate for solo practice. Take some headphones and some easy tunes on an ipod and jam down just focusing on playing the basic grooves.
Even better see if you can get a band mate or other friend to show you a few basic thins each time you practice your main instrument. That's how I got started on drums.
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I learned drums without having access to a kit of any kind because I lived in a small flat and I used to get to play twice a week once at lessons and once at band practice. Getting a practice pad made a huge difference to my playing in terms of accenting, proper technique, speed, endurance, dynamics, time signatures, etc.
Getting into a room with a kit is important, but on a minimal budget practice pads are ace.
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