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Drums for beginners (Recomend a book)

tsotso 39 Posts
edited March 2006 in Strut Central
HiI know there is a few drummers here on soulstrut, can anyone recommend a book for beginners? I want to learn different styles, now a play in a Garage Rock band with some friends. But I want expand my playing beyond the constant kick(1,3)-snare(2,4).

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  • knewjakknewjak 1,231 Posts
    I asked the same question to a friend while back, this is what he reccomended, I bought it and found it helpful. Intimidating if you are learning from scratch, but really good if you know how to read drum notation. Comes with a cd too.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786633...5Fencoding=UTF8
  • DubiousDubious 1,865 Posts
    man if there is one instrument i'd say cannot be learned or improved by book reading its the drums

    from my own persona lexperience the best thing to do is listen to as much stuff in the rhythmic signatures you want to get into as possible... learn to FEEL that shit... and then get behind the kit and attempt to put it in motion

    additionally maybe you need to track down some more advanced cats... i've been pretty blessed to jam with alot of jazz band nerds over the years... i can't count for shit but when dudes would tell me shit was in 11/8 and i was still able to hang on the kit i was pretty pleased...

    drums are also the only instrument where i improve by not playign them for periods of time and instead concentrate on THINKING abotu grovoes and such
  • generiquegenerique 625 Posts
    I agree only partly with Dubious. True, you have to "feel" the rhythms, but for many styles you need to develop the motions that come with them. I can't recommend a book, but I'm sure practicing the paterns and motions that come with different rhythms will help a lot.
  • TheMackTheMack 3,414 Posts


    from my own persona lexperience the best thing to do is listen to as much stuff in the rhythmic signatures you want to get into as possible... learn to FEEL that shit... and then get behind the kit and attempt to put it in motion

    true. ive never read a book or taken a lesson on drumming before in my life. ive leanred totally from scratch and just listening to old records and music i like. shit just comes to you
  • DubiousDubious 1,865 Posts
    word

    if you can't FEEL the groove you cannot PLAY the groove

    the only MOTIONS you need to know to play drums are left hand right hand left foot right foot

    the rest is all about feel and groove

    by learning postions you wil linvetibably get stuck with them

    on guitar for example i find it VERY hard to break out of minor penatonic... because i learned guitar by teaching myself black sabbath songs.. so now my hands are permanently MOLDED into those scales and it feels very very weird to not play those patterns.. frustrating as fuck.. whereas with drums and bass i've come to the instruments later in life and then tend to approach playing them from a fresher perspective
  • generiquegenerique 625 Posts
    Same story here. Learned to play the drums by doing it and listening a lot. You'll manage to break out of your routine that way. Just listen a lot to the stuff you would like to do yourself, but not Black Sabbath because when you try to copy their stuff your hands and feet will get "molded" mysteriously.

    If I wanted to step my drumming game up to play jazz or latin, I would seek a teacher and buy me some books.
  • DubiousDubious 1,865 Posts
    yeah black sabbath are EVIL
  • generiquegenerique 625 Posts
    This guy copied Black Sabbath's double bassdrum techniques and now look at him.

  • tsotso 39 Posts
    I started to play drums in a band togheter with four friends 6 months ago, bought my first sticks on the way to the first rehearsel. Now we are 7 people (2 guitars, bass, drums, keys 2 on vocal). Only one of them had played in a band before, we had our first gig on Saturday. Mainly friends came, but we had a lot of fun. I know you can't learn play drums be reading, but now I feel that I have to step up my playing. Bought a MIDI drum kit awhile ago, which had absolutely NO feel to them. Thanks for the tip knewjak
  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts
    learn by listening and doing. i never took a single lesson or looked at a book in my life and id say im fairly decent.
  • the_average_manthe_average_man 675 Posts
    one day you might be this go(o)d

    he is "that dude" at 6:11
  • BeatChemistBeatChemist 1,465 Posts
    one day you might be this go(o)d

    he is "that dude" at 6:11

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  • the_average_manthe_average_man 675 Posts
    one day you might be this go(o)d

    he is "that dude" at 6:11

    I forgot to post the link!!! I bet you lot have seen it anyway:

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1887293651082720270
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