Percussion: noun musical instruments played by striking with the hand or beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles.
Our first step in learning an instrument is to understand the proper technique. Here are two videos by a handsome, smart, but nervous teacher about the grips and playing positions of drums. Be ready to answer the two questions below.
1. What where the names of the two grips?
2. What two fingers are on the side of the drumstick?
In our next video, we will learn about the proper stroke.
2. What two fingers are on the side of the drumstick?
In our next video, we will learn about the proper stroke.
1. What prop do I use to make an analogy? What do I compare with the basic stroke of drumming?
2. Where does the beginning of the stroke start?
And finally today, we will begin to learn our first rudiment, the single paradiddle. Before you press start and listen to how it sounds, look at the sticking in the video. A single paradiddle consists of 8 notes, but it has a pattern. It starts with your right hand (R) and then your left (L) before tow more R - R. Then it is the exact opposite: R-L-R-R L-R-L-L Try it super slow until you have the pattern down. Next class, we will begin to play with the play-along track below and see how fast you can play it. Today, slow. Work hard.
2. Where does the beginning of the stroke start?
And finally today, we will begin to learn our first rudiment, the single paradiddle. Before you press start and listen to how it sounds, look at the sticking in the video. A single paradiddle consists of 8 notes, but it has a pattern. It starts with your right hand (R) and then your left (L) before tow more R - R. Then it is the exact opposite: R-L-R-R L-R-L-L Try it super slow until you have the pattern down. Next class, we will begin to play with the play-along track below and see how fast you can play it. Today, slow. Work hard.