9-How to Play the Drums: Drum Kit Intro

This lesson is part of the series: Introduction to Drumming: The Basics, Drumming Lessons: Reading Rhythm, Drumming Lessons: Basics through Advanced

Overview: This lesson covers the basics of a drum set. This will include an introduction of the different parts of the drum kit (bass drum, snare drum or practice pad, high-hat or ride cymbal, crash cymbal, tom 1, tom 2, floor tom, etc). Each of the parts of the drum kit is indicated in a different way on music for drummers, and this is reviewed in this lesson, as well. Once you learn the pieces, you'll go through a basic drum set introductory exercise to practice how to read rhythm for the drum kit. This exercise will only include quarter notes (crotches) and eighth notes (quavers) as well as their associated rests.

This lesson is excerpted from a broader course available from www.begindrumming.com. The Begin Drumming course is a 100% comprehensive drumming course which takes you from absolute beginner to expert soloist without any gimmicky short cuts! Through a combination of video and written lessons, the course will teach you proper technique as well as how to read drum music.

The two exercises included in the full version of this lesson will help familiarize a new player with the locations of the different parts of the drum set, as well as start building muscle memory to help facilitate more advanced techniques covered in later lessons.

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• 09A.pdf
• 09B.pdf
• pg13ex1.mp3
• pg13ex2.mp3
• pg13ex3.mp3

Let me introduce myself. My name is Jim McCarthy. I'm a drum clinician and teacher and have specialized in pure technique for many years. I consider myself still a student as well, because I have a passion for constantly learning. I learn every day when I watch other drummers, and I analyze what works and what doesn’t. Performing, Educating and Learning have been my life and my living for well over 20 years.

I've had a tremendously broad background in drumming. I've played in rock bands, orchestras, marching bands - everything from high-brow contemporary music to Latin American stuff.

I spent six years at university studying percussion performance full time, and I ended up with a...

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