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Book 1 - The Really Easy Way To
Play The Drums ..for those seeking an easy step
method to play the drums and get great results - fast! Contents Welcome to the world of drumming
- Record of your accomplishments Preparation - The right posture
& the correct grip - The basics The book and CD contains the following
pages Easy drum notes - Adding the bass drum
- Around the kit - Your first drum piece - The first drum beat The real rock beat - The beat and the
fill - Fill It Up - Rock It - Some more signs - Funky bass drum beats Parts of 1/16th notes - More parts of
1/16th notes - More beats and fills - Play Away - Two hands together 1/16th notes with the first beat on the
toms - Using both hands and both feet - 3:4 Time signature - More in 3:4 The rumba beat - Rocking Rumba - 1/8th
note triplets – Shuffle - 1/16th note hi hat beat É and finally, Show Time – a recorded piece that the student can
play along with, utilising all he has learned. Welcome to
the World of Drumming! Congratulations on making the decision to learn the
drums! Many people wish they could play this wonderful instrument, but few
decide to take the first step. You just have!! Learning to play well will need time to develop your
skills and this will take patience, persistence and practice. It really is
worth it and you will get a lot of enjoyment for your efforts. Let me tell you how I learned to play. As a child
there was no room in my house for a drum kit and no money for lessons, so I
started by tapping out beats on some tins. I was a late starter getting my
first kit at 18 years old. I played around on the kit, learning bits and
pieces until, at the age of twenty-one, I decided (with the encouragement of
others) that I would take music seriously and make it my profession. I soon
realised that I had a lot of hard work to do to accomplish the standard
needed. I started on what turned out to be a 3-year study, practicing around
5 hours a day. I tried to learn about all different styles of music, listened
to lots of different players, taught myself to read music notation and
discovered the rudiments of percussion. This study still continues today,
nearly 30 years later. You will find your own degree of learning and decide
what level you want to learn to play and I promise you will discover a lot
about yourself on the journey. Getting started is the hardest part of any
challenge; so I hope that this book will help you with the initial stage and
you go on to learn a lot about drumming (and yourself) in the process. Drums have been around for about 30,000 years so you
are joining a very old, noble tradition. Now it is your turn to contribute to
that history - make your mark and have fun! |