How to improve your drum playing techniques?

Drum belongs to the percussion group of musical instrument. It consists of a drum skin at the top, which is struck either with hand or stick to producing sound out of it. Drums are among the oldest musical instrument in the world. They may be played both individually or in the group.

Types of drums

Drums can be classified into various types like

• Acoustic Drum- Power/rock, fusion, jazz drum, virtual/ electronic drum, etc. belong to this category

• Hand Drum- Congas, bongos, frame drum, table, pandeiro, etc. are some variation of hand drum

• African Drum- Djembe, talking drum, udu, etc. are examples of this category.

What to practice

To those who always have a question, ‘what to practice to improve drum playing’. Here is some option you can try to improve your drumming.

• Drum Rudiments

• Groove playing

• Dynamics

• Tuning Drum

• Soloing

• Finger Control

• Stick Control

• Double Brass Drum

• Left-hand lead

Things to remember while practicing

To attain perfection in playing drum you need to focus on three playing techniques:

• Head Position- This is most important in the list. Whatever grip you use during practice if your hand position is not right then all your practice will go in vein.

• Stick Height- This means how high you bring your stick. People have common tendency to bring their stick to a higher position with a stronger hand than the weaker hand. So keep in mind your stick height during drumming.

• Stick position- Make sure that your stick position is always, ‘one stick up and one stick down.