Coming from a drumming background, it’s fairly easy for me to play with mallets, do the rolls, and coordinate the two hands. However, it needs a bit of learning and training to get used to holding two mallets in each hand. It is of course very important to be able to play each mallet independently [...]
It is very easy to learn the first basic polyrhythms (2:3 and 3:4), you can learn how they sound, and can get the feel for them. What is more important is being able to hear each one separately, and count each separately. A great idea in Peter Magadini’s book “Polyrhythms – The Musician’s Guide“, is [...]
When people say,”back to basics” it sounds as if you are going to the elementary stuff, and that you are not progressing but going back. Actually, it doesn’t sound that way, people explicitly say it! I strongly believe that practicing the basics is in no way going “back”, on the contrary you are going forward, [...]
Achieving speed and a resonant sound are essential aspects of playing good drums. One of the most important skills to help this is being able to bounce the sticks on the head of the drum as much as needed. For a full vibrant sound, you will need maximum bounce, for a restricted sound you might [...]
