{"id":2223,"date":"2018-02-26T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bandworld.org\/Articles\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T22:14:06","slug":"so-you-want-to-play-the-drums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/so-you-want-to-play-the-drums\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing the Drum Set – A Guide for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So\u2026 you want to play the drums?<\/p>\n

Chapter One:  Anatomy of a Drum Set <\/strong>
\nAnatomy of a Drum Set
\nParts of a Drum
\nCymbals
\nPutting it All Together<\/p>\n

Chapter Two: Hands<\/strong>
\nPick a Stick
\nGet a Grip
\nBrush Technique<\/p>\n

Chapter Three: Feet<\/strong>
\nAnatomy of the Pedal
\nHeels Up or Heels Down?
\nFoot Builder Exercises<\/p>\n

Chapter Four: Let\u2019s Play!<\/strong>
\nPractice Tips
\nI have to read how many notes at once?
\nCoordination Exercises
\nChoose Your Own Drum Set Adventure
\nReady to Rock!
\nSwing, Swing, Swing
\nHot Latin Beats
\nSet Ups, Kicks, and Hits (Oh my!)
\nDrum Set Solo Etudes<\/p>\n

Chapter Five: Where to go from here<\/strong>
\nResources for Further Practice
\nResources and Acknowledgement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This method assumes that you are already familiar with reading rhythms. If that is not the case,! talk to your band teacher or visit www.musicthoeryresources.com for help.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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So\u2026 you want to play the drums? Chapter One:  Anatomy of a Drum Set  Anatomy of a Drum Set Parts of a Drum Cymbals Putting it All Together Chapter Two: Hands Pick a Stick Get a Grip Brush Technique Chapter Three: Feet Anatomy of the Pedal Heels Up or Heels Down? Foot Builder Exercises Chapter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,37,26],"tags":[30,480,212,247,246,798,262,801,366],"class_list":["post-2223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-jazz","category-percussion","tag-abc","tag-abc-graduate","tag-american-band-college","tag-bandworld","tag-bandworld-magazine","tag-drum-set","tag-jazz","tag-laura-schenk","tag-percussion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7495,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions\/7495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}