In trying to describe to someone what makes a great drummer, it always comes down to, “Do they really know how to play drums?” Do they understand that drumming is more of an art form, and takes a tremendous amount of time and dedication to the craft before one can say, “I know how to play drums.”
In my experience as a professional drummer, it has been an ongoing pursuit of skill refinement, and fine-tuning each and every aspect of my technique. In drumming, you have to be able to hear what it is you are trying to communicate in order to express that on the drum set. Take the snare drum for example. There are so many nuances that you can inflect just by the amount of pressure you apply to the drumstick. If you don’t know what those sounds are like, then it will be hard for you to communicate them on the drum kit.
So, finding a good offline teacher or online lesson source is an important place to start when you are first looking into learning to play drums. With most drum lessons, you will usually start out on the snare drum. This is intentional because of the potential distraction and intimidations the entire drum kit could initially pose. This starting point is where the rudiments, stick technique, and basic drum notation are introduced. This is such a foundational part in learning to play the drums. In order to progress in your ability, you must have this foundational piece in tact. Not having the initial focus on this foundational truth, will lead to major progress roadblocks later in your drumming pursuits.
Some of those might be, the inability to expand in your creativity on the drum kit, your inability to develop proper precision and speed at all dynamic levels, and your inability to function in a musical setting within a band environment.
As you can see, having an understanding of the proper steps necessary to get started can have a dramatic impact on how quickly you progress towards learning to play the drums. Most young aspiring drummers think it is as simple as banging out beats on the their custom drum kit, but they don’t realize that the professionals they aspire to be like have spent countless hours honing their craft. This is what gives them the ability to do the things they do. Even if it is a lightning fast double bass pattern, that is an art that takes commitment and dedication to learn as well.
The point I hope to make in writing this article is, that when you set out to learn to play drums, understand you are beginning a journey that thousands of drummers prior to you have started. The great ones knew the importance of building a foundation. They also knew the commitment of time needed to develop all the nuances required that would give them the ability to be unique in their own personal style.
With all of the information that is available to you today, be sure that in your pursuit of learning to play the drums, you build a foundation of the core essentials that are necessary. The rudiments, techniques, concepts, and thought processes that separate the ok drummers from the great ones.
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