A Full Motion PC Monitor Arm can help you to read sheet music on your computer
Today I installed a Full Motion PC Monitor Arm to my desk so that I can rotate my PC screen to read sheet music easily. As I have been doing more teaching from home, and also have had more time to practice my instruments, I have been getting increasingly frustrated...
10 Double Stroke Rudamental style exercises
Video showing Exercise 1 & 2: There are quite a few double stroke rudiment exercises in the 40 official drum rudiments, but none of these are in them. While the ’40 drum rudiments’ cover many of a drummers needs, in terms of practicing, there are many...
Free Video Lessons Coming Soon
Hi Everyone – I’m preparing to post some online drum lesson videos in July. The videos will be pre recorded and posted on Youtube and Facebook. Please subscribe to my youtube channel and follow me on Facebook and you’ll see the videos when they are...
The best practice pad I have ever owned: Meinl MPP-12
The Meinl MPP-12 practice pad is quiet but loud enough that it’s satisfying to play. The rubber surface has some give to it so it’s not like hitting hard plastic. The bounce is realistic and similar to a tightly tuned snare. I bought this pad to use...
Parts Of A Drumstick (Easy Explainer Guide)
Parts Of A Drumstick (Easy Explainer Guide) So, what are the parts of a drumstick? There are six parts of a drumstick. The tip strikes the drum. The neck is the thinnest point. The taper is where a stick thickens and widens. The shoulder is the thickest end of the...
2 Minute Snare Drum Warm Up
It feels like we’ve all moved on with out lives after Nirvana, and then all of a sudden some kid reminds us what it used to be like listening to In Bloom, by slaying the drums along to the song and then we stick on the albums again! Let us not ever move on too...
Piece 3 – Snare Drum Sheet Music – Book 2
For this 2 page snare drum piece there are 3 parts, A B and C. You can split up players into these groups of abilities (C is hardest). Some players could also play all three parts or just 2 parts. Free PDF Download PDF Download: Piece 3 – Snare Drum Sheet Music...
Breakfast Rhythms – Learning to read and play drum fills and snare rhythms
Breakfast rhythms are great for all primary school ages, and they can be fun for high school and adult ages too to help with the initial barrier of learning the rhythms. By saying the rhythm and seeing it at the same time, you will be associating the sound with how it...