| Membranophone is what a drum is technically known. | | | | are various options like traditional grip, matched grip, |
| The musical instrument is classified under the | | | | French grip etc. Different holds will produce different |
| percussion group. Here are few basic guidelines for | | | | vibrations, bounce and response. It is better to practice |
| getting started with drums. The size, pattern and shape | | | | and see the difference yourself initially. |
| of drums vary widely. But almost every drum has at | | | | The second important thing is counting time. As you |
| least one membrane. This one membrane is known as | | | | learn to count time, you will be able to understand |
| drum head. A drummer can produce sounds from a | | | | various notes, beats and time signatures. Before |
| drum by beating on the drumhead with drumstick or a | | | | getting started with drums, here are few important |
| part of his body, likely to be hands. | | | | technical terms that you must know to understand the |
| Drums are traditionally untuned instruments. But there | | | | drum music |
| are exceptions like timpani. Drums are generally | | | | Note. It is a stroke, rather a symbol representing a |
| cylinder in shape. These are the oldest musical | | | | stroke on the drum. |
| instrument played by ancient tribes and race. Modern | | | | Bar. It is a measure. It is the space where a beat can |
| orchestral drums are held on a hoop, which is fixed on | | | | be played. |
| a counter hoop with tension rods. The number of the | | | | Time signature. It is the representation in a fraction that |
| tension rods varies from six to ten. The sound quality | | | | reveals the number of notes in a measure. There are |
| of the drum depends on few basic factors like | | | | various signatures like 4/4, 3 /4, 5/4, 7/8 etc. |
| Shape | | | | Here the top number denotes the number of notes per |
| Size | | | | bar, and the bottom number, known as denominator, |
| Shell density | | | | tells the value of the notes. For example, denominator 1 |
| Shell material | | | | is a whole note, 2 is a half note, 4 a quarter note, 8 a |
| Drumhead pattern | | | | eight note and 12 a sixteenth note. There are also |
| Drumhead tension | | | | other variations like triplets and odd times. |
| Position of the drum | | | | On getting started with drums, you should also know |
| Location of the drum | | | | to tune your drum by yourself. Based on various |
| The velocity and angle with which the drumhead is | | | | purposes and musical genre, different tunings are |
| bitten | | | | required. As you are the player of your drum, so be |
| Before getting started with drums, you should arrange | | | | the expert on drum. There are various processes for |
| few basic things | | | | installing the drumhead, tuning the batter head and |
| A good music collection on drums | | | | tuning the drum. Choose your genre and tune it as |
| A beginner's guidance book for ready reference | | | | required. |
| A pair of good drumsticks | | | | As you get accustomed with these basic drumming |
| A practice pad | | | | requirements, the next thing you should do for getting |
| A metronome | | | | started with drums is learn to read music sheets for |
| As the first step for getting started with drums, you | | | | drum compositions and teach yourself with some |
| must learn how to hold drumsticks properly. As | | | | basic theories. This will not only help to raise your |
| different types of grips on drumsticks produce | | | | knowledge on how to play drums, but also make you |
| different sounds, so it is very important to understand | | | | prepared for future music compositions by yourself. |
| which type of grip produce what type of sound. There | | | | |