Monday, November 16, 2015

Sticking


Drum is a little bit different from other musical instrument. When others need their musical instrument to practice, (keyboardists need keyboard, guitarists need guitar, bassists need bass, violinists need violin, etc), drum does not. A drummer just need to capitalize a pair of drumstick , drumpad and a meronome.

round drumpad
octagonal drumpad

These three items are quiet cheap, and usually every drummer have it. Although you didn't have a drumpad, you can use your floor as the drumpad. However, it will produce a louder noise than using a drumpad, but it's ok. For metronome, you guys can use traditional metronome, digital metronome, or metronome app in your smartphone. For the app, I recommend you to use Drummer's Metronome by Stefan Pedl.
Digital Metronome
Metronome App

Traditional Metronome
To get started, first you should hold a right grip on your drumstick (it's free for you to choose your own style of grip as long as it it comfortable for you). Sit straightly and start to beat your drumpad. This first step is used just to make your hand flex. Do this for 10 to 15 minutes. Combine between single stroke, paradiddle, double paradiddle, tripple paradiddle, paradiddlediddle. After your hands become flex, start to practice with tempo by using metronome. Go with single stoke. For new drummer, set the tempo on 70 to 100 beats per minute (bpm) so it will not be too fast for you. Start to beat your drumpad togeher with the TICK sound of the metronome. Try to do your sticking from 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 (optional), and then back to 1/4 again.

One bar equal 4 beats
1/4: There are 4 hits in every 1 bar; 1 hit every 1 beats.
1/8: There are 8 hits in every 1 bar; 2 hits every 1 beats.
1/16: There are 16 hits in every 1 bar; 4 hits every 1 beats,
1/32: There are 32 beats in every 1 bar; 8 hits every 1 tick.
And so on

Practice without metronome for 10-15 minutes, Practice with metronome 10-15 minutes too.

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