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The drums are an exciting instrument to learn. The groove and over all feel of a song is often kept
together by the drum beats being played. When you first piece together a full beat with the bass
drum, snare and high hat you'll be excited.
I want to introduce you to the basics of learning to play the drums in this article. I'm not going to
teach you any beats, but rather give you some basic guidelines to use if you've just purchased a
drum kit or are sitting down at a kit for the first time.
1 - Start with the High Hat
There's a lot going on when you're playing the drums. Your left and right hands are keeping
different beats and so are your feet. Before you introduce the kick drum to anything start out first
with the high hat. You can also start with the snare but more often then not the high hat is played
on every beat with most songs.
Use your right hand and practice keeping an even beat on the high hat. If you're familiar with
music time then concentrate on a 4/4 beat something like 1, 2, 3, 4. You want the time between
each strike to be the same.
2 - Add the Snare Drum
Once you've mastered keeping common time on the high hat try adding in one hit of the snare
drum on the 4 beat when you're counting in your head.
So you're still playing 1, 2, 3, 4 on the cymbal, but now on the 4 hit the snare with your right hand
stick. The first few times you try this you're probably going to mess up the beat your keeping with
your right hand. That's alright it's kind of like crossing wires in your brain when you tell your hands
to do this. With some practice it'll work.
3 - Time for Bass Drum
If you've got that beat working with the snare and high hat it's time to add in the bass drum. On the
1 beat add the kick peddle and one strike to the bass drum. Continue to keep your 4/4 time on the
high hat and and snare drum beat on the 4.
This will take a bit of practice but you're now telling your brain to do three different things and it
takes some time to get it right.
This is a basic beginner beat when learning to play the drums. If you're eager to learn more beats

2. I'd suggest getting a drum lessons dvd. These self study lessons are quickly becoming the method
of choice for adults to learn the drums at home.
Read for more beats? You can learn to play drums at home with a quality drum instruction dvd.
This form of self study is far less expensive then private drum lessons and you can learn entirely
on your own when you feel like it.
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