Drumming
notes and random ideas
Acoustics
- w:Ernst Chladni
- w:Cymatics - the study of visible sound and vibration
Notation
See also Music#Score
which is best?
- http://blog.x8drums.com/2011/08/djembe-rhythm-gun-dun-notation.html
- http://www.kunundrum.ca/page-1/drumming-notation
- http://www.drumlinemusic.net/education/notation/
- http://www.drummagazine.com/lessons/post/drumkey
- http://web.mit.edu/merolish/Public/drums.pdf
- http://www.contemporarymusicproject.com/musicexs/West%20Note%20Key.pdf
- http://www.petelockett.com/pete%20new%20pages/Music%20&%20Percussion%20of%20Mahgreb.html - north africa
Instruments
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_musical_instruments#Percussion_instruments
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:African_drums
Frame drum
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhr%C3%A1n
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambourine
Goblet drum
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblet_drum aka chalice drum, darbuka, debuka, Kratom, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, or tablah
- Darbuka Lesson 1 - position & strokes
- Darbuka Lesson 2 - maqsuum rhythm & variations
- Darbuka Lesson 3 - left-hand roll
- Darbuka Lesson 4 - belledi rhythm
- Darbuka Lesson 5 - malfuf & split hand technique
- Darbuka Lesson 6 - Slap & Rhythm revision
- Darbuka Lesson 1 (7) - Left-hand patterns -Int-
- Darbuka Lesson 2 (8) - Roll patterns -Int-
Djembe
Ashiko
Talking drum
Idakka
Block
Bell
Claves
Shaker
Samba Shaker, also called Chocalho (shu-ka-lu?) or Soalheira
Friction
Boomwhacker
Tuned
Hang
- http://dennishavlena.com/ - tank
Hand
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VViXFIbJNbk - finger snapping
Spoons
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK_M8TIEE-4
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmBclKzVhkM
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt0QczmQ4Sc
Bass / kick
Surdo
Tom-tom
- How to Mute Tom Drums the Very Cheap Way - cardboard ring
Snare
Technique
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matched_grip - or German grip
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_grip - or orthodox grip. martial, jazz, etc.
Vanz Drumming
- Drum Lesson: Building Hand Technique - stance, technique, prerudiments
- Drum Lesson: Hand Technique 2 - Stick Control
- Drum Lesson: Hand Techniques For Speed & Control (Part 1 of 2)
215th Army Band
Massachussetts Army National Guard
- Snare Drum Lesson #1 - Basics
- Snare Drum Lesson #2 - Accents
- Snare Drum Lesson #3 - Ornaments; flams, ruffs, 4-stroke ruffs
Moeller method
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moeller_method - uses a specific "whipping motion" that allows gravity to do most of the work, allowing the drummer to play faster, by staying relaxed.
- Jim Chapin on the moeller technique - skip to 36 seconds
- Dave Weckl - Moeller Technique
- The Moeller Technique Explained In Detail, Billy Canty
- Moeller Pumping Motion - Beyond the Beat, Clayton Skinner
- Jojo Mayer: Moeller Technique Lesson
- Jojo Mayer Moeller Technique - Controlled Bounce - best
- One handed 5 stroke roll - Moeller method by Georg Voros
Open, closed, open
Tuning
Rudiments
- Snare Drum Rudiments - good intro
- Standard 26 American Drum Rudiments
- 40 International Drum Rudiments - Percussive Arts Society added 14 more
Lessons
- Vic Firth:
- SnareDrumTV:
- Drumline Chops:
- Drumline grid exercises for rudimental drummers. - This Drumline Chops playlist contains grid exercises for rudimental drummers. The 421 Grid is a very common drumline exercise and one that all rudimental drummers should know! Here you can learn what the Grid is, what the 4-2-1 Formula is, as well as the basic 16th Note Grid and Triplet Grid to get you started. After that you can expand on adding embellishments to the grid like diddles, flam drags, chees, flam fives, etc.
Grids;
- How to Play Triplet Grid
- How to Play the 16th Note Grid
- 16th Note Grid with 2 Accents
- 16th Note Diddle Drum Exercise
- Add a Diddle- Snare Drum Exercise
- Triplet Diddle Exercise
- The Flam Drag Grid: Forwards... then Backwards
- Grid Independence
- Cavaliers Drumline Snare Circle 2012 Triplet Diddle
Practice
Vic Firth playlists:
Other:
- Triplet Diddle Play Along 100-240bpm - no accent?
Drumline
- Ol' Skool VIII - 1978 'Lezghinka'
- Ol' Skool 39 - SCV 1987 - first year with kevlar heads
- Santa Clara Vanguard "Lezghinka" July 4, 2011
Scottish pipe band
- Alex Duthart 1986 Max Rayne Salute
- Steven plays Alex Duthart Drumsalute
- Alex Duthart - Cameronian Rant
Stick
Kit
Udu
Wavedrum
Other
- Vic Firth Factory Tour playlist
Muting
- http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/694431-moon-gels-too-expensive.html - Blu-tack, tissue paper and green painter/gaffer tape
Styles
Groups
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marching_percussion
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_of_drums
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumline
Patterns and rhythms
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_rhythm_and_divisive_rhythm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_African_music_traditions
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_in_Sub-Saharan_Africa
- http://djemberhythms.com/books/excerpts.htm
- Djembe rhythms and grooves part 1 - Kuku, Kono, Yankady, Rumba etc
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tresillo_(rhythm)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanera_(music)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinquillo
- Middle Eastern Rhythms FAQ - rhythms for middle eastern dance for dumbek, dumbec, doumbec, doumbek, Arabic tabla, darabuka, tombak, zarb ...
Clave
Son Clave;
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a || X . . X . . X . . . X . X . . . ||
Rumba Clave;
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a || X . . X . . . X . . X . X . . . ||
- YouTube: How to Play Clave-Conga Master Class - 3/2 or 2/3
- YouTube: Son Clave
- YouTube: Rumba Clave - third note is delayed an 8th
Batá
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%C3%A1 - Lukumí/Santería ritual rhythms
- YouTube: Oro Igbodu (Seco) - Abbilona - Batá
Tumbao
Soca
- YouTube: Basic Soca Beat
Breaks
beastie;
- waggly tail
- orgasm
- fuck shitty
- nose
- amen, etc.
ideas
- second half of 4/6 silent, one person/section yells, repeat but with 2/4/8/whatever people or 1/2/3 sections
- free improv/idm allowing
Other
- FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm) original version by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg
Software
- Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux. It's main goal is to bring professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming.
- orDrumbox is a free drum machine software, designed to be as creative as possible with unusual features : auto-composition, polyrythmes, unusual arpeggiator, automatic sounds/track matching , custom softsynths, lowfi rendering, etc. This tools can compose bass line and complete songs using included drum kits with the audio sequencer functions.
- Jackbeat is an audio sequencer running on Linux, Windows and OS X, for musicians and sound artists: Drummachine interface with animations for easy and playful editing. Built for both composition and live setups with high interactivity needs. Extremely easy to use but yet powerful by connecting with other applications and plugins using JACK and OSC. Loads and saves .jab files, Jackbeat's xml+tar open file format. Supports native audio devices, PulseAudio and JACK.
- Giada is a free, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians. How does it work? Just pick up your channel, fill it with samples or MIDI events and start the show by using this tiny piece of software as a loop machine, drum machine, sequencer, live sampler or yet as a plugin/effect host. Giada aims to be a compact and portable virtual device for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows for production use and live sets.
- Smack is a drum synth, 100% sample free. It intends to emulate a large number of famous drum machines (TR/others) as well as sample code for physical modeling. It's built with LADSPA plugins and the Om modular synth.
- Slag project aims at developing a multiplatform pattern-based audio sequencer. As for now, it can be used as a simple drum box on GNU/Linux, NetBSD and Mac OS X. It features : real-time editing, live audio output with libao or JACK, optional individual ports for tracks when using JACK, a virtually unlimited number of tracks and patterns, volume settings for tracks and pads, the ability to link song parts together, real-time audio file output, english and french localisations
- Breakage is a four channel drum machine, usually set to play kick, snare, open and closed hi-hat samples on each channel. To train the neural network in Breakage, you’d write a collection of patterns, tell the net which ones to use as inputs and outputs, then set it to train. By default the kick and snare are inputs, open and closed hats are outputs. After training you can switch the net into performance mode. When performing, it will create new hi hat parts as you change the kick and snare hits.
- pyTrommler - A Python/GTK/SDL based drum machine
- Groovit is essentially a drum matrix which can handle any samples, combined with, at least and depending on the CPU strength, two analog synths voices. Any voice can go through several effects, (for instance a dynamic filter, and an echo/reverb). It is intended to be as "real-time" as possible, depending on CPU strength mostly. It computes sounds internally with 32bit range, and outputs at 16. It also has several resonant filters that quickly bring you handsome noise.
- Gneutronica is a simple MIDI drum machine and rudimentary sequencer program. If you are familiar with Hydrogen, you'll find yourself pretty much at home with Gneutronica. Gneutronica lets you create patterns of melody or drum beats one measure long, allows you to divide up each measure into however many beats you like (several times simultaneously, if you want) and then arrange those patterns into a sequence for playback. Essentially it's a tool with which to create drum tracks and instrument tracks and play them back via MIDI devices.
- DrumGizmo is an open source cross-platform drum plugin and stand-alone application. It is comparable to several commercial drum plugin products. Features include: Stand-alone, Lv2 and VSTi versions available. Open drumkit file format, allowing the community to create their own drumkits. Drum velocity, allowing for several different hit velocities for each drum. Multichannel output, making it possible to mix it just the way you would a real drumkit. Optional built-in humanizer, analyzing the midi notes, adjusting velocities on-the-fly. Stand-alone midi renderer, generating .wav files, 1 for each channel. Stand-alone midi input, making it possible to use DrumGizmo as output for an electronic drumkit.
- Fultron 2002 is a cross platform, open source drum machine. It's sample-based and supports themes.
- TK-707 - An "7x7" type midi drum sequencer for Linux, based on functionality of Roland's TR-707
Blogs
Web
- http://www.randomthink.net/labs/html5drums - doesn't play two consecutive sounds if the first overlaps the second. reduce temp to compensate.