Drumming
notes and random ideas
Acoustics
See also Audio#Acoustics
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrations of a circular membrane
- Circular Membrane Modes
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Drum_vibration_animations
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_the_shape_of_a_drum
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
Software
Instruments
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_musical_instruments#Percussion_instruments
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:African_drums
Hands
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
Tabla
- YouTube: Ustad Zakir Hussain Tabla duet
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
Lambeg
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
- Moeller method drum strokes - Mike Bennett
- Derrick Pope - 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 - good
- One handed 5 stroke roll - Moeller method by Georg Voros
- Sanford Moeller Drumming on Film, 1925
- MOELLER TECHNIQUE BY LEO COFANO
Open, closed, open
Tuning
- The greatest snare drum tuning trick EVER! - Udo Masshoff
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
Sticks
Clicking
- Backsticking & Stick Clicking - Alex Duthart
- Stick Tricks - Stick Clicks - further method
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
DIY practice pad
- Non plastic topped mouse mat + wood backing + glue
Software
Blogs
Web
- http://www.randomthink.net/labs/html5drums - doesn't play two consecutive sounds if the first overlaps the second. reduce temp to compensate.