When I was in Middle School I took band in school. I wanted to learn to play the #drums. Let me tell you I was horrible but I didn’t care because playing the drums made me happy. Fast forward and now that Charlie has finished #Homeschooling he has been finding new things he wants to try.
One of those is learning to play the drums and to take #Boxing classes. Living in a Townhome learning to play the drums might not work. Instead I went online and found the following sites Charlie can practice the drums online. This will not disturb our neighbors. I thought you might want to check out these Homeschool Resources as well.
For Charlie I created a card and listed the sites he can go to and placed them inside his #ChristmasStocking with a set of drumsticks so he can practice outside. Would you like to join Charlie in learning how to play the drums?
Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Drums: Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!, Book & Online Video/Audio (Teach Yourself Series)
Learn to play the drums and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with a newly revised edition of this exciting method from Alfred Music. This edition features a video presented by educator/performer Johnny O’Reilly, that correlates directly with the book. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about various drum types and the sounds they create, playing basics, proper drumstick grips, and getting acquainted with standard drum notation. You will then move right along to playing different lines with different tempos, rhythms, and grooves—all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical and drum notation. You will learn to play beats and fills in an array of musical styles, including rock, country, jazz, and Latin. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play in a band and read standard drum music.
The book features the following helpful resources for reference during and after your lessons:
* Technique builders
* Daily workouts to improve your playing
* Practice tips
* Hints on purchasing equipment, tuning and sound modification, drumset maintenance
* Plus much more.
If you’re looking for free drum lessons online, you’ve come to the right place. Below you’ll find four free sample courses to help you get started on the drums, get warmed up on the drum-set or practice pad, learn some basic drum beats and drum fills.
Drumsense Teacher Training Level 1
Many drummers feel that they would like to pass on their skills to others, but teaching drums is very different to playing them. Drumsense Teacher Training Level 1 gives you the tools you need to start teaching beginners to play drums. Starting with the most basic rock beats, you will also cover shuffle beats, syncopated beats and a structured approach to teaching fills. The exercises are carefully designed to establish a solid foundation for the student in terms of co-ordination and independence.
Almost everyone who learns to teach drums also says that dramatically improves their own skills as a player too.
To get the best out of the course, you will need to buy a copy of Colin Woolway’s best-selling drum tuition book Drumsense Volume 1. You can buy this from your local music shop, from Amazon, or from our website. You will also benefit from buying some or all of the Drumsense Training Tracks from our website, which are specially-composed music loops, with phrasing and sections designed to work with each exercise in the Drumsense book. When you start teaching with Drumsense, your students will benefit from these resources too.
Links to these items have been included as resources in each lesson.
We really hope that you enjoy this foundation course in learning to teach drums
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
