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Drumgeek
Little Guppy
Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:58 am Post subject: Re: too late? too old? |
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First off, it is never too late to start.
Second, if you are having problems playing diddles try doing this
hold your stick with only your thumb and your pointer finger then hit the snare, don't pull up until the stick stops bouncing, if you only get one or two bounces then you are holding the stick too high up, if you just get a buzz you are holding it too far down. Kepp trying this and readjusting your girp until you get at least three to four good bounces, that will tell you wen you are holding the stick in the right place. Then try to use only your fingers to keep the stick bouncing as long as you can to help with playing diddles. |
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shiloh
House Cat
Joined: 16 Dec 2006
Posts: 172
Location: too close to the nuke
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Cool thread, as everyone so far has said, NEVER too late, lessons are good, wish I had them when I was younger, just started back at it myself after quitting 28 yrs ago, 2yrs so far and getting better, `am in the process of negotiating advanced drumming technique lessons from a local pro, I`m pretty good, but he`s way good, Chad Smith good, I`ll consider myself fortunite if I can get a few lessons with him, so never too late.
Rock on, if nothing else it`s fun.
Cheers Rick 
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rockthebox
Sea Monkey
Joined: 06 Feb 2008
Posts: 13
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| It is never too late to learn something new. I am 22 female and I am going to try and learn how to play drums too. It keeps your mind sharp and its a good challenging hobby. Its also a really good workout. |
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drummerb0y25
Big Lion
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 957
Location: ^^ ..rofl
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: too late? too old? |
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| hardcoder wrote: | first of all, i wanna say hi to all the people here at drumdogs...
i'm already 22 yrs old and i'm just starting to learn how to play the drums.. is it too late for me to be a good drummer?
another question... i'm having trouble with the rudiments and the diddles because i can't bounce my stick the right way (i think).. do you have any suggestions on how to improve my bouncin? |
Start with the "free stroke" ...it's the very beginning of how to control bounces and how to let the stick do the work.
Single strokes first, master those.
Then move to doubles, utilizing free stroke you learned and all your fingers and wrists too.
alternate between
LRLR LRLR LRLR and RLRL RLRL RLRL
R LL RR LL RR and L RR LL RR LL
and so on...
you'll get the hang of it as long as you have a proper fulcrum, hold the sticks in the sweet spot, and utilize the free stroke and eventually other controlled strokes etc
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sbowman128675
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Joined: 16 Dec 2006
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i started at 14 and i thought i was to late, lol
but the truth is, its never to late
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