Drums are a subset of percussion instruments played by beating a "head" stretched over a hollow "shell."
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How to understand layering of multiple elements in composition (pop/jazz)
I'm trying to understand more about how to compose music and most importantly combine multiple instruments at the same time.
I'm quite capable of composing a bass-line, chord progression, or main ...
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Drumkit maintenance
I was reading questions randomly and this one grabbed my attention:
Piano Maintenance
Accordingly, you put glasses of water in the piano to help keep the humidity steady, so that its wood lasts ...
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Will changing my grip help avoid wrist pain?
I've been playing drums for about ten years and have recently started playing more long gigs (3+ hours, with breaks). Sometimes, as the night wears on, I'll get intense pain in one wrist; it's ...
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Drums - Having trouble playing bass 16th notes
The title is an understatement. I've been trying for months, and I can't for the life of me play bass drum 16th notes while playing 8th notes on the hi-hat. I can play snare 16th notes and hi-hat 8th ...
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How can I learn foot-from-hand and foot-from-beat independence on the drums?
Similar to How can I significantly improve my hand independence on piano?, I'm wondering how I can improve the independence of my feet from my hands. I have not done much drumming but this was an ...
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What pitches are marching band bass drums tuned to?
What pitch are tuned bass drums? Obviously it can vary, but I'm just looking for a ball-park range. For example, there's two pictures of marching band bass drums on the wikipedia bass drum page: what ...
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I need some exercises for beginning drum-bass technique
I'd like to find some exercises for beginning double drum-bass.
Do you have any links to suggest?
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Understand how to build drum patterns with computer
The guy playing bass in my band was so lucky (and great) to be endorser for a brand.
It's local, nothing outstanding, but we're double rainbows.
He asked me to help him building a very fast / cheap / ...
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Create deep bass effect like Osmos for iPad soundtrack
I was playing the game Osmos for iPad, and the soundtrack creates a low bass that vibrates my iPad. How do I achieve this effect? Here is the Link to the music . ( Soundtrack name : Gas Discovery) ...
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How to use MIDI and electronic drumset
I have an electric drumkit (Roland V-drums TD9-kx) and it has a MIDI-out. I also have a Tascam interface (US-122MKII). I have used these two to record songs, but I recorded via an audio input. For ...
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How can I increase BPM so the perceived increase in tempo is always the same?
I have a curious request. I'm a drummer, and I sometimes practice by setting my metronome to increase 1BPM every 2 measures. At first, the increase is very slow, almost unnoticeable, and it takes a ...
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What device to buy nowadays, for adding drum sounds to songs? [closed]
(the title needs to be reprhased somehow...)
I currently own :
- a Godin guitar
- a Roland GR-20
- a Novation UltraNova
- a Yamaha V50
- a computer :)
What device would it be the most wise to buy to ...
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Tools to create drums backing track for non-drummer
I am looking for a comfortable way to create a drums backing track in order to use them in my recordings.
currently I have 2 options (since I am not a drummer)
drum machine - very mechanic and ...
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Canonical drumming books? [closed]
What are the canonical drumming books? In particular, I'm thinking of western-style kit drumming, for rock, jazz, roots, and related styles (ie. not hand-drumming. Can include non-western music ...
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Where could I find songs where the drums are muted (to play along on an electrical drum set)?
I own an electrical drum set (a Roland TD-9K, as seen here) which has some pre-set songs in the computer to play along with. In these songs you can mute the drums if you want. You can also connect an ...
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Extract midi files from Roland electronic drums
I was wondering whether it is possible to 'download' all the midi files (songs and especially kits (individual sounds)) of Roland V-drums.
Thank you
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Is there a device to get electronic drum triggers by Midi to the PC without the need of an expensive drum module? [closed]
I currently have a Roland TD-7 electronic drum kit module, but it's quite old, from 1994, and she's fighting her last fights.
It has inputs for 8 pads plus the Kick and the Hihat pedal, but as I no ...
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Remove drum track from song given the isolated drum track and the song?
I have a song for which I have the song itself, and an isolated drum track from a live performance that fits perfectly in time with the original. Given these 2 things, is there software that can do a ...
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Rave drum loops like Netsky?
I want to start making some rave music. I listened to a few songs which seamed to share a nearly identical beat. (listen to Black & Blue - Miike Snow (Netsky Remix) for an example. I've been ...
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Looking for more free resources for learning to play the Bodhran [closed]
I've started playing the Bodhran a few months ago. I found some useful tutorials on youtube, but I'm now stuck, always playing the same basic rhythms.
I really like to play this jig rhythm (
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Drum machine with an API (Ruby would be awesome!) [closed]
I'm looking for a software drum machine that's easy to work with programatically. My goal is to use this as an intelligent metronome for creating drills to practice against.
Simplistically, I want ...
