| Today I will teach you the basics on how to | | | | into beats that come to mind or sounds you have |
| practice your drum roles, which will also help your | | | | heard before. I will demonstrate what I mean |
| hand and eye coordination. | | | | with my electric drum kit the possibilities that |
| Are you ready! OK now follow me... | | | | exist right within your grasp. It's all just practice, |
| Step 1: Sit upright and find a comfortable seating | | | | practice, and practice. |
| position. With both feet flat on the ground and | | | | Keep Practicing |
| back strait up. (make sure you have a drum pad | | | | One of the mayor ways most drummers have |
| or snare). | | | | become great is by just simply air drumming. For |
| Step 2: Pick up your drumsticks one on each | | | | example the drummer from Incubus Jose Pasilla |
| hand. | | | | as a young boy played air drums on his thighs by |
| Step 3: We will hit the drum snare or a drum pad | | | | taping the beat he was hearing. Most drummers |
| in the following order. | | | | do this all the time; they tap around to any beat |
| * Right, Left, Right Right Left, Right, Left, Left | | | | that come to mind or one that they are listening |
| over and over again until you get a nice fluid flow. | | | | to. It's just a natural responds to what we are |
| * The sounding will go from a taping sound, to | | | | feeling at the moment. The real key is to master |
| one fluid sound that sounds like the drum role. | | | | the snare drum and this alone will make you an |
| Then you can increase the speed or slow it down. | | | | amazing drummer. |
| Step 4: The transition, this is where you finally | | | | Next time I will get my self on Camera to show |
| began to experiment on your own the different | | | | you how it's done, but for now here's a little |
| kinds of drum roles. By changing the variations | | | | something to get started! |