Twelve Drummers Drumming: A Mystery

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Drumming Technique

Are you a student taking drum lessons or are you a drum teacher of music lessons?  Playing drums can be fun and you can learn (or teach) drums in a short while, or be a much better drummer, by following two (2) golden rules of drumming.  If you want to learn drums more effectively and efficiently, then this article is for you.

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So, what are the two (2) golden rules?  They are:

1. Technique

2. Stick Heights

The first golden rule is Technique.  In drumming, this is how you hold your drumsticks or keyboard mallets while playing a pattern of sticking that is suitable for a particular drumming exercise or drum music.  The way that you hold the stick is called grip.  There are two types of grip in drumming.  They are:

Match Grip

Traditional Grip

Each grip is really a matter of preference.  Sometimes, the type of percussion instrument you play will determine the type of grip you should use.  In many cases it is good to know how to play drums with both types of grips.  This will allow for you to always be prepared no matter the situation.

If you are beginning drummer, recommendations are to begin with the match grip.  Match grip is exactly what the word match describes; the hands are holding the drumsticks exactly the same.  It is kind of like holding bicycle handle bars with a few adjustments to angle and thumbs.  This grip is generally held by many concert percussionists, jazz drum kit players, rock band drummers and by marching percussions tenor drummers and bass drummers.

The next grip, traditional grip, is a technical drumming hold that if done properly, can approve your drumming abilities in terms of speed, endurance, accuracy, finger and hand agility and overall aesthetics.  When teaching drum lessons, drum teachers should instruct their students to include door knob turning as part of their daily exercise.  The reason for this is because the motion that the forearm performs is the same turn that that is used when playing drums with a traditional grip.  Furthermore, the fingers are place properly on to the stick.  Two fundamental notes to having better control of the stick when playing with the traditional grip:

Never release the thumb from the index finger

Keep the pinky and the ring finger together working as one (this can be accomplished by taping the two fingers together)

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Traditional grip is often used in marching percussion by snare players.  Many jazz drummers, like Buddy Rich performs with the traditional grip as well as Drum Corps drummers like the Concord Blue Devils.  There are also many drum videos and drum DVD’s that portray the traditional grip.  A great example can be seen at Drumex.com, where the drum video shows a snare drummer auditioning for the UCLA Drumline.Â

The second golden of drumming is stick heights.  In marching drumlins and percussion ensembles, the focus is on uniformity.  Meaning everyone needs to look the same including their hand positions (grip) and levels of heights.  There are two types of stick heights that should be required for anyone playing drums, especially when playing snare drum rudiments.  They are:

Accents

Taps

There is a distinct difference between the two.  Bottom line is accents are played higher than taps.  Drum teachers usually explain this by saying taps are all the inside notes, the low notes.  Accents are taught to be played vertically.  The common misconception is that accents and taps is just for marching drumlines, but it can also be played by drum kit drummers too.  The benefit to playing drum music with proper stick heights is that it sounds and it looks good.  One of the best books that could teach you how to play proper stick heights is Accents and Rebounds by George Lawrence Stone.  Stone is well-known for his first book

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Because I love southwest decorating, I recently added ceremonial drums as part of the rustic, southwest decor in my new home. I was so happy with the unique, rustic look that the Native American drums brought to my home, that I started researching and reading about the history and the significant role they play in tribal cultures.

If you are like me, you have probably seen how important ceremonial drums are to the Native culture but do not know their importance in Native ceremonies or how exactly they are used. Every tribe is unique in how they use ceremonial drums but one similarity between each tribe is that the Native drums are very significant and part of the main focus of the ceremony. Throughout my research, I have come to find that learning about these drums truly gives you a great appreciation of the Native American culture and their customs.

As you begin learning about ceremonial drums, you will find it very interesting that the native people consider the ceremonial drum to be sacred. They are most often used in powwows, Shamanic ceremonies and honor ceremonies to come in contact with the Spirits and to connect with their creator. It is believed that each drum holds a spirit and that the drum beat signifies the heart beat of Mother Nature.

Since the drum is believed to connect the people with the spirit world and guide the a healer in helping his people, you will find that they are commonly used by the healers or Shaman to enter the state of mind, known as the Shamanic journey, needed to come in contact with the Spirits. Also, as you learn about the importance of ceremonial drums in modern culture, you will see that Native Indian drums have a significant role in the preservation of native tribes such as the Tarahumara.

Making and selling these rustic style drums allows them to earn a living, through selling and trading their cultural hand crafts, and helps them spread the knowledge and traditions of their culture to those who buy them. The drum making knowledge, passed on from generation to generation in these tribes, teaches the drum makers how to design durable and long-lasting ceremonial drums with elements from the Earth and the environment around them such as pine wood and natural rawhide.

Today, American Indian drums are not only used in Indian ceremonies such as Indian drumming groups and as Indian musical instruments, but they are also gaining popularity as pieces of decorative art, instruments used in school music classes and even as canvases for Native American art projects and southwest paintings.

Some types of ceremonial drums are also used as rustic style furniture and western decor, such as the larger powwow drums and pedestal drums that are used as decorative tables.

Today, it is very easy to buy these unique Native American ceremonial drums online and in stores that sell southwestern, western and rustic home decor. However you choose to use your ceremonial drum, whether for drumming groups or in home decorating, you will no doubt be drawn to the rustic charm and Native American style of ceremonial drums.

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