Let's talk about how to start learning drums (jazz drums)."Do you need to buy a drum set?"The answer is NO! You don't need it, at least for half a year! What you need is very simple. 5 things!"

1. A good quality dumb drum practice pad. The recommended brand is HQ double-sided 12-inch.

2. A good electronic metronome. Recommended brand: BOSS

3. A good quality snare drum stand (one that can hold a 12-inch snare drum). Pearl, TAMA, and DW these brands are recommended.

4. A pair of high-quality drumsticks. It is recommended that beginners choose the Vic firth 5A model if they have not figured out their own style. not expensive.

5. A drum stool that can be adjusted in height. Pearl's drum stool is recommended. (Drum stools are drum stools, not bar stools. You can search online, and it is better to buy mid-priced ones.

To learn the basic skills of the drum set, you must practice solidly, and then you can stick to it and learn this instrument well. So what do you need to focus on when practicing basic drum skills?

Key points in the practice of basic drum skills

1. Listen to the relationship between the metronome and your beating, and keep a steady speed.

2. Listen to the balance of tapping, whether it is average.

3. Listen to the relationship between light and heavy tones.

The technique of the jazz drum is derived from the technique of the marching drum, especially in the early stage of the formation of the jazz drum kit: the bass drum only takes a small proportion in the performance, and most of them are still hand techniques, and the bass drum only acts as a beater.

In the following decades, drummers consciously gradually increased the proportion of the kick drum to make the performance sound fuller and thicker.

Even so, the basics of the marching drum also provide a particularly good methodology for the arrangement of the kick drum.

When you look at traditional jazz drummer tutorials, you will find that they especially like to replace the Accented note in the snare drum 40 with the kick drum, or say "If your hands have learned something, teach your feet the same way."

So, when beginners ask what to practice, maybe 40 snare drums and Stick Control are very good main lines. Start with the most basic words, solidly improve your own awareness and muscle power, and use this as a basis to expand your knowledge system.