I bought a drum set! How do I liberate my feet?

I'm big on fundamentals, and, I think the only drum exercise you should do is playing the tom riff from Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight". In fact, that should be the only thing you play on drums ever, it will blow people away.Just play the tom riff , hook your thumbs under your armpits and nod in a manner showing you are pleased with yourself.

Learn everything you know that you play with your hands and then learn to play it with your feet. Learn it all, paradidlle's and all the rudiments with your feet. Start slow and build from there.

shill

^^THIS^^ Paradiddles. Hit the kick drum once with right foot then hit snare with left hand, hit kick twice then once on snare repeat.

Think BOOM (kick) then TAP (snare) BOOM BOOM TAP - Repeat.

BOOM TAP BOOM BOOM TAP

Then when you better bring faster in time hit on high hats. Once you mastered that try more complex patterns.

First play 4 on the floor with the bassdrum.
Think 16th but play 4,like 1...2...3...4...
Then the hihat with bassdrum on 2 and 4.
This to learn the muscles to get the feet in sinc and grow stability.

Over that play your rudiments in 16th,paradiddle is great indeed




Start slow, stabilize, move on.


Not exactly what I talked about but a great,great drummer Mitch Mitchell.



Last Edited by Netemans on 12/06/2016 05:20 AM