How to Play Drums: The Complete Guide for Beginners

 How can a drummer learn the basics of playing the instrument? Tell me the easiest drum song? Tell me the best way to get better at learning to play drums? This guide is a great starting point for you!

As with most things in a person's life, the first step can be difficult. Just reading this document, it shows your enthusiasm and interest in drum music as well as a desire to know more information. You'll find the enthusiasm to play drums and get the full potential you want as a musician even when you'll never touch any drums.

How to choose drum equipment?

What is best for a single player doesn't have to be the same for the others. Jazz drummers can play different equipment than metal and a new drummer might use different tools compared to a professional drummer Surely we don't have to have the best tools. You can purchase cymming instruments in person from any music retailer (the most commonly used chain stores in America are Guitar Center and Long & McCaure in Canada) or from your local drum shop. Various stores have drums that are available in stock. For more equipment, you may check Craigslist, the Facebook marketplace, Amazon.com, Audible and other web sites for the cheapest prices.

The most popular drum brands

You might find a variety of drum companies but they're mostly popular with beginners: Tama, Yamaha & Pearl. You also can get good percussions from Mapex and PDP, both of which produce excellent beginner-level and professional kits as well as Ludwig, DW. The finest set of drums for beginners are the Tami Star ImperialStar, the Yamaha Stage Custom and Pearl Export. This set is relatively cheap, solid and reliable and can be used easily when you progress. Of course, it is not necessary to purchase drumsticks from most famous brands. Other brands are available, ranging from boutique makers to kits that don't contain any brand names and are less expensive.

The most popular drumhead brands

The drumhead industry consists largely of less drumhead makers than the drum manufacturers, so it'd be best to pick among three most recognizable manufacturers: Evans Remo and Aquarian. All three offer various types of drums, so you can try some in the shop and compare the heads of your favourite products. Trying to play drums is an important thing but it'll not make it easier. Many of the drumheads are good to start with. Later in the guide you can learn the correct drumhead tuning and changing the drum.

How to choose drumheads?

They were once made of animal skin (the term ‘drum skin'), today drum head is made from thin polyethylene Mylar. The majority head is made up of single or double layers (single ply). Two-sided heads have thickened up and will not rip if played heavily. The most commonly known headdrums are transparent and coated. Clear head sounds brighter and has more attacks /punch while coated head looks cooler and muffled. Occasionally drumheads feature built-in filters for better resonant sound. Often the drumsets contain heads installed.

The most popular drumstick brands

As with drummers, drumsticks have a small market share. The best known labels include Vic Firth Promark and Vater, and they are readily available from most music retailers. Zildjian and Regal tipped a stick are equally popular. You might find small companies like Los Cabos & Wincent and niches like Ahead. You can get the typical drum sticks of all of them at any of the following stores.

Tips

You should start with a cheap or used drum set that is commonly bought for less than ten hundred bucks. These typically are provided by a hihat cymbal crash-riding drum, a kicking drum, a pair of tom-tomms mounted onto the kick drum, as well as a floor tom-tomm. You have the possibility to complete the entire set later by adding additional parts. Having five minutes of practice each morning is good. Take an instruction with an area teacher.

Parts of the drum set

Several people call it 'drum sets & kits'. Whatever it might sound like the drums have nothing to do with the number of pieces or the instruments used for sound making. This guide focuses on the essentials to starting your drum playing career. This image depicts a standard 5-piece kit which typically contains these drums. This kit will suit a right-handed musician. You can change these settings so you can have left-handed snares.

Warnings

Use ear protection always and keep the drum playing loud and suitable for everyone.