Sitting Position
The most important aspect of sitting at the drums is to keep your back straight. This gives you maximum reach and avoids the possibility of muscle strains. Start by sitting with the snare drum directly in front of you. The exact distance is a personal choice, experiment until you feel comfortable with the position of both the drum stool and the snare drum.
When setting up the position of the drum stool and the kit, make sure you can reach all the drums and cymbals easily without having to lean or stretch. Also make sure that everything is far apart enough that your arm movement is not restricted. The most important thing is to be in a relaxed and comfortable position when you are playing.
Class Sessions
1- Developing Your Technique
2- Other Time Signatures
3- Note and Rest Values
4- The Triplet
5- Using Eighth Notes
6- Sixteenths on the Hi-Hats
7- Beats Using Sixteenth Notes
8- The Dotted Quarter Note
9- Sixteenth Notes
10- Playing the Open Hi-Hats
11- INTRODUCTION
12- Playing Fills
13- Performing in Public
14- Twelve Note Positions for Triplets
15- Syncopation and Independence
16- 16 Positions for Sixteenth Notes
17- Creating Your Own Variations
18- Rock Beats
19- Notes Used in Drum Beats
20- Parts of the Drumkit
21- Sixteenth Note Figures
22- Analyzing Drum Beats
23- Playing Notes Together
24- Snare Drum Control and Triplet Independence
25- Sitting Position
26- Counting Drum Beats
27- The Shuffle Rhythm
28- Drum Stick Grip
29- How to Read Music
30- The Sixteenth Note Triplet
31- Swinging Sixteenth Notes