Welcome to DRUMS THE WORD
Drums the Word is the foremost drum website for complete beginners and professional players of all ages and abilities. Established in 2006, Drums the Word is dedicated to spreading the passion of drumming with total commitment to anyone who is interested in wanting to improve their playing/technique or who is entering the world of Drumming for the first time.
Registration is completely free so why not join in and help us to build a drumming comunity for everyone of all levels.
Drum Teacher For South of Hampshire: Southampton, Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport
Rob Litten is a highly skilled and experienced drum teacher offering exciting one to one drum lessons in the Southampton, Portsmouth, Gosport and Fareham area of Hampshire (England).
Please visit his website at WWW.DRUMACE.COM
Rob has been teaching drums for over 11 years now and has helped 100's of pupils on their way to drumming success!
Do You Want To Learn An Instrument That's EASY, FUN And HEALTHY?
Have You Always Wanted To Learn The Drums But Weren't Sure Whether You Could?
Has Your Drumming Reached A Plateau? Are You Looking For Exciting Drum Lessons?
Do You Want To Learn An Instrument That's EASY, FUN And HEALTHY?
Rob has been trained and taught by some of the best and has a vast amount of playing experience. Rob is friendly, easygoing and always ensures his drum lessons are inspirational and exciting. Best of all, the first drum lesson is FREE and Rob will travel to you for lessons if required. Students of all ages and all abilities are welcome and all drumming styles can be taught as desired.
Songs for Performing!
hey, i've been playing for a few years and i need to learn a good rock song on the drums so i can play in the school band. Do u have any good easy songs?
Lil-sam
Are there any easy songs to play on the drums?
Hello,
I'm new here and I saw your I Don't Care Youtube vid so I decided to give the site a try. I've only been playing for a couple of months now and I want to learn how to play songs. Are there any easy songs that a beginner can play? If so can you please tell me which songs?
Drum Heroes?
OK peeps, spill the beans. Who's your favourite drummer or biggest influence? Difficult question I know as my choices change all the time.
When I was growing up my drumming heroes where Chad Smith, Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl...still are really!
Does anybody know where i can get notation software????
Does anyone know where i could get cheap drum notation software ???
FOBrDaBest
Polyrhythmic Hi-Hat Ostinato (Third Sixteenth) Video Drum Lesson: How To Play Polyrhythms Within Drum Beats On The Hi-Hat
This video is about a cool idea I've seen Gavin Harrison and Danny Carey demonstrate at clinics and on video. These drummers are able to play odd grouped Hi-Hat ostinatos over the top of even metered grooves.
This creates a polyrhythm between the Hi-Hat and the Snare and Bass drum where it sounds like the Hi-Hat is playing one rhythm while the Snare and Bass play another.
In this video I'll show you exactly how to construct a certain type of polyrhythmic groove and hopefully give you some new and exciting ideas to work on.
The written notation for each example will be appearing at the bottom of the screen as I play.
Please visit my Youtube account "DrumsTheWord" and vote for this video if you found it useful. The link at the bottom of the page will take you to the video on YouTube.
Polyrhythmic Hi-Hat Ostinato (Every Third Sixteenth)
Forum Running And Linear Drum Beats/Grooves
Well, I finally got the forum running and am excited and looking forward to hearing from you guys.
I'd really appreciate any kind of feedback/comments you'd would want to offer about the site or specific lessons/exercises. Its also a great place for us all to chat generally. Please feel free to use the forum for any drum related subjects you wish.
I'll be logging in on a regular basis and will answer any question you have. Hope to see you in there soon!
Linear Drum Beats
As usual, I couldn't write a blog entry and not give you something to get your teeth into.
I thought I'd offer you a couple of cool linear drum beats created for a video lesson I did recently.
They're both three note patterns and are made up from the sticking - Right Left Bass (RLF).
Both grooves involve a healthy dose of ghost notes and accents and are a lot of fun to play...they sound pretty awesome too!
Linear Groove 1
Linear Groove 2
Videos Galore And Paradiddle-diddle Mystery
Hey peeps, how's it going?
I hope you have been enjoying the videos I've been uploading recently. I plan to do many more so if you find my voice annoying then you're in for more punishment!
Feel free to email me with any suggestions you have on video lesson subjects. I'm currently torn between play along tutorials and general technique/exercises. What do ya fink?
Paradiddle-diddle Ideas
Couldn't do a blog entry without adding something for you to have a go at!
This is the Paradiddle-diddle in case you've been living on Mars...
Have you noticed what happens when you play it between ride cymbal and snare like this?...
