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Tips for practicing rudiments? (self.drums)
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I've been a musician for quite a while but finally bought myself a drum kit.

As a guitarist I know not all practice is good practice, or at least productive practice. For example, practicing scales up and down the neck will help learn those scales... but can make soloing sound super robotic.

Was hoping to get some advice for being productive while practicing rudiments, but any other practice advice is welcome too :)

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[โ€“] MicrosoftSam 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that any practice you do on rudiments is good, but 2 things that night help:

  1. The building blocks of almost anything is single and double strokes, so make sure you have those down
  2. It's important to practice with a metronome but sometimes it gets boring. On Spotify there are playlists by BPM and it's more enjoyable to practice to music than to a metronome. The upside is that your never need to find or match the scale!
[โ€“] jazzbox 2 points 2 years ago

The upside is that your never need to find or match the scale!

Lol, not having to worry about scales is something I've actually been so excited about as a guitarist. Which might be a little ironic considering changing keys is so easy on guitar...

Thanks for the advice!