Drumdojo

Pete Lockett looks at the Rhythms of the Maghreb and how to clap properly Most people have quite a vague idea of the specifics of African drumming. If you were asked what the distinction...

This is a sort of fun question. Consider playing a snare drum in a drumset. If we divide a measure of 4/4 music into 1/8th notes, in our box notation we will have 8 boxes to fill. Since generally a snare...

Hand-drum players who also play drumset or marching snare will be familiar with a set of drum strokes known as rudiments (rude-uh-ments). These are the basic strokes for the snare drum of which there...

CALYPSO (Trinidad-Tobago) Basic Calypso Rhythm Conga Conga O

CALYPSO (Trinidad-Tobago) Basic Calypso Rhythm Conga Conga O

This is a sort of fun question. Consider playing a snare drum in a drumset. If we divide a measure of 4/4 music into 1/8th notes, in our box notation we will have 8 boxes to fill. Since generally a snare...

Getting Started: The first thing to do is to decide exactly what size and how many lugs each drum will have. You need to choose things like lug style and rim type. You need to either buy all this...

Attaching hardware Drilling for lugs. Once the shell is finished, the final operation will be drilling the finished shell for hardware. You need to drill a hole for the drum vent (I...