Beginner Drum Lessons
I've noticed lots of drum lesson stuff online these days, and I thought I'd collect some of the best stuff I could find here. I do know a little bit about teaching drums as well, since I taught probably a hundred or so kids in various marching bands and drum corps during and after my performing days. The kids ranged anywhere in age from 10 to 20. I even did a little percussion arranging for the one year I taught the Bluewater Buccaneers drum corp. The Buccaneers were a corp my dad ran, and I performed in for about 10 years. Enjoy the site.
Any comments, suggestions or questions are welcome below.
Here's my favorite link:
A Very Beginner Drum Lesson
This one really starts with the easy stuff

Me Drumming With The Lancers - 3rd Cheesy Moustache From The Right
Drum Lessons For Beginners From Around The Web
Just a taste of some other drum lessons
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Beginner Drum Fills
Maybe not the most exciting, but . . .

Me On The Right - Drumming In Quebec - Circa 1981
More Drum Fills Exercises
Some variation lessons, that can be used as warm-ups as well
Drum Lessons For Beginners
Lesson 1: How To Hold Drumsticks
The most important thing to do first, is to find the fulcrum point on your drum sticks. The fulcrum point on your drumstick, is where you can balance your drumstick on your finger. See the photo below. When there is equal weight on each end of the drumstick, it will not fall off your finger. The fulcrum point, is where you will want to hold on to the stick by "pinching" it between your thumb and index finger. This is the main pressure point on the drumstick. See, drum lessons for beginners starts off pretty simple.
Once you have that, just wrap the rest of your fingers naturally around the stick. Check it out in the photos below. While there is some argument amongst drummers as to who tightly the remaining fingers should hold onto the stick, most would agree, that the thumb and index finger do most of the work here. They basically never let go, and control the majority of stick movement.
I've only included pictures of the left hand here (the right had was holding the camera), but basically the right hand is a mirror image.
Drum lessons for beginners is a good place to start.
Finding The Fulcrum Point Of A Drumstick
Pinching The Fulcrum Point - Vew From Under
Pinching The Fulcrum Point - View From Above
Match Grip As Seen From Above
Match Grip As Seen From Below
Beginner Drum Lesson Questions, Comments, or Suggestions?
I'd love to hear them.
If you have ideas for how to make this page (lens) better, be sure to let me know. Questions are encouraged as well. I have some expertise with drumming over the years, and I'm more then willing to share what I have. Drum lessons for beginners experiences would be an especially good thing to share. All you rock drummers could learn a thing or two here.
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- wishgirl wishgirl Nov 8, 2009 @ 1:46 pm
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- mar_ker mar_ker Sep 7, 2009 @ 9:34 pm
- Thanks for your lens. Really like it. The hand position for the sticks are very resourceful.
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- SamE-White SamE-White May 19, 2009 @ 10:36 am
- This is a great lens. I'm just a beginer very new to squidooing thing. Can you please tell me how to get the big, bold link(Here's my favorite link) just after the intro' and the in text links. I can't seem to do it in my squidoo lenses. I have tried and tried. Please Help.
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- bcarter bcarter Apr 26, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
- It's great to see another Drum Corps fan here on Squidoo. Great lens, I gave it 5 stars.
Holding A Drumstick - The Video
If the prior explanation left you confused then . . .
Here's my favorite link:
Free Drum Lessons
There's really no such thing as anything for free
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Some Exercises Or Drills To Work
Time to spend some time in the woodshed
Another important tip to keep in mind with learning drumming, is to start slow and get faster. If your having trouble getting an exercise, then just slow it down. Once you can play it slow then gradually speed it up.
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