Sidingsound

Just like riding a bicycle!

To follow up yesterday's "round-up"—where I revealed how I was having trouble with one of my drumming exercises—I'm most pleased to bring some good news...

Yesterday evening, I was sat down (and I won't say where), when I thought I'd see if I could do the exercise (crotchet beats, alternating left and right hands, with "bass drum" on beat 1 and "hi-hat pedal" on 3) without the sticks and practice pad. Whilst before, the exercise turned me into an uncoordinated mess, this time to my amazement, I found I was suddenly able to do it. Yes!

Moreover, I barely had to think about what I was doing. This is good, as it's important that I don't think much about it, if I'm ever going to be able to play drums to even a reasonable standard. It's rather like when you learn to play any other instrument, or ride a bicycle—when you can stop thinking mechanically about what you're doing, and just do it, you've made a breakthrough.

So, it looks like I've passed a milestone on the road—just thought you'd like to hear the good news :-)

Labels: drums, music

posted by Tim @ 08:50