Acoustic, electronic or drawer batteries to start with?
Before the drums, a practice pad and a good pair of drawers. We help you decide between acoustic drums, electronic or drawer as per your place.
To start playing drums, you don't have to buy a battery on the first day: with a pg of practice and a couple of drawers you can work with the handheld and rudiments that you will always wear. When the time comes, the decision between acoustic, electronic or drawer depends above all on your space, your neighbours and the music you want to play.
In an apartment, electronic drums are usually the most realistic choice, and in a house with flexible space and hours, the acoustic gives the most complete experience and the drawer is ideal for acoustic music, small spaces and children.
To sum up
- A pair of practice and a few 5A or 7A pits are the first purchase of most drummer.
- The electronic battery allows to practice with hearing aids, but the pounding of the bulb is passed onto the ground.
- In an electronic, look for mesh patches, a well-responding pellet and a hy-hat with progressive monitoring pedal.
- The drawer's compact and versatile but isn't quiet.
- He's been using hearing protection from the start, especially with an acoustic battery.
First: pada de pracción y baquetas
The practice pad is a rubber surface that mimics bounce of a patch. It puts onto his legs, at a table or at a pounding stand, and sounds far less than a drum. It works with his grip, simple and double blows, bangles and rhythmic reading, which are the basis of everything else.
- Choose a medium-sized one that will let you hit at the centre with both drawers without tighting your arms.
- He looks for a surface with an even bounce and a base that doesn't slide.
- Use it with the [metronomer]](/herramientas/metronomo): Ten minutes of hands a day with a stable pulse give up greatly.
Even if you have a battery, bad's still your daily study tool and allows you to practice at hours when a drum would be impossible.
Acoustic or electronic batteries
| Aspecto | Acustics | Electronics |
|---|---|---|
| Volume | That's high and listening throughout the building. | Low with hearing aids, but the pics and pedal blow does sound |
| Vecinos | Requires agreed and often isolation | easier to manage and a large plate or cover under the bulb |
| Espacio | He's quite busy and doesn't move with ease | More compact, many fold |
| Feeling | The actual response of patches and sauces | Depends on pics and mesh pics feel more natural. |
| Extras | Just need tuning and patch change with time | Metronome, sounds, recording and computer connection for virtual classes |
| Mantenimiento | Filling and frying patches | Cable, module and sensors and more difficult to repair at home |
If you choose acoustic
- A basic five-piece configuration - bulb, pounding, two air toms and floor tom - more hy-hat and a saucer, are sufficient to learn.
- For children there are batteries of a junior size. That the child gets to his or her paedals with his or her feet well supported matters more than the number of pieces.
- Check that the bench is stable and height-adjustable, that the frills tighten without turning and that the bulb's pedal will come back together.
- The plates of initiation kits are usually limited and you can change them later. There are also low-volume plates and patches to practice at home.
If you choose electronic
- He preferred mesh patches: they were quieter and bounced more closely with a actual patch.
- A double area pounding, patch and ring, let you practice blows that you will later wear in an acoustics.
- The hy-hat should have a pedal with progressive control, not just an open and closed switch.
- The plight pad should be firm and should not move as the pedal hits them.
- The module should have an output of hearing aids, an output and, if you are going to have virtual classes, USB or an audio output.
In buildings and ensembles, before buying, check the living regulations and talk with the neighbours at the bottom: with an electronic, what's most annoying isn't the sound but the vibration of the pedal that travels through the plate.
The drawer: compact but not quiet
The Peruvian drawer is a wooden box about which you sit and play with your hands at the front cover. It gives a serious sound at the centre and an acute one close to the upper edge and works very well for acoustic music, ballads, flamenco, Latin music and small assemblies. It's a good entrance door for children and for those with no space for a battery.
- with or without embroidery: The traditional Peruvian drawer has nothing inside and sounds dry and many current drawers bring internal embroidery or ropes that add a snap similar to that of the peller. Some allow them to adjust or remove it.
- Cap: have to be firm with no cracks and with all its screws. In many drawers, tipping up the screws at the upper corners changes the sound of the sharp blow.
- Height: sitting above, your knees should be more or less at the height of his hip and his feet put up on his ground. For children there are smaller drawers.
- Construction: check that the corners are well glued and that nothing sounds loose as they move it.
In an apartment, the drawer also hears strong but less than an acoustic drummer. If you call the Latin percussion, it can be a good first step and we compare it to [Latin drummer or percussion]](/blog/bateria-o-percusion-latina).
What Baquets To Buy
| Size | What they are | To whom |
|---|---|---|
| 7A | Fold and light | Children, small hands, soft music and jazz |
| 5A | Medium thickness and most widely used | The starting point for most |
| 5B | Thicker and heavier | Rock and whoever's already got some technique |
| 2B | That's very bad. | Heavy force and genres work, and not to start with |
- Wheel every sink onto a flat table before buying them: if it's headed, it's crooked.
- Compare the pair: they have to weigh and sound similar as they hit the pad.
- The tipples of wood are the most common and nylon tips-- nailon tips-- they do not scrape and they sound more bright at the sauces.
- The drawer is touched with his hands, but there are bangles and bangles of rods to change his color to his sound.
Hearing protection from first day
A well-hit acoustic battery, a plate or a pellet have sound levels that with frequent exposure can affect hearing. It's not just a matter of professionals: children and beginners also spend many hours close to the sauces.
- He uses dresstops for musicians, and they put up their volume with them and they put them down with them and they put them up with them.
- With electronic batteries, keep the volume of hearing aids moderate: the temptation to get them up to cover up the pat's blow is great.
- If you have been with an ear buzzing after practice, the volume was excessive. Adjust the next session and, if the buzzing doesn't leave, consult with a specialist.
In child battery: guide for parents you'll find more ideas to organize practice at home with the little ones.
New or used: what to review
The batteries used are easily achieved and many pieces are unchanged. The patches, for example, are a consumption.Do not discard a battery because they are spent. What you have to check:
- Fits without cracks and edges where you put up with your patch, with no pounding and no splits.
- Fingless plates: A crack, however small, tends to grow.
- Complete hardware with screws that tighten and tipples in good condition.
- Pig and hy-hat with functioning springs and with no metal noise.
- In an electronic, that all pics respond to a soft blow and a strong, that the module lights with its adapter and that the wires aren't pitted.
If you have teacher, ask her to have a taste or check with you photos and videos before you pay for them. In a few minutes she detects a bad pedal or bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad percision classes They can start with pat and pat while you decide what to buy.
Frequently asked questions
What's best for a child, a drummer or a drawer?
It depends on age, space and music as you like. The box is more compact and easy to accommodate and the battery, often in a junior size, develops co-ordination between hands and feet. In both cases, the padre of practice is a good start.
Do an electronic battery really serve to learn?
Yes, especially if you have mesh patches and a hy-hat with progressive pedal. It's best to play an acoustic once and for all, in class or in an essay, to get used to his response and his actual volume.
How do I reduce noise from an acoustic battery at home?
With mesh or low volume patches, practice plates, a rough carpet under and schedules agreed with the neighbours. No measures make it quiet but together they have quite a low impact.
How often do we have to change the patches?
It depends how much you touch. When they are sunk, they lose tuning with ease or they sound out, it's time. We explain this at how to care for a battery and percussion instruments.