First drummer rhythms: 5 patterns to learn first

How to read the rhythm boards

Each column is a time of the bar and, within it, its subdivisions. At the rhythms of clordes we count "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and": the number falls with the pulse and the "and" right in half. Each row is a part of the body:

• HI-hat: right hand (if you are right) with plates closed by his left foot.
• Box: Left hand.
• Bomb: right foot.
• Symbols: x = hy-hat closed, or = hy-hat open, ● = blow, · = silence.

If you still have a hard time coordinating, put up every rhythm with a cape by cape, as we explain at how long it takes to learn drumsand before sitting at set, heats his hands with [basic rudiments]](/blog/rudimentos-de-bateria-para-principiantes).

Basic rock: the rhythm that opens all doors

See that the hy- hat never stops: it sounds at every number and every "and." The box and the bulb always coincide with a hy- hat blow, so their hands sometimes touch together and sometimes alone, but their feet only fall with the numbers.

First variation

It adds a bulb to the 3's "and": the pattern remains "bum-cha-bum bum-cha." That's the first moment that his foot plays between his pulses, and most often makes his hand hy-hat dude. If it passes, lower his tempo till his hand remains as a watch.

Ballad: less volume, more control

The ballast changes above all the sound. Instead of hitting the patch, it supports the pat from the side onto the box and hits the ring with its thick part: it's the beamed or cross-stick, a dry "tock" that doesn't cover his voice. The bulb adds a blow to the "and" from the second that pushes into time 3.

The difficult thing here is slow: at 60 BPM there's a lot of space between blows and it's easy to hurtle. He counts out and thinks that every note will last till next.

Dysco: The bulb in the four times

It's the famous "four on the ground" of today's disc music and a lot of dancing pop. The trick's at his left foot: it's up to the paddle of the hy- hat at every "and" so that the sauces sound open, and close them right at the next number, at the same time as the bulb. Thus, the hy- hat does "chic- tss" at every time. First practice only the two feet, with no hands, till the vaivé goes out alone.

Shuffle: The balancing of the blues

The subdivision here changes. Each time is divided into three equal parts and his hand plays only the first and third: his result is an unequal "taa-ta, taa-ta," typical of the blues and rock and roll of the fifty. He counts "a-y-a, two-and-a" and his play at "one" and "a."

To feel it, put the [metronome]](/herramientas/metronomo) with three-way subdivision and singing the three notes before playing two. The most common mistake is that the shuffle will "straighten" and re-sound rock clocks.

A Latin rhythm to start with: the capital's cube

The cumbia is binary and is written as 2 / 4 or as a match. That version moved to the drums the roles of the traditional group: the bulb marks the pulse, as the low or drum, and the ring blow falls into each "and," as the backlight, as the call. When it's firm, it passes the hy- hat to soft half-cordes to mimic the guache or the maraca.

It's an adaptation of drums, and the pat of drums has its own technique and more wealth. If you care about that world, read about [Colombian rhythms]](/blog/ritmos-colombianos-bambuco-pasillo-y-cumbia-explicados) and how roles are shared in a group of traditional cumbia.

How to practice them and in what order

1. Touch every rhythm for four straight and nonstop bars and if you stop, put down your tempo.
2. When four clear come out, play it a full minute counting out loud.
3. He's been with his cell phone for a minute and listening if his bulb and his box fall exactly with his hy- hat.
4. It goes up from 2 to 5 BPM per session, never from to big jumps.
5. Put up a song and play it up, even if it's just the pounding with no pits.

A teacher fixes your posture at the bench, the height of his hy- hat and his independence between his feet and his hands. percision classes you can work at home in Bogotá or virtual and also Latin and Colombian rhythms.

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