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1. Sit erect and hold the drum sticks the proper way by holding it like you were holding a pen. You should hold it in your fist almost an inch away from the bottom of the stick while your thumbs pointing towards the tips of the sticks.
2. Begin to play any music that you prefer and listen to the beats carefully. Try to count the beats 1-2-3-4 and so on. Play the hi-hat pattern by using your right hand, hitting the surface that is within your arms reach. It would be best to start tapping with your right hand as you count the first quarter of the notes. You can go later to kick drum which is the note in the lowest space measure.
3. On the one and three counts, try to add kick drums and keep your right foot on the bass drum pedal and your left foot on the high hat pedal. Be sure that you have the high hat pedal stressed down while playing the drums.
4. While the music is playing, use only the right stick on the high hat. You have to hit the high hat once in the chorus for every syllable making sure that you follow the rhythm of the song throughout the performance.
5. Begin to add bass drum pedal on beats 1 and 3 when you maintain a steady beat on the high hat.
6. While tapping with your right hand and then use your left hand to play the snare drum.
7. Before you begin to add the snare shots on the two and four counts count the four quarter notes by tapping on another surface within reach.
8. When you are comfortable with the snare and bass drum patterns it is the time that you can merge them together.
Here is a video which might help and guide you too.
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The first question is: What would make it easy for the student?
Having fun as you learn, feeling like you are making progress, and controlling the information stream.
As silly as it may sound, the Rockband video game actually teaches you how to play drums when you play it as higher difficulty levels. If the student likes video games, this is probably part one of the best option because it's fun, you make progress, you get rewards, and you develop rhythm at the same time.
However, the game can't do it alone. I recommend seeing an instructor every 2-4 weeks in addition. A good teacher will show how to use the sticks, the posture, the technique and some reading of music. The student then takes those tools and applies them to the game for practice. If the practice is fun, the whole thing is easy.
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