Saturday, December 19, 2009

Drumming Lessons with the Practice Routine Generator

When my son first started learning the drums, I used a nifty little tool called the Practice Routine Generator to get him up and running playing the drums. In this way, he was able to get the most out of the little practice time he wanted to spend. He was a kid- of course he wanted to get outside, play with friends, watch TV, etc.

So this little tool called the Practice Routine Generator was a godsend. Using it, he was able to learn different rock grooves, jazz grooves, latin grooves, fills, rudiments, technique, theory, and do lots of play-a-longs with just 40 minutes a day. The amount that he was able to learn in these optimized 40 minutes a day was so ridiculous that I never even bothered sending him to a teacher. I knew this was all he needed, that if he continued on this track, he'd be golden.

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Here's a small sample of what his schedule looked like:

Monday:
Learn Favorite Songs- 20 min (using the Drumming by Ear system, more on this later)
Improve Groove- 20 min (using the Drumming System DVD on the topic)

Tuesday:
Drum Rudiments- 20 min (using the Drumming System Rudiment System)
Pedal Techniques- 20 min (again, with the Drumming System Pedal Technique lessons)

Wednesday:
Groove Rock beats- 20 min
Jazz and Latin beats- 20 min

and so on...

And with these 40 minutes a day, he became a pretty amazing drummer, pretty fast. Let's look at this a bit more specifically...

The Practice Routine Generator works in a 3-day cycle. Each day you may choose to practice for 20, 40, or 60 minutes, or maybe split a longer chunk into 20-minute pieces. The first day you work on the fun stuff- play alongs, jamming, and learning songs by ear with the Drumming System method. The second day, you get into the technical, not-so-fun stuff. Rudiments, theory, notation. And finally, on the third day, there's the practical element. That's when you learn beats, grooves, and fills of all styles.

If you'd like your own Practice Routine Generator, and to learn more about those Drumming System DVDs and Methods I keep talking about, check out the Learn to Play Drums Drumming Lessons page here. The Drumming System is really the reason that this Practice Routine Generator works as well as it does. Without the methods presented the way they are in the Drumming System, learning all this information in just 20-60 minutes a day would be impossible! So check that site out.

Until next time, enjoy!