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Tips for practicing rudiments? (lemmy.world)

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I've been a musician for quite a while but finally bought myself a drum kit.

As a guitarist I know not all practice is good practice, or at least productive practice. For example, practicing scales up and down the neck will help learn those scales... but can make soloing sound super robotic.

Was hoping to get some advice for being productive while practicing rudiments, but any other practice advice is welcome too :)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've actually been practicing paradiddles with the accent for a bit, so I should def focus on not doing the accent lol. And even for other rudiments, I've noticed that whenever I try to incorporate the kick drum it's hard for me to not bring my right arm down a little harder than my left. Something I am working on.

I've been trying to play to a metronome as much as I can, and I've figured out that my time is definitely not as good as I thought it was either haha. Even after playing and recording guitar to a click for a while, there is a lot less leeway for drummers it seems...

Thanks for the tips! And I'll be sure to check those vids out as well.