How to spin drumsticks

Hi and welcome to Transformations Drumming Studio, where you will learn how to improve your playing and technique on the drums!

- Watch this introduction to the basics of playing drums by Ron

How to play drums - Drum Rudiments are the basic tools of the drummer. All rudiments have very specific sticking patterns, or the pattern and order in which sticks (right or left) are used to strike the drum.

- Learn interesting drum facts and some beats, in this video learn how to the drum stick in the correct way.

If your learning style leans towards the visual or physical rather than logical or mathematical, you might have an easier time doing calculations with your fingers, rather than in your head. But since you've only got ten fingers, that limits you to very simple calculations, right? WRONG! Actually, you can count to 99 with your fingers using chisanbop (also known as aloha math), an abacus-like finger counting method.

Chris Traylor introduces the basic philosophy for the modern drummer, no matter what genre you are playing.

Playing an old blues beat in drums - Learn how to play drums step by step, and how to play an old blues beat in drums

Learn how to create triplet based transformations when playing the drums.

Chris Traylor teaches you the standard 4/4 rock beat for the drums.