It's about time [Percussion instruments] [Part 2]

Part 2

Greetings all you timekeepers. Now that you had two months to get acquainted with your metronome, you may be a little frustrated at first. Let's go further with ways of practicing with it

Counting Is A Must

Throughout my years of teaching I have heard so many students say they can't count and play their drum part at the same time. We'll that would be a challenge like somebody playing piano then learning to sing at the same time. It all takes practice and patients. If I am playing a piece that is only consisting of quarter and eighth notes I would be counting "1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &" representing the eighth notes. If the piece has sixteenth notes, I …